EBP workflow with n-step BADI

[Thomas, Carol]

Miguel,
I did something similar for a client recently.  We created a FM that was called in the approval BADI.  The FM both returned the approver list and also returned an error text and error code if it found no approvers.  The approval BADI did nothing with the error code or error text.  We also then inserted this FM into the doc check BADI. There the badi used the error code and description and flagged the cart with an error. This way if there was a problem with finding no approvers, it was found as an error before the shopping cart could be ordered.  Once the table was corrected with the approvers then the shopping cart could be ordered
 
Had a great trouble free implementation with this approach.
 
Carol Thomas
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-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Martinek, Jerry
Sent: Friday, Nov 12, 2004 9:05 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: EBP workflow with n-step BADI
 
 
Hi,
 
I don't know your business requirements and decision process for your
mentioned solution but what about replacing the z-table with a role.
 
You assigning all of your possible approvers to a role that is then assigned
to the task in the agent assignment(possible agents/approvers) section. Make
sure that the approval step/task it's not a general task.
 
Then when you execute your custom code where you derive/assign the
approver(s), if you can't find an approver, assign an agent who isn't listed
as a possible agent. What should happen then is that when the WF system
tries to resolves the agent/approver it will fail because the selected agent
isn't one of the predefined possible agents.
 
Jerry Martinek
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Miguel Adao-Cruz [mailto:miguel.adao-cruz at capgemini.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:42 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: EBP workflow with n-step BADI
 
Dear All,
 
We are on EBP 4.0 add approving shopping carts using the n-step BADI for
defining the approvers. The approvers are stored in a Z-table (budget
limits and org structure not used).
In case there are no approvers in the z-table we want to put the
shopping cart in status error to have it displayed in the "Application
Monitors" with status error for the system administrator to handle this.
 
Any idea on how to force a shopping cart into error? Did someone already
do it?
 
Thanks.
 
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Miguel ADAO-CRUZ
Capgemini Belgium
SAP Senior Consultant
 
miguel.adao-cruz at capgemini.com
+32(0)497053404
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