R: Processing tasks outside SAP

[Fortuna, Marialuisa]

Alon,
if you write your e-mail on this subject you will be certainly =
submerged by
thousands of mails!
As you wrote this is a question that every Workflower has certainly in =
mind
at least once.
 
I agree on all you wrote about SAP MAPI and Exchange connector (I have
implemented both solutions, although I can say that the Exchange
installation doesn't take so much time).
 
Is it so inappropriate to talk about your solution on this =
mailing-list?=20
I think that everyone is interested on this.
 
Thanks and best regards,
Maria Luisa
 
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Alon Raskin [mailto:araskin at 3i-consulting.com]
Inviato: mercoled=EC 11 settembre 2002 13.03
A: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Oggetto: Re: Processing tasks outside SAP
 
 
Hi Jose,
 
This is a common issue that comes up with Workflow. Managers still need =
to
approve Workflows even though they rarely log on to SAP.
 
You could use SAP MAPI but in the past some of my clients have found it =
to
be a
little unstable Also, users were annoyed by the synchronisation process =
that
would occur everytime that they would shut down outlook.
 
You could also use Exchange Connector to generate mails and this works =
fine
but
it does require making some changes to your Exchange Server (which most =
mail
administrators are not too happy about). Also, users can not execute =
Work
Items
direclty from their email.
 
I have developed an alternative solution to all of the above but it =
would be
inappropriate to discuss this further in the forum.
 
Please email me directly at araskin at 3i-consulting.com.
 
Kindest Regards,
 
Alon
 
 
Quoting "Jose Burgman [AST]" <jose.burgman at ast.co.za>:
 
> Hi everyone
>
> We're on 4.6C. The problem we have is that, although the managers =
have
> SAP license, they rarely log on to the system. This is obviously a
> problem with authorization processes. To resolve the problem I =
suggested
> that we make the workflow folders available in for eg MS Outlook. =
I've
> been going through the SAP help and they suggest the use of SAP MAPI.
> Other than that, I've not found the sap help very helpful. So, my
> question is, where do the workflow folders reside if we were to
> implement this ie are they part of the normal Outlook folders? From =
the
> help I gather there is no further changes needed to the work items. =
Is
> this correct, or am I missing something? Is it a mission to install =
the
> SAP MAPI? Must it be installed per machine?
>
> Does any-one have an alternative suggestion?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> Josi
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