web flow

[Nicholas Brand]

Susie,
 
Sorry for slight delay. As Jocelyn said, the answer is 'yes'.
You'll need to liaise with the supplier to get them to build the
corresponding target workflow.
It's important that in both the sending and target workflows, the workf=
low
container elements being sent and received via Wf-XML have identical na=
mes.
 
When  the workflow reaches the Web activity step, it extracts from the =
Task
      Container all elements that are either:
   ABAP Dictionary types or
   XML_DOC object types
 
It places these values in the generated Wf-XML document.
Task container elements from the calling workflow must be populated, if=
 
only with an initial value, if they are to be included in the Wf-XML
document passed to the remote workflow system.
The Workflow Container Elements in the remote workflow must be named
identically to their respective Task Container Elements in the calling
workflow - i.e. the Container Element name is the matching key used.
When the remote workflow has completed, the values of those Workflow
Container Elements set as 'Export' parameters are sent back to the call=
ing
workflow in a Wf-XML document.
Once the Wf-XML document reaches the calling workflow system, the value=
s
are put into the like-named Task Container Elements, overwriting any va=
lue
stored there.
 
Hope that helps.
Do let us know how it goes.
 
 
Kind regards,
Nicholas Brand
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Norris, Susie" <Susie.Norris at sabre.com>@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> on 23/10/2002
15:54:09
 
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Subject:    Re: web flow
 
 
Nicholas,
We have a need to do something like this to communicate to our supplier=
's
R/3 system.  Both systems are 4.6C; would this be possible?
 
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From: Nicholas Brand [mailto:nicholas.n.brand at uk.pwcglobal.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:31 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: web flow
 
 
Sekar,
 
It's exciting to hear of people using the Wf-XML feature at last. It's =
been
around for a while now but rarely gets a mention on the WUG.
Have many other people in the group used this technique? It would be
interesting to see how many other collaborative workflow are being buil=
t
out there.
 
Anyway, back to your question:
 
You're right, with the wait for feedback flag set on your webflow task,=
 the
associated work item is not completed during execution until a reply is=
 
received in the form of a Wf-XML document. If you choose transfer forma=
t 01
(Wf-XML), the system's required reply URL is included in the XML docume=
nt
sent to your target system. The XML reply document must contain the
operation ProcessInstanceStateChanged and set the process status to
closed.completed or closed.abnormalCompleted before the workflow can
continue.
 
Of course, you must complete the workflow in the target system before t=
he
necessary Wf-XML document is sent back to the calling system; it may be=
 
that you simply have to execute the workitem.
 
This was on a 4.6c system.
 
Please let us know how you get on.
 
 
Kind regards,
Nicholas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Sekar, A" <a.sekar at intel.com>@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> on 23/10/2002 08:07:24
 
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Subject:    web flow
 
 
Any help in this is greatly appreciated.
 
   I am using SAP 6.1.
We are trying to call a workflow in a system from another system's work=
flow
.Both the systems are in 6.1.
I used the web activity to make this call.If I check the wait for feedb=
ack
in the calling system then the source system is not able to complete th=
e
workflow.That is, it is waiting in the web activity step.
In the target system it creates two xml document one is request and the=
 
other one is response document.Both got the operation
>CreateProcessInstance</Operation.
How to generate a document with processInstancestateChanged .I think th=
is
document will complete the workflow in the source system.
 
Thanks
Sekar
 
 
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