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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hello,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I think we can use the function module
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">for this one .This FM will get the org. unit tied directly to each of the position the user holds and restricts in reading the level above
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Suvarna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan Stoicof<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Stopping Escalation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Evaluate position description, that should be the same in all systems and it generally has the CFO/CEO letters in it. Once you find it, stop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Dan Stoicof<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Claude Bourque <<a href="mailto:claude.bourque@rcmp-grc.gc.ca">claude.bourque@rcmp-grc.gc.ca</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu">sap-wug@mit.edu</a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:44 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Stopping Escalation</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">The following is more to start a discussion that to get an answer to a specific technical problem. So, here it goes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I've been dealing with this for about 10 years and I'm wondering if there's a better way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">In a lot of workflows that I've built, the business wants escalation to stop once it reaches a certain position in the hierarchy. For example, don't
go higher than the CFAO or the Director of HR. Or, if the user requestion leave, travel, training, etc is the CFO/CFAO then the approval is different than for other users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I've used a variety of ways to do this including the following<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">1. Hard-code the position(s) within the workflow (bad, very bad)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">2. Hard-code the position(s) within an ABAP method (still very bad)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">2. Use a Z-table to store the position(s) in question and read that table from WF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">3. Use table TVARVC (or TVARV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">4. I saw a customer once use table T77S0 to save the position(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Are there other significantly different options out there?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">The main dilemma is that the CFO/CFAO position is most likely NOT the same in DEV, QA and Prod.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Workflow Consultant RCMP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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