Executing A Workitem Automatically

[Thierry Logiest]

Nicholas, one way i haue gotten around such a 'confirmation issue' is =
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Coding a user exit from which I call a confirmation pop-up, then I start =
the workflow directly without an euent but with the object ref as well =
as the results from the pop-up. I just don't know if you have any user =
exit auailable, if not you might like to ask SAP for one.
Thierry
Workflow, Ess Consultant
Nicholas Brand wrote on 20/2/02 10:12:
 
Memo from Nicholas N Brand of PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
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Tomazs,
 
Thanks for this information.
Unfortunately the decision step is the first dialogue task in the =
workflow, though there are some container operations and condition steps =
before it but nothing hitting anyone's inbox - i.e. the advance with =
dialogue option doesn't work.
So the workflow would already be running when the decision workitem is =
created.
 
Any other suggestions (from anyone)?
 
 
Kind regards,
Nicholas Brand
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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<Tomasz.Zmudzin at nestle.com>@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> on 20/02/2002 07:51:05
 
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Nicholas,
 
Assuming the creation of the trip data is not a part of an already =
running workflow, but a standalone transaction - forget about it. The =
functionality you're interested in should be part of the respective =
application (travel expense accounting), not of the workflow.
 
There's a couple of design issues that make the functionality you =
request very hard to implement (e.g. context switch for the user =
session, timing issues etc.). Apart from that - as the confirmation is =
required for legal reasons, your accounting folks would probably love to =
 see a field indicating the decision was made - and that's again =
application functionality.
 
On the other hand - should the entry of the trip data be part of an =
already running workflow, just use the 'Advance with dialog' task =
attribute to change directly to the decision step. Please keep in mind =
that the decision step needs to have the right agent. But again - the =
only way to check the confirmation has been done is to check the =
workflow logs, which is not very good either from the user or the legal =
perspective (they could be archived
a
long time before the respective accounting documents are...)
 
Hope this helps,
Tomasz
 
 
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From: Nicholas Brand [mailto:nicholas.n.brand at uk.pwcglobal.com] Sent: =
Tuesday, February 19, 2002 8:02 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Executing A Workitem Automatically
 
 
Memo from Nicholas N Brand of PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
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Hello,
 
I've a requirement to execute a workitem automatically without the user =
executing it from their inbox.
 
Here's why:
A trip is created by a user and the business wants the user to confirm =
that the expenses are all business related for legal reasons. One way of =
doing this is to present the user with a decision workitem with just one =
option - that they certify the trip is business related.
I'd like this workitem to be executed as soon as the workflow is =
triggerd so that the user saves their trip and is then shown the =
decision screen (without having to go to their inbox and execute the =
workitem from there).
 
I've investigated the WORKINGWI object but couldn't get it to do what I =
needed.
 
Any tips or hints out there would be great!
 
 
Kind regards
Nicholas
 
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