Approver preview for subworkflows

[Raju Omkaram]

Mark,

What if I collect upfront all the approvers of the different
(sub)workflow process via main Workflow program exit. Will Approver
preview work?

Thanks
Raju

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:58:51 +0100, Griffiths, Mark
<mark.griffiths at sap.com> wrote:
> N-step badi comes in in EBP 4.0 I think.
> 
> If you are in 3.5 you are much more restricted with your design. As I
> understand it you will need to create workflows based on the one/two
> step type workflows and use start conditions to decide which one to
> start. If you want to use the Approval Preview you may need to
> re-evaluate your processes.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> 
> SAP UK Consulting.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Raju Omkaram
> Sent: 13 December 2004 20:37
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: Re: Approver preview for subworkflows
> 
> Hi Mark and Miguel,
> 
> Thanks for your feedback. I forgot to mention that I am on EBP3.5 and
> there is no n-step BADI available here. Am I missing a SP for the
> N-step BADI?
> 
> Please advise.
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:36:46 -0000, Adao-Cruz, Miguel
> <miguel.adao-cruz at capgemini.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Raju and Mark,
> >
> > I definitely agree with Mark, I recommend you to use the n-step BADI.
> I used
> > it in EBP4 and it went quite straight forward, SAP even wrote a code
> sample
> > in the BADI.
> > Implementing everything with ad-hoc workflows can quickly become a
> > nightmare.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Miguel.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sap-wug-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at MIT.EDU] On
> Behalf Of
> > Griffiths, Mark
> > Sent: 10 December 2004 10:23
> > To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> > Subject: RE: Approver preview for subworkflows
> >
> > Hi Raju,
> >
> > You are very limited in your workflow design if you want to use the
> > approval preview. Subflows will be shown but only if you strictly
> follow
> > design techniques. You have a number of options:
> >
> > 1. Use the classic EBP workflow approach of using AdHoc agents. The
> > workflow needs to be fairly procedural and you decide which one to
> start
> > with start conditions.  Problem with this is that you almost need a
> > workflow for each condition (a problem if you have 15 different
> process
> > flows).
> > 2. Use the n-step BADI style approach where you take the complexity
> out
> > of your workflow design, and put it in ABAP code (the BADI) which then
> > returns all your approvers in a table. Depending on your release the
> > approvers are then processed in sequence using a loop (EBP4), or in
> EBP5
> > (SRM 4, SRM Server 5) you can use the BADI to create parallel sections
> > too.  If you use this approach and change your subflow watch out as
> the
> > step which calls the subflow needs to have a name value pair (
> > sap.bc.bmt.wfm.groups / Dynamic loop ) maintained on the Properties
> tab
> > otherwise it won't appear in the preview.
> >
> > So in summary, although subflows are displayed, you are VERY limited
> on
> > your design options and must design your workflow very differently to
> > normal.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > SAP UK
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sap-wug-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at MIT.EDU] On
> Behalf
> > Of Raju Omkaram
> > Sent: 10 December 2004 00:22
> > To: SAP-WUG at MIT.EDU
> > Subject: Approver preview for subworkflows
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have customized Shopping cart approval workflow. Due to its
> > cimplexity, I had to include three subworkflows. When I click,
> > approver preview I see only the three sub workflow process but not
> > respective approvers within the sub workflows.
> >
> > Questions:
> > 1. Does Approver preview for a workflow which has subworkflows?
> > 2. If it does, What else I need to do to make it work?
> >
> > Any help is highly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Raju
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