Allowing work items to be started in MS Outlook

[Roehlen, Peter]

Adrian,
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Yes, SAPMAPI must be added in as an additional 'service' in Outlook.
SAPMAPI will then add new folders for workitems - ie inbox etc.  Therefore
it is necessary to change each user's profile to include SAPMAPI.
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SAPforms is a different technology that would allow your users to execute
workitems via their regular Outlook e-mail inbox.  SAPforms however, doesn't
use the SAP gui like SAPMAPI does and so requires some forms development for
each screen or 'form' in your process.
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Regards
 
 
 
Peter Roehlen
Team Lead - SAP Technical & Development
Powercor Australia Ltd
0409 950 263=20
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Clarke [mailto:Adrian_Clarke at DDSINCORP.com]
Sent: Saturday, 16 March 2002 2:24
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Allowing work items to be started in MS Outlook
 
 
 
Stephan,
 
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I realize that now after getting it to work yesterday.  However, I would
like to know if anyone has been able to make the SAP MAPI client work within
a user's existing profile.  Is it necessary to create a separate SAP MAPI
profile in Outlook?  What are some workarounds if a user wants to see
notification of the workflow item in their profile (which is what they
normally would have up all day long).  I am working with Outlook '98.
 
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Thanks
 
Adrian
 
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From: Becker Stephan (extern) [mailto:Stephan.Becker.ext at mchw.siemens.de]=
 Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:35 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: AW: Allowing work items to be started in MS Outlook
 
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Adrian,
 
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Outlook just starts a SAP session in the background, otherwise it behaves
like the SAP inbox (in general terms).
 
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Stephan
 
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Von: Adrian Clarke [mailto:Adrian_Clarke at DDSINCORP.com]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. M=E4rz 2002 02:07
An: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Betreff: Allowing work items to be started in MS Outlook
 
What is involved in allowing work items (transactions) to be started from MS
Outlook? =20
 
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>From what I have read, it seems that that an attachment needs to be created
with the object that is being changed using object type SOFM and then sent
using method SendTaskDescription (or a variation of this). =20
 
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Do new subtypes and methods need to be created for both the SOFM and
SELFITEM object types or can this be accomplished without any additional
methods than what is provided (I am on 4.0B).
 
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Finally, how does this work if multiple users need to receive the same work
item.  Will the work item disappear from the other users inbox when someone
processes this work item from Outlook?
 
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Thanks in advance.
 
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Adrian
 
 
 
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