Prolem with SAP EBP 3.5 WF: Custom approver finding strategy for 1 and 2 step Shopping cart approval

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Christian,
Use object ASBMANAGER or ASBMANOFSL as your guide.
ReqReq is retrieved from the container - it is passed directly from the
workflow container to the ad hoc agent object container - see the code in ASBMANAGER.
You use the workflow macros to retrieve attributes of object instance ReqReq -
see the code in ASBMANAGER.
The key of the ad hoc object is just a runtime handle - it's not useful for getting
data.
Yes it works with the approver preview - same code is called.
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: Christian Baessler [mailto:Christian.Baessler at gmx.net]
Sent: Monday, 24 February 2003 3:39 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Prolem with SAP EBP 3.5 WF: Custom approver finding strategy
for 1 and 2 step Shopping cart approval
 
 
Hi,
 
I try to change the approver finding strategy for shopping carts in EBP 3.5.
 
Therefore I made the changes as mentioned in chapter 15.2 of Jocelyn and
Alan's book (Jocelyn: thanks for the additional info).
 
My goal is to use cost center, G/L account  of the most expensive line item
(in case each line item has different GL anc CC) and the total amount of the
shopping cart for the approver finding mechanism.
 
- I created a Subtype of AAGENT  (ZAAGENT)
- I repointed AGENT_0001 to this new subtype ZAAGENT
- I recreated the method CREATE
- testwise I hardcoded an approver:     -> works fine so far.
 
My problem(s):
- for this kind of approver finding strategy  I need the G/L account and CC
and total amount, which I implemented as an attribute in the Object Shopping
Cart (BUS2121, added through a delegated subtype).
I need these values in the my Object ZAAGENT, so that I can use it in the
ZAAGENT.CREATE method to determine my approvers ?!
 
 
In the book is mentioned, that I should read the containerelement "reqreq"
(with reference to chapter 8)
 
1) I am not totally sure how to do that ?
 
-I tried to addfor my subtype ZAAGENT another attribute SC with reference to
BUS2121. Than I experience the problem that this value is not filled (of
course not, why should it be)
 
 
- I tried to read the value for reqreq in the ZAAGENT.CREATE methos with
SWC_GET_PROPERTY -> did not work.
 
Any ideas, recommondations ?
 
2) What kind of key does AAGENT / ZAAGENT use ? It"s a kind of a long
hex-value, but I cannot find out if or how that relates to the reqreq ?
Can I get the reqreq attributes by that key ?
 
3) does it work also with the "Approver Preview" in the
frontend-transactions?
 
 
Any ideas, in which direction I should research ??
 
Thanks
Christian