R: Processing tasks outside SAP

[Alon Raskin]

Guys,
 
As per Sue's email. If you have any questions please email me directly. I
will be happy to have my Inbox inundated.
 
Regards,
 
Alon Raskin
3i Consulting Group
e: araskin at 3i-consulting.com
w: http://www.3i-consulting.com
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Simon
Freer
Sent: 11 September, 2002 3:16 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: R: Processing tasks outside SAP
 
Alon
 
I agree with Maria if youve found a better way then I'm all ears. Have you
done anything with Lotus Notes ?
 
Simon
 
 
 
 
"Fortuna, Marialuisa" <marialuisa.fortuna at spcorp.com>@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> on
11/09/2002 14:46:56
 
Please respond to SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
 
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Subject:    R: Processing tasks outside SAP
 
 
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?
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: mercoledl 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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