EBP java applet - bug or feature?
Nicholas Brand
nicholas.n.brand at uk.pwcglobal.com
Wed May 29 05:10:32 EDT 2002
Memo from Nicholas N Brand of PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Bodo,
Thank you for the tip.
I'll definiately have a look at this.
However due to the avalaible time I may have to get around the problem =
by
creating another simple workflow.
Shopping baskets may need one of the following:
No approval
Financial approval only
Technical approval only
Financial and Technical approval
The financial approval bit can be handled by the standard SAP workflow
based on spend limits - this is working.
The technical approval is based on an a new attribute this is also work=
ing.
The only bit that isn't quite right is the java applet.
I've found that it doesn't display the approval preview results of
conditions correctly before the basket is ordered (it shows both result=
s as
valid - even if a standard attribute is used for the condition). Instea=
d
I'll use the start conditions and create an additional workflow and use=
the
2 standard SAP workflows ('no approval' and 'over spend limt'). Not as
elegant as I wanted; I was aiming at having one workflow performing all=
the
above scenarios - but it should work.
Thanks again and if my experience helps the group then great!
Nicholas
"LANGE, BODO" <bodo.lange at sap.com>@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> on 28/05/2002 15:51:=
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Hi Nicholas,
do you get a short dump in your EBP system as well?
If so this might be the input data for the method call
you're executing. Try to debug the BBPPU99 via GUI or
activate ITS debugging to find out what data is passed
to the R/3 system. Most likely your OrgStructure needs
to be revised.
You can also download the latest java applet from the
service marketplace to make sure it is not buggy.
Hope this helps.
Bodo
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From: Nicholas Brand [mailto:nicholas.n.brand at uk.pwcglobal.com]
Sent: marted=EC 28 maggio 2002 13.28
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: EBP java applet - bug or feature?
Memo from Nicholas N Brand of PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Just a bit more information on this problem.
It's only the approval preview java applet that isn't working. Once the=
basket has been ordered and the workflow status is viewed by the
requisitioner via the Check Status transaction the java applet is showi=
ng
the correct approval path.
At the moment I think it's because once the basket has been ordered it =
gets
created in SAP and the java applet relies on SAP data rather than getti=
ng
the info from memory.
However I know the standard attribute that I'm using in the test worklf=
ow
(BUS2121.TotalValue) does get its value from memory if the shopping bas=
ket
has not yet been ordered. The code checks if the basket number starts w=
ith
'S' (for simulated) and if it does, gets the information from memory.
It sounds as if it could be a fairly common issue.
Any experience around this is welcome :-).
Thanks.
Nicholas
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Nicholas N Brand on 28/05/2002 09:58:10
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Subject: EBP java applet - bug or feature?
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Hi,
I'm currently building a workflow in EBP.
I noticed the approval preview java applet wasn't displaying the correc=
t
approval path for a shopping basket.
So I wanted to test the approval preview java applet independently of m=
y
workflow.
I created a simple test workflow with a condition in based on a standar=
d
SAP defined attribute of the shopping basket (BUS2121.TotalValue > 100)=
.
In each leg of the condition I sent the shopping cart for approval (usi=
ng a
standard SAP defined task) to a different approver - a standard busines=
s
object was used to define the responsible users - as opposed to a
rule/position etc. as in standard workflow.
I then created a shopping basket and clicked on 'Approval preview' (onl=
y
the correct test workflow was started as a result of the start conditio=
ns).
The java applet displayed the correct approver defined in EACH leg of t=
he
condition; in other words the simulated approval path shows both legs a=
s
being valid - but this can only be true for one leg!
This feature is independant of the way the SAP defined attribute is
calculated (I'm using a standard attribute) but seems to be a bug with =
the
java applet.
Has anyone else had any similar issues - and how did you get around th=
em?
Thanks again.
Nicholas
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