SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
Dart, Jocelyn
jocelyn.dart at sap.com
Tue Nov 1 19:54:48 EST 2005
That's fine - just ask it via the WUG as usual.
Key thing seems to be:
* The approval object guid must be unique for each combination of
approval index/group of items to be approved together
* If its the same approval index/group of items to be approved, make
absolutelyl sure you send out the same approval object guid each time or
you can trigger unexpected restarts
* Calculate future approvals - ignore the past - the standard code will
take care of adding in past approvers (assuming you have all notes)
* Only a history of "approved" results is kept - i.e. you can only see
who rejected items on the current approval index level
* As you cannot see in the approval previews what triggered a
reapproval, encourage the users to use "Display Changes" to see why
reapprovals were necessary
Regards,
Jocelyn Dart
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-----Original Message-----
From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Baunach, Natasha R
Sent: Wednesday, 02 November 2005 11:24 AM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
Jocelyn,
I am implementing line items based approval at Intel. So far things
seem to be working OK but our test cycle just started. If you don't
mind, I might have questions for you in the near future. You're right
-- it isn't pretty.
Natasha
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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Dart, Jocelyn
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:16 PM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
Hi Sue,
You don't need to raise any special events to restart when the user
changes it.
The standard code will work out what happens next and whether to remove
approval tasks from certain users based on what you send out in the
BADI.
So you just need to concentrate on getting your BADI code correct - i.e.
to say "who does it go to next".
By the way, are you just looking at whole ShopCart BADI approval or the
ShopCart Item approval?
It's a lot more complicated for ShopCart Item approval but I've just
done it at a customer with a hideously
complex business scenario, so should be able to answer any questions.
Regards,
Jocelyn Dart
Senior Consultant
SAP Australia Pty Ltd.
Level 1/168 Walker St.
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-----Original Message-----
From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Baunach, Natasha R
Sent: Wednesday, 02 November 2005 8:01 AM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
Sue,
You are correct that the value in BBP_WFL_SECURITY is the key to
allowing/prohibiting changes to shopping carts during approvals (even
though they all use the same task). Please keep in mind that if the
value is set to 'not defined', SAP has added the code in the BADI
BBP_WFL_SECUR_BADI, implementation BBP_WFL_SECUR_BADI_S to change it to
4 (I think it comes in as activated) which is equivalent to no changes
are allowed.
if scenario is initial .
call function 'BBP_PDH_WFL_SECLEVEL_DB_GET'
exporting
iv_user = actual_user
importing
ev_sec_level = new_sec_level.
if new_sec_level is initial.
new_sec_level = 4.
endif.
endif.
endif.
I have never used Events to recalculate agents for active tasks. In our
current production system, the security level is set to "Low - workflow
is always restarted when changes are made". So, if the requestor makes
any changes to the workflow, it is restarted so agents are recalculated.
I will look into Events during our upgrade and will leverage off
Ginger's presentations.
Regards,
Natasha
-----Original Message-----
From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Susan R. Keohan
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:41 PM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
Hi Natasha,
Thanks so much for all the info. Our current process does not call for
ad-hoc approvers, but I am
still hoping to take advantage of this functionality.
Am I correct that the value in BBP_WFL_SECURITY (currently set to 'not
defined') would be the key to
allowing/prohibiting changes to Shopping Carts, all using the same task
? Just re-stating in my own
words what I thought you said...
Have you used Events to cause the recalculation of agents for active
tasks ? This could solve a lot
of our problems, where the Shopping Cart changes during the approval
process, and the wrong
approvers still have the 'old' approval task...(Ginger Gatling delivered
a great presentation on
this topic at the recent TechEd in Boston).
Many thanks,
Sue
Baunach, Natasha R wrote:
> Hi Sue,
>
> I have implemented BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI in our SRM 4.0 sandbox with
> different level of approvals and certain line items going to different
> approvers. Hopefully, I can answer some of your questions.
>
> 1. Yes, approval index must be incremented by 1. You can still have
> your ad-hoc approval steps between pre-defined approval steps assuming
> that you allow for ad-hoc approvers (you can disable this
functionality
> via BADI 'Allow Changes to Approvers' BBP_CHNG_AGNT_ALLOW.
>
> 2. It is the same task that is used for approvals in all shopping cart
> approval workflows available in SRM 4.0. The task is TS10008126.
> Whether or not an approver can change the cart during approval process
> is determined by the settings at the role level. Go to transaction
> PFCG, input your role, hit display. Then go to Personalization tab
and
> look for personalization object key 'BBP_WFL_SECURITY'. During
runtime,
> this default can be overwritten in the BADI 'Authorization to Change
> During Approval' BBP_WFL_SECUR_BADI. So basically, if your approvers
at
> different levels have different roles, you should be able to control
> change ability via this setting at the role level. If it is more
> complicated than that, then you will need to place your more
complicated
> logic in the BADI.
>
> BTW, I think that you can also use a different BADI to allow only
> certain fields to be changed. It could be applicable only to CUF's.
I
> have this requirement and will be looking into it shortly -- if a user
> has finance approver profile, only allow them to change GL account
> assignment and nothing else; no changes are allowed for other
approver.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Natasha
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at MIT.EDU] On
Behalf
> Of Susan R. Keohan
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 6:56 AM
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to embark on the implementation of BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI
(SRM
> 4.0). Have looked at all
> the notes, docu, sample implementations, etc.
> 1) The docu for this BAdi says 'Note that there must be absolutely no
> gaps in the approval steps and
> that approvers must be defined for every step.' I assume this means
> that the ApprovalIndex must be
> incremented from 0 by 1 with no gaps in it. Am I correct ? Or does
> this mean that there can be no
> intervening steps *between* approval steps ?
>
> 2) Is it possible to pass an approver an approval task, which also
> allows them to change the cart ?
> But other approvers (different approval levels) can only approve or
> reject? Can I determine
> which tasks the approvers can get and set that in the BAdi ?
>
> Obviously, I am an SRM novice and a BAdi novice as well, so any help
is
> greatly appreciated.
> Happy WF-ing,
> Sue
--
Susan R. Keohan
SAP Workflow Developer
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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keohan at ll.mit.edu
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