Portal - UWL vs. SAP Business Workplace

[Mike Pokraka]

Agree with Mark, the UWL is still lacking.
Jsut to add though, you might also try BWSP, or a split approach: heavy
users use BWSP and occasional users on the UWL. This  depends of course if
your workflows fit into this picture.
The major upside of the UWL is the 'Universal' bit - it'll collate all
workitems from different systems into one list. So if you have a separate
HR system you'll see leave requests and PO approvals in the same inbox.
Cheers
Mike


Mark Pyc wrote:
> G'day Sherman,
> In my opinion the UWL is still incomplete. I saw the latest version atASUG
> in April and it's a vast improvement (not sure if it's releasedyet) but
> it's still lacking. No secondary methods, no advance withdialog and none
> of the maintenance you mention.
> Stick with the workplace if you can at this stage.
> My 2 p.
> Have fun,Mark
> On 8/31/05, Sherman Wright <swright at lsil.com> wrote:> > > Hi – > > We are
> using Portal 6.0, and because of unfamiliarity, etc., etc., we had>
> replaced the Universal Work List (UWL) with the SAP Business Workplace>
> (transaction SBWP) using Windows HTML GUI.  We have a handful of workflow>
> approval tasks (PR approvals, Fixed Asset retirement approvals, Absence>
> Request approvals, etc.) that we route to people in their Workflow
> Inboxes,> which should be available with either "tool".> > We are in the
> process of moving from SAP R/3 4.6B to MySAP ERP (ECC 5.0). > In light of
> this, I have been asked to provide pros and cons regarding> replacing the
> Business Workplace with the UWL, since the UWL is the default> tool in
> Portal.  Do any of you have any strong arguments either for or> against
> the use of UWL as opposed to the Business Workplace?  Some of our> users
> really like the ability to do their automatic forwarding, substitution>
> maintenance, outbox maintenance, etc., from Portal.!
>    Most of these things> especially don't seem to be available in the
> UWL.> > Any information would be appreciated
> > Regards,> Sherman> >
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Mike Pokraka
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