<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Mike,</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks for the input. I am currently
experimenting with something like that now - using a "forms"
step. Since a form can do a direct workflow container modification
as default behavior - this seems to be close to what I was looking for.
I found a structure that has the F4 user search help which is what
they need in order to find the correct user ID based on first name / last
name.</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Now I just need to find a simple way
of putting a "US" in front of the user ID ;-)<br></font><font size=4 color=#808000><b> </b></font><p><font size=4 color=#808000><b>Michael McLey</b></font><font size=3 color=#808000><b></b><br>MBUSI - IT Parts & Administration </font><font size=2 color=#808000><br>Mercedes-Benz US International, Inc.</font><font size=3 color=#808000></font><font size=2 color=#808000><br>1 Mercedes Drive</font><font size=3 color=#808000> </font><font size=2 color=#808000><br>Vance, AL 35490</font><font size=3 color=#808000> </font><font size=2 color=#808000><br>PHONE: (205) 462 - 5239</font><font size=3 color=#808000> </font><font size=2 color=#808000><br>EMAIL: michael.mcley@daimler.com</font><font size=3 color=#808000>
</font><br><br><br><table width=100%><tr valign=top><td width=40%><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>wug@workflowconnections.com</b></font><br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</font><p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">11/11/2010 06:15 AM</font><table border><tr valign=top><td bgcolor=white><div align=center><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to<br>sap-wug@mit.edu</font></div></table><br><td width=59%><table width=100%><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div><td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">sap-wug@mit.edu</font><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">cc</font></div><td><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Subject</font></div><td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: User Container input after execution
of work item</font></table><br><table><tr valign=top><td><td></table><br></table><br><br><br><tt><font size=2>Hi Michael,<br><br>Not sure if you're still on a mission with this one, but my solution in<br>these scenarios is to have a user decision following the step, and both
of<br>these in a loop.<br>Advance in dialog switched on means the decision pops up after user exits<br>transaction. Choices: Continue editing, Finished, Select new agent. On
the<br>select agent outcome, you can use the "Select agent" wizard to
generate an<br>appropriate task that will popup an agent list (you can<br>copy/modify/butcher this if you need a different list).<br>Obviously you will also need flags/conditions/agent lists etc., but I<br>trust you get the idea.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Mike<br><br><br>On Wed, October 27, 2010 3:31 pm, michael.mcley@daimler.com wrote:<br>> Hello Wuggers,<br>><br>> I have a small issue that has probably been addressed many times before,<br>> but if you have some information or maybe a link to a similar topic
...<br>><br>> We have an invoice verification workflow where accounts payable parks
an<br>> incoming invoice and the PARKED event triggers a workflow for the
approval<br>> of the invoice. If approved, AP will post the invoice. If
rejected, AP<br>> will follow up with an additional work item (which just calls tcode
MIR4<br>> in change mode) to modify the invoice and park again (so the approval<br>> process will loop thereafter until the invoice is finally approved
and<br>> then deleted or posted).<br>><br>> The problem is that occasionally a reason for rejection is that the<br>> workflow selected the wrong approver as the agent for the approval
task.<br>> This is due mostly to the less-than-accurate state of our org charts.
So<br>> yes, the right answer is to fix our org charts, but let's assume for
a<br>> variety of lame reasons this cannot be done. AP has the request
that they<br>> would like to be able to assign an agent when the invoice is parked
again,<br>> which for me means like a dialog box pops up, giving the current agent,<br>> and allowing AP to change the agent. The selection would then
be written<br>> to a container element and that container element used in the agent<br>> determination of the subsequent approval step.<br>><br>> So now, how to implement?<br>><br>> I currently have the checkbox "Confirm end of processing"
checked in the<br>> AP rejected invoice task, which allows AP to decide when they are
done<br>> editing the invoice (they may want to keep the item and edit it multiple<br>> times as more information comes to them). This dialog box would
be a<br>> great mechanism to allow them to modify the container. However
I would<br>> either have to change the dialog box, or create my own (with input
fields<br>> and functionality to write to the container) and use my Zdialog box<br>> instead of the SAP standard. I don't know how to do this.<br>><br>> I have also thought of creating a mini-loop in the rejected invoice
step<br>> which will keep a work item in the inbox of AP until they are finally<br>> ready to park again. This loop would have as a subsequent step
some kind<br>> of dialog which would allow input into the container. I am worried<br>> however that this would clutter the logs with a new step every time
the<br>> work item is opened but not processed.<br>><br>> Any recommendations here? I guess this falls under the category
of ad-hoc<br>> or on-the-fly agent determination techniques.<br>><br>> Thanks for your help.<br>><br>> Michael McLey<br>> MBUSI - IT Parts & Administration<br>> Mercedes-Benz US International, Inc.<br>> 1 Mercedes Drive<br>> Vance, AL 35490<br>> PHONE: (205) 462 - 5239<br>> EMAIL: michael.mcley@daimler.com<br>><br>> If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately
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