Calling Web program through Workflow

[Griffiths, Mark]

If you have access to a WAS 620 in your landscape you can use the Workflow handler service to launch a web service - this technique would use the EXTSRV object.
 
Transactions on your WAS that you would need are: WF_HANDCUST and WF_EXTSRV as well as setting up the WSHANDLER service in SICF.  You would need your WAS 620 system to act as the handler server for your 46c 'client' system.
 
The customising to do this takes more explanation than I could do in a mail but is all covered in the course BIT603.
 
As you have EP 6 this sort of 'handler' functionality should also be possible with your UWL customising, again using the EXTSRV object on your 46c system.
 
Regards,
 
Mark
 
SAP UK
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow
Sent: 01 October 2004 02:40
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Calling Web program through Workflow
 
 
Serge,
Yes but it involves coding your own browser call/destroy in your method - e.g. using function module CALL_BROWSER.
Jocelyn
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Serge Boulay
Sent: Friday,1 October 2004 3:59 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Calling Web program through Workflow
 
Hi all,
 
 
 
Here is the picture. We are using SAP R/3 4.6C with EP6. Is there a way to
call from a workflow step, a program that would be written in Java on the
portal? We don't need to have a return code, we only need it to be executed.
I have seen EXTSRV object type. Is this the way of doing this?
 
 
 
Thanks.
 
 
 
Serge