Can the subject line in the outgoing email be changed ?

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Swami,
The truncation is based on the inbox used - so yes there is a
practical limit and 50 characters sounds right from memory.
Try and put most important info first and
get some sort of standard pattern going for all your workflow
emails.
E.g.
"APPROVED: Leave from 01.12.2002 for Swami Bala".
 
This helps people to identify the emails most important to them
and sort/organise them in their inbox.
Regards,
        Jocelyn Dart
Consultant (SRM, EBP, Workflow)
and co-author of the book
"Practical Workflow for SAP"
SAP Australia
email: jocelyn.dart at sap.com
phone: +61 412 390 267
fax:   +61 2 9935 4880
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Swami Bala [mailto:swam_in at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 10 October 2002 8:33 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Can the subject line in the outgoing email be changed ?
 
 
Thanks Jocelyn. Subject line works now though it truncates at 50 th
character. Does it have any limitation on # of char. ?
 
Swami
 
 
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>Hi Swami,
>
>If you are having problems changing the subject text of an email
>in the send mail step, I suggest you go to the Control tab
>of the send mail step and drill down on the task and change
>the work item text there.  Don't forget to Save the task afterwards.
>The send mail step just echos the task details and vice versa anyway.
>
>If its not saving it when you activate your workflow then I'd suggest going
>down
>to the task level anyway in case its a permissions problem of some sort.
>
>The outgoing email is sent by user WF-BATCH - so the sender ("from")
>address
>will be whatever firstname/lastname you have entered in the user master
>(SU01)
>for WF-BATCH. You can't change WF-BATCH for just one email. However you
>might
>want to improve the firstname/lastname to make it more meaningful.
>
>Regards,
>         Jocelyn Dart
>Consultant (SRM, EBP, Workflow)
>and co-author of the book
>"Practical Workflow for SAP"
>SAP Australia
>email: jocelyn.dart at sap.com
>phone: +61 412 390 267
>fax:   +61 2 9935 4880
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Swami Bala [mailto:swam_in at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2002 9:35 AM
>To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Can the subject line in the outgoing email be changed ?
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I am trying to change the way the outgoing email is being sent. I have
>tried
>several times but with no success. Any info in the following questions are
>greatly appreciated.
>
>1, Subject line in the outgoing email - can it be changed ? It always seem
>to be getting the task description. I tried several times to type in
>subject
>editor in the send email wizard but it dissapears when I activate the
>workflow
>
>2. The outgoing email always has the from wordings as 'Workflow-Sytem'. Can
>it be changed ?. I want to change this only for this email. How do I do
>this
>?
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated.
>Swami
>
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