Collaborative workflows with Wf-XML

[Rickayzen, Alan]

Hi,
The URL that I mentioned is only going to be of use to those of you who are
really setting up collaborative scenerios which reach out through the
internet. You can use it as a sort of wf-xml ping.
 
Our experience is that
1.> Intra-company scenarios which take place within the firewall are pretty
easy to set up.
2.> Inter-company scenarios via the internet - pretty easy too.
3.> Communication between a system within one company inside the firewall
and a system from the same company but outside the firewall - difficult.
 
Because the 3rd scenario is only needed for test/verification purposes it's
better avoiding this and verifying against our test URL instead.
 
For background material on Wf-XML I suggest you visit our home page,
http://service.sap.com/webflow , where you'll see a good presentation with
screencams in the media section (thanks to Jay Hill). The Wf-XML definition
can be read at the Workflow Management Site (www.wfmc.org).
 
Thanks to those of you who have already responded. It seems that I wasn't
the only one struggling with firewall technology. For demos within the
firewall (intranet) this URL will not be of much use.
 
Kind regards,
Alan Rickayzen
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Elijah Watkins [mailto:elijah_watkins at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:01 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Collaborative workflows with Wf-XML
 
 
alan,
 
can  you send me the details?
 
 
elijah
>From: "Rickayzen, Alan" <alan.rickayzen at sap.com>
>Reply-To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Collaborative workflows with Wf-XML
>Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:19:48 +0100
>
>Happy new year,
>
>Those of you who have created some sort of collaborative scenario
>(inter-company processes) will know that half the battle is getting out of
>the firewall and into the firewall on the other site. Proxy servers behave
>in strange ways and error messages can be very misleading.
>
>To make life easier for those of you wanting to use the Wf-XML
>functionality
>of SAP WebFlow (or any other workflow engine ;-) ) we've set up a workflow
>in Walldorf which can be reached from outside the firewall (your site) and
>automatically sends a response when the workflow starts and finishes. This
>should make configuration and testing easier.
>
>I don't want to publish the url because there is a chance that it will
>change in the future, but when you need this information send me an e-mail
>(alan.rickayzen at sap.com) and I'll send you the details.
>
>Alan
 
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com