Deleting price blocks by/from a workflow

[Kouw, FA - SPLTX]

Kjetil,
 
Thanks for your reply, you re-phrased my 'problem' perfectly! As far as I can see now the solution you propose
is the one we need. I'll look further into this and will communicate the outcome on this forum.
 
Regards,
 
Fred Kouw
 
Kjetil Kilhavn wrote:
 
> The business wants some users to be able to delete price blocks, but they
> shouldn't be able to do it without using a workflow. At the same time, some
> users receiving the workflow (work item) should not have access to this
> functionality, yet it should be possible to forward the work item anywhere.
>
> Sounds like you need a "check function" before executing the background
> step. I don't know how authorisation objects work, but I assume you can
> perform an authorisation check for some custom authorisation object which
> doesn't give any authorisations in standard SAP transactions. From the
> outcome of your check function (check step) you branch to either the
> deletion step or some custom step. The check step should be foreground and
> could show a message when the user is not authorized so that you could just
> loop back when the authorisation is insufficient.
> --
> Kjetil Kilhavn
>
>                     "Kouw, FA - SPLTX"
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>                     Workflow                    Subject:     Deleting price blocks by/from a workflow
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>                     05.09.2003 14:43
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> Hi,
>
> I have the following problem:
>
> When processing blocked invoices (blocked for price reasons) an invoice
> (actually the work item) can be forwarded to all SAP users. The user to
> whom the invoice is forwarded can choose from the following options:
>
>    * Change PO
>    * Delete price blocks
>    * Cannot be clarified
>
> When deleting price blocks the price blocks are actually deleted in a
> background step (WF-BATCH). This way all SAP users that receive the
> invoice (work item) are able to delete price blocks, what is what we
> don't want.
>
> I could turn the background step into a synchroneous step without dialog
> under control of the previous user. In that case I would have to assign
> the correct authorizations to that user for deleting the price blocks.
> But we don't want users to have those authorizations, because this
> enables them to use this function from the SAP report MRBR, which the
> business doesn't want.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Fred Kouw
>
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