Download the graphical workflow definition for documentation purposes

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Frank,
You haven't told us what release you are using but see if your system
contains
function module SWD_API_WORKFLOW_GRAPHIC_GET as this should give you most of
what
you need.
Regards,
        Jocelyn Dart
Consultant (EBP, BBP, Ecommerce, Internet Transaction Server, Workflow)
SAP Australia
Email jocelyn.dart at sap.com <mailto:jocelyn.dart at sap.com>
Tel: +61 412 390 267
Fax: +61 2 9935 4880
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Reichenbach [mailto:frankreichenbach at dontgotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 13 August 2001 10:30 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Download the graphical workflow definition for documentation
purposes
 
 
Hi guys,
        I am looking for an automated way to export the graphical definition
of a workflow (ClassicEPC)in order to generate Visio etc. flow charts for
documentation purposes.
Everything one needs seems to be in the following tables:
SWDSMNODES - nodes
SWDSMLINES - lines (PRED_NODE & SUCC_NODE)
SWDSTEXT - text of the nodes
 
Has anyone written an ABAP doing just that or does anyone know another
simple way to export the graphics?
 
So far I tried to "print" the graphical definition in a wmf file and then
pasted (ctrl+v) this into a Visio drawing. The only problem with this method
is that one can't process the drawing generated that way: the whole chart is
grouped and if one ungroups the objects, thousands of sub-objects are being
generated... (e.g. a workflow with 10 steps leads to >9000 sub-objects!!!)
So by the time you are finished re-grouping the proper sub-objects to form
steps, nodes and lines you would be finished drawing the workflow from
scratch.
 
Any of your comments are welcome!
 
Reards,
 
Frank
 
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