Fwd: RE: blocking the transaction to release manually the Purchase Req uisition

[Susan R. Keohan]

Forwarded on behalf of Patrick.deValensartSchoenmaeckers at PMIN
TL.COM...
 
>Felipe,
>
>I have the same requirements in my company. We solved it the following way :
>the user only execute decision tasks (with two possible decisions : approve
>or reject). If the user chooses to approve, the next step is the release of
>the PR in background. That step is done with user WF-BATCH, which has
>authorization SAP_ALL. Therefore, you can remove the release authorisations
>fromall other users. The disadvantage is of course that you only see
>WF-BATCH in the change documents of the PR.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Patrick de Valensart
>PHilip Morris SpA
>Roma
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Felipe Uribe - SAP [mailto:jfelipe_uribed at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:54 AM
>To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: blocking the transaction to release manually the Purchase
>Req uisition
>
>
>Hi Mr Tomasz,
>
>Thanks a lot for your answer.
>
>It's pretty funny because this situation in this project is unusual; as some
>of the people knows (some projects), the user has facilities to make
>transactions easier than regularly they do (using Workflow) using the
>regular menu, but some of them just don't want to take the risk to use new
>things or they just doesn't want to use those facilities, but the rule in
>the company is to use Workflow and that's it, the user is not allowed to
>make manual release of this document.
>
>Anyway, the solution that you send is completely valid and if I have no more
>chances to solve my problem, I'll let it done in this way, but the fact is
>unfortunately, this is the client request, so if you know the way to block
>it, I appreciate it a lot.
>
>Thank very much.
>
>Best regards
>
>Felipe Uribe
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Zmudzin,Tomasz,VEVEY,GL-DS/DM" <Tomasz.Zmudzin at nestle.com>
>To: <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:18 PM
>Subject: Re: blocking the transaction to release manually the Purchase Req
>uisition
>
>
> > Felipe,
> >
> > apart from the technical issues -- if the user is allowed to release the
> > document within workflow, why shouldn't he/she be allowed to release it
> > manually?
> >
> > Please remember that WF is basically a coordination tool supporting the
> > process / facilitating it. Should a user prefer to go  via standalone
> > transaction, let him do it and make your workflow react to this
>accordingly.
> > This should NOT change your control over the process or have an impact on
> > your process reporting.
> >
> > To react to purchase requisition approvals / rejections, insert into your
> > workflow wait steps for the BUS2009.Released / BUS2009.Rejected events. To
> > react to purchase order releases wait for BUS2012.Released. If you do it
>in
> > a fork like this:
> >
> >           Previous task
> >                 !
> >                 !
> >     fork: 1 of 2 needed to complete
> >     !                            !
> >     !                            !
> >  wait for event               "release" task
> >     !                            !
> >     !                            !
> >     end of fork (will be reached when one of the tasks is finished)
> >                 !
> >                 !
> >            (remaining tasks)
> >
> > you'll have the workflow request the release the standard way (right
>branch)
> > and CANCEL that request if data is released outside workflow, proceeding
>to
> > the "remaining tasks".
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Tomasz
> >
> >
> > P.S. For your objects it will be a bit tougher; you need to check the
> > release codes that have been used. In the "Wait for event" you can capture
> > them in a container element. You can loop at that step until the "right"
> > release code is captured.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Felipe Uribe - SAP [mailto:jfelipe_uribed at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:40 AM
> > To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: blocking the transaction to release manually the Purchase
> > Requisition
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Everybody,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have developed a WF to release the Purchase Requisition, nothing special
> > but I have a doubts about the permissions to access the transaction to
> > release the document manually ME54, I mean, The User which is gonna
>approve
> > the document will have to make it using Workflow and Workflow uses the
> > transaction ME54, same transaction to release it manually.
> >
> >
> >
> > Te question is how could I block this transaction to avoid the user to use
> > it manually but I can't block it because Workflow is gonna call this
> > transaction in the method.
> >
> >
> >
> > There is any possibility using the authorizations or something in the
> > profile??
> >
> >  ....Idem with Purchase Order
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >