Approval emails - Jocelyn's License Issue

[Roger Myers]

I have am intrigued by your comments re licenses.
 
In a number of emails you have indicated a that all users of a generic id
need to be licensed. How does this scenario play out in a web environment
with an online store.
 
Does every web user/customer of an online store require a license?
 
Roger Myers
Brenntag
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Dart,
Jocelyn
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:11 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Approval emails
 
Hi John,
Be careful about the "no logon" option - you may be in breach of license
agreements.
Even use of generic user ids needs to be licensed for the actual number of
people who are going to access SAP using the generic account - even if
technically they never log on directly.
 
The current best alternative to SAP MAPI is to use offline email reply as
they do in SRM - essentially you send out an email notification with
pre-formatted mailto hyperlinks.  When the reply email is received into SAP
you evaluate it and apply the result to the work item (see business object
WI_MAILREC method RECEIVE for a starting point).  This is easier if you get
the new extended email notification program as it provides some BADIs where
you can add your preformatted links. Simple but effective.
Regards,
Jocelyn
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger
Myers
Sent: Monday,23 February 2004 11:46 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Approval emails
 
 
If you are into custom development, asp.net or jsp can do whatever you need
to outside of SAP.
 
The .net connector  or java connector can bridge/manage movement of data via
bapi calls to and from SAP as required.
 
Roger Myers
Brenntag
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of John A
Haworth
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:01 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Approval emails
 
Hi Workflowers
 
I have a Customer meeting tomorrow, where they want to know about the
possibilities of web (non-sap) based Requisition Approval and the Pro's and
Con's of them.
Initially they wanted SAP MAPI, but I havnt really given them a good
alternative yet, hence the meeting.
My answer is simply using the ITS and form based approval task (thanks to
those who have helped me on this) are there any answers based around
Business Connector et al, that are pure web based with no log on (ITS or
SAP) and any Pros/Cons around it ?
 
Many Thanks
 
John
 
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