SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
Dart, Jocelyn
jocelyn.dart at sap.com
Thu Nov 10 01:17:36 EST 2005
Hi rang nat,
1. EBP 2.0 - centuries ago! (well a couple of years at least) and
doesn't have a BADI workflow
2. Did you have a question?
Regards,
Jocelyn Dart
Senior Consultant
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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of rang nat
Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 5:06 PM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
Hi Jocelyn,
I can see that approval workflow restart when we change A/c assignment
details or product category....This is happening as new shopping
cart(new entries /v EBP2.0) has been creating in system for above
changes.
Cheers
"Dart, Jocelyn" <jocelyn.dart at sap.com> wrote:
No really you're ok Sue - the standard whole shopping cart BADI
approval
workflow restarts as normal based on workflow security and what
changes
were made. You shouldn't have to raise any special events for
approvers
restarting based on rejection or change.
The only event you may want to keep is your Profit Center event
- the
trick with that however is it won't be enough to re-evaluate
rules on
active work items - you also need to rerun the BADI to
recalculate the
approvers and fill the workflow container appropriately.
Otherwise your
new approvers may not be able to action the shopping cart
correctly.
You might have to create a parallel workflow as well as using
re-evaluate rules.
Regards,
Jocelyn Dart
Senior Consultant
SAP Australia Pty Ltd.
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-----Original Message-----
From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu]
On Behalf
Of Sue Keohan
Sent: Wednesday, 02 November 2005 1:02 PM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: SRM BAdi-n step for Shopping Carts
Hi Jocelyn,
I was thinking to raise custom events when master data on the
R/3 side
changes, for example, Profit Center, which usually means a
re-org, and
in that case, new approvers. The Events under the workflow
header,
version dependent tab, would seem to be able to do this
'Reevaluate
Rules of Active Workitems', but of course, seeing is believing.
I am interested in whole Shopping Cart Approvals via the BAdi,
not Item
Approval. So, for that part at least, pheww! As for the BAdi, it
may
prove challenging, as our business process calls for certain
approvers
(at 'level 1') to be able to 'restart' approvals at the point
where the
last rejection occurred, or 'begin anew'. The BAdi would need to
take
this into consideration. Looks like I have my work cut out for
me.
Best regards,
Sue
Dart, Jocelyn wrote:
>Hi Sue,
>You don't need to raise any special events to restart when the
user
>chang! es 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.
>North Sydney
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>Australia
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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 S! hopping 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 appro! val 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
>>
>>
>
>
>
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