Handling ad hoc notifications

[Hilsbos, Margaret A]

Thanks, Maorriyan and Richard.

That seems to work fine for the initial selection.  Then, if I need to allow the user to be able to subsequently modify the agent list ("notify list"), I think I need to use a loop that allows the initiator to repeatedly execute "Choose Agent" to append names to the list. This loop is in a path of a fork, which completes when the form reaches the final processing status (i.e. it is complete); so that then the "choose agent" path is obsoleted and any work items are logically deleted.  

This is what I was thinking but it seems convoluted.  I haven't built it yet...that is next. 

It sounds like you are confirming my approach.

Thanks,

Margaret



-----Original Message-----
From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu]On Behalf
Of Maorriyan
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:48 AM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: Handling ad hoc notifications


Hi Margaret,
You can use Choose agent wizard step for easier way.

 --- Richard Marut <rvmarut at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> Margaret,
> 
> Business object WF_TASK will help you accomplish
> getting a list of possible
> agents to choose from. You will need to specify the
> step that the agents
> will be pulled from for the list that gets
> displayed. That step will also
> need to have possible agents assigned. I just did a
> test on the business
> object where I assigned an organizational unit to
> the task that I specified
> in method AllAentsOfTaskGetAndDispatch.
> 
> You can use the workflow wizard to create a step
> that will use the business
> object and method that I mentioned above.
> 
> Richard...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
> [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of
> Hilsbos, Margaret A
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:43 AM
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> Subject: Handling ad hoc notifications
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I was hoping someone could help me with the best way
> to handle this
> requirement.  We have a workflow where the users
> want to be able to specify
> a list of "interested users" that should be notified
> at each subsequent step
> of the process (approval, processing).  Currently,
> they are using a
> LotusNotes-based web site for this process, and they
> can access a pulldown
> to select users to add to the "notify" list.  I
> believe that they can do
> this at any stage of the request until it is closed,
> so that for example, if
> Mary Jones is added to the list after approval but
> before processing, Mary
> will be included in the recipients of a notification
> upon completion of the
> processing step.  This is a feature the users don't
> want to lose when moving
> to an SAP-based workflow.
> 
> 
> The workflow uses a start form and form steps to
> document the request,
> approval or rejection, and processing results.  We
> need the ability for the
> requester to add user names to the notify list when
> initiating the form, and
> also (hopefully) to access the workflow ad hoc
> before it is complete to add
> to the notify list.  The notification is only to
> tell the recipient that the
> step was completed.
> 
> We are on a WAS 6.20 but may also need to implement
> this in a 4.6C system.
> 
> I have thought of a few possible ways that might
> handle this but they all
> seem convoluted.  It seems like this would not be an
> unusual requirement so
> I'm wondering a) am I missing something obvious or
> b) how have other folks
> solved this?
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give!
> 
> Margaret Hilsbos
> (215) 299-5630
> 
> Day & Zimmermann
> 
> 
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