Demonstration of what is new to WebFlow in Release 6.10

[Rickayzen, Alan]

Jody,
Sorry for the delay. I hadn't noticed this mail before.
 
I'm glad that you found the presentation helpful and I can confirm that =
the
RULE_RESULT does exactly what you describe and that this was not =
available
before 6.10. There's always a lag between what the user groups request =
and
when it gets implemented.
 
A generic method to do this prior to 6.10 is difficult. The cheapest
alternative is to add an attribute to your business object that returns =
the
result of the agent determination rule (formerly role).  This is only =
an
approximation as it's just possible that the agent determination rule =
finds
users that are not assigned to the task and hence won't appear as =
selected
agents.=20
 
In some cases technical restrictions may force you to use a method =
instead
of an attribute but the algorithm is roughly the same.=20
 
The advantage in doing it this way is that you can query the attribute
before or during the step execution so that you can use the results =
while
the step is executing (e.g. deadline handling or e-mail notifications).
Filling a container element with the export binding when the work item =
has
finished is often too late.
 
Kind regards,
 
Alan Rickayzen
SAP AG
http://service.sap.com/webflow
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jody I. Chassereau [mailto:JICHASS at westvaco.com]
Sent: Montag, August 20, 2001 7:09 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Cc: Rickayzen, Alan
Subject: Re: Demonstration of what is new to WebFlow in Release 6.10
 
 
This is an attempt to resend the following, since I have not gotten a
confirmation from the listserv that it was ever sent (after 3 tries!):
 
Alan,
 
Thanks for the word on the online demo of 6.1 features.  I watched the =
first
part on the core functionality and found it very interesting to see the
enhancements.
 
One question pertaining to the feature on the RULE_RESULT element which
stores role resolution.  In previous releases (4.6c), is there a way in =
the
logs to tell who a work item was sent to before a specific person =
reserved
it?  I know you can see the list of agents before it is touched, but =
after
one person performs the item, you don't see the original agents it was =
sent
to.  I suppose this could be built into a container or something, but =
just
wondering if it might be available to the end user somewhere I might be
missing.  Maybe this is what the new functionality addresses.
 
Thanks again for the preview.
 
Jody Chassereau
jichass at westvaco.com=20
 
>>> alan.rickayzen at sap.com 08/13/01 10:17AM >>>
Dear WebFlow expert,
 
I have added a recorded demonstration of what is new to Release 6.10 =
WebFlow
to SAPNet for partners and customers to view.
This was originally intended as an internal presentation for SAP =
employees
but I have decided that although the quality is below that of normal =
SAP
productions the content will nevertheless be useful to many of you. It =
is
especially useful to those of you about to upgrade to a mySAP component
based on this Basis Release (such as CRM 3.0).
 
It may take up to a day before the presentation is replicated to all =
our
servers but by checking the quick links of the WebFlow section you can =
see
at a glance if it is available (the first link).
 
At the ASUG fall conference (not long to go now) I will go through in =
more
detail which features we are strengthening and which features have been
superseded by the latest developments.
 
Kind regards,
 
Alan Rickayzen
WebFlow Product Manager
SAP AG
 
Techdev
Neurottstra=DFe 15=20
69190 Walldorf=20
 
E-mail   alan.rickayzen at sap.com=20
 
http://service.sap.com/webflow