<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Snehal, I have done something like this only from CRM using inbound processing. Email gets sent to user, they approve a quote by clicking on a link. That sends an email to CRM and via inbound processing, I have code that update the quote. All offline. Let me know if I should did up my notes. <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR><BR style="RIGHT: auto" class=yui-cursor></SPAN></div>
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<DIV id=yiv278996257>Thanks Jocelyn and Florin. The extended notification works only in the network. Our requirement is a truely offline solution.
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<DIV>From ECC, we are able to send the email with the link, but user has to click on the link and send a reply back to SAP with this solution. <BR>
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<DIV>Thanks & Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Snehal<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv278996257gmail_quote>On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Dart, Jocelyn <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jocelyn.dart@sap.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:jocelyn.dart@sap.com">jocelyn.dart@sap.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv278996257gmail_quote>Glad you found an answer Florin... just btw it does sound more like the Duet approach from what I've seen.<BR>
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<DIV><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A>] On Behalf Of Florin Wach<BR>Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 8:04 PM<BR>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR>Subject: Re: RE: Offline Approval to ECC via Outlook<BR><BR>Hello Jocelyn,<BR>hello Snehal,<BR><BR>thank you for pointing out the SRM solution, and it seems to be an interesting approach, so I'll have a look at it sooner or later.<BR><BR>With on client I've configured a custom hyperlink which is swapped during the Extended Notifications, which again links to a custom small webservice, allowing approval/rejection or purchase orders and purchase requisitions. But it was the client's requirement that the users HAVE TO identify
themself again by providing SAP username and correct password.<BR><BR>I think, an interactive logon procedure, will still be required for the critical business approval processes, regardless if there's a working offline approval in place or not.<BR><BR>Florin<BR><BR><BR>-------- Original-Nachricht --------<BR>> Datum: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:30:24 +0000<BR>> Von: "Dart, Jocelyn" <<A href="mailto:jocelyn.dart@sap.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:jocelyn.dart@sap.com">jocelyn.dart@sap.com</A>><BR>> An: "SAP Workflow Users\' Group" <<A href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu">sap-wug@mit.edu</A>>, David G Cooper <<A href="mailto:davidgcooper06@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:davidgcooper06@gmail.com">davidgcooper06@gmail.com</A>><BR>> Betreff: RE: Offline Approval to ECC via Outlook<BR><BR>> HI Snehal,<BR>> SRM has a standard provided
example of this sort of offline approval using<BR>> mail. So if you have access to SRM you might like to take a look at the<BR>> relevant program.<BR>><BR>> BTW you could use Extended Notifications to generate and send the mail -<BR>> which is the job of Extended Notifications - but you would need to create a<BR>> custom handler for your notification to swap the standard hyperlinks for<BR>> your approve/reject hyperlinks.<BR>><BR>> Even with XML you need to logon somehow to send data into the system.<BR>> I'd be curious to know if anyone is using web activities. I haven't heard<BR>> of it so far.<BR>> Regards,<BR>> Jocelyn<BR>><BR>> From: <A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A>] On Behalf<BR>> Of Snehal Kutumbale<BR>> Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2013 11:51 PM<BR>> To: David G Cooper<BR>> Cc: <A href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu">sap-wug@mit.edu</A><BR>> Subject: Re: Offline Approval to ECC via Outlook<BR>><BR>> Hello Everyone,<BR>><BR>> We had a look at the web-activity step in the workflow, as we are trying<BR>> to build offline email approval in ECC, without connecting to SAP. (So<BR>> extended notification doesn't work).<BR>><BR>> As per documents, the web--activity sends an XML document to the specified<BR>> URL and can wait for response. Can it also send the XML document to the<BR>> specified email address?<BR>><BR>> Thanks & Regards,<BR>> Snehal<BR>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:30 PM, David G Cooper<BR>> <<A
href="mailto:davidgcooper06@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:davidgcooper06@gmail.com">davidgcooper06@gmail.com</A><mailto:<A href="mailto:davidgcooper06@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:davidgcooper06@gmail.com">davidgcooper06@gmail.com</A>>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Hi Snehal,<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Based on the requirements listed I would look into the Webflow inbound<BR>> communication options. I have read about this some time back but cannot<BR>> remember the specifics.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Basically you need to provide in the Email HTML buttons that send an<BR>> email/message back to the Webflow engine. The webflow engine then instantiates<BR>> a workflow based on the contents of the email/message and takes the<BR>> appropriate actions. It may be better to use a SOAP message rather than email.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Remember that email is
a store and forward mechanism and SAP has no way of<BR>> removing a message from the recipients list in outlook once actioned.<BR>> This is where DUET excels as it has full integration to the SAP<BR>> workflow/Webflow interfaces.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Kind Regards<BR>><BR>> David Cooper<BR>><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>SAP-WUG mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:SAP-WUG@mit.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:SAP-WUG@mit.edu">SAP-WUG@mit.edu</A><BR><A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>SAP-WUG mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:SAP-WUG@mit.edu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:SAP-WUG@mit.edu">SAP-WUG@mit.edu</A><BR><A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug" rel=nofollow
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