WF-XML via 46c/ITS 6.1 patch 20

[Michel Laviolette]

Mark,
thanks for your reply...
 
My understanding (which might be wrong) is that although designed for a
master/slave workflow, the WF-XML is, through "Outside-In" a "very good
medium for starting workflows from a java environment" (quoted from the
Practical Workflow for SAP book). This, along with other research (web, OSS,
online help, ...) lead me to believe that third party apps could also
benefit from WF-XML. Maybe I read too much into the documentation in
thinking that this method could also be adapted for simple HTML "Posts"???
 
The issue with the suggested solution is that our web forms are already
coded in Oracle/PL-SQL. Re-engineering these forms to be published via ITS
is a task that no man should ever attempt to tackle :) .
 
Maybe a better solution is to use WAPI calls through RFC??? The serious
downfall which I can see in this solution is the container definition
limitations... A downfall which I might have to live with. XML sure would
have been nice though...
 
Any other ideas?
 
Michel L.
 
 
>From: "Griffiths, Mark" Reply-To: SAP Workflow Users' Group To:
>SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: WF-XML via 46c/ITS 6.1 patch 20 Date:
>Tue, 20 May 2003 16:33:04 +0200
>
>I think you may have confused a few different elements of Webflow
>technology:
>
>WF-XML is usually used in a running workflow process to send information to
>another systems workflow system (e.g. sending details of an RFQ to one of
>your suppliers).
>
>If all you want to do is start a workflow from a web frontend then you need
>to extend your workflow template container with import container elements
>and then you can generate a web form from the template - this can then be
>customised for look and feel and published on your ITS. The generated
>template has all the code within it to start the workflow.
>
>Hope this information helps,
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>Mark
>
>SAP UK Consulting
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Michel Laviolette To:
>SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU Sent: 20.05.03 15:49 Subject: WF-XML via 46c/ITS 6.1
>patch 20
>
>Hi all, I'm struggling with a problem which I'm sure someone out there can
>identify with. My basic requirement is to remotely (i.e. from an HTML web
>form) lauch a WF passing in container element values. My research led me to
>WF-XML. Sounds like a perfect fit to my requirements...
>
>I've gone through the online help and the Practical Workflow for SAP book.
>I've found pretty good steps detailing the config for WebAS... but I'm
>still unclear on the steps for an ITS setup. My understanding is that the
>WF_HANDLER service takes care of it all? Does anyone have a simple HTML
>form I can use as an example. I've tried the one in the online help... but
>with no success.
>
>Here's what I've done so far... - Created a WF and defined 1 Import
>container element (I opted for the KISS approach :) ) - Made the task a
>general task & activated - Created an HTML page (<- I would like to confirm
>the syntax of this page...) - Posted to the WF_HANDLER service
>
>I get an HTML error message "XML document must have a top level element".
>
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>Kind regards, Michel
>
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