Portal - UWL vs. SAP Business Workplace
Collins Obiosa-Maife
comaife at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Sep 7 11:10:05 EDT 2005
Hello Krishna,
Thanks a lot. I was able to locate the iview, the screenshot was very helpful, however, I tried to implement it, but it didnt work.
Here's a list of the actions I have undertaken thus far:
1) Configured the UWL to display the SAP Inbox (SAP GUI for HTML is the default-SWK1)
2)Configured the XML for the registered work items to display task (below)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE UWLConfiguration PUBLIC '-//SAP//UWL1.0//EN' 'uwl_configuration.dtd' [
]>
<UWLConfiguration version="1.0">
<ItemTypes>
<ItemType name="uwl.task.webflow.TS90500039" connector="WebFlowConnector" defaultView="webflowView"
defaultAction="launchMiniApp">
<ItemTypeCriteria externalType="TS90500039" connector="WebFlowConnector"/>
<Actions>
<Action name="launchMiniApp" groupAction="no" handler="SAPMiniAppLauncher"
returnToDetailViewAllowed="yes" launchInNewWindow="no">
<Properties>
<Property name="Template" value="BBP_QUOT_EXTWF"/>
</Properties>
<Descriptions default="Launch SAP Task">
<ShortDescriptions>
<Description Language="en" Description=" Launch SAP Task"/>
</ShortDescriptions>
</Descriptions>
</Action>
</Actions>
</ItemType>
</ItemTypes>
</UWLConfiguration>
3) Assigned the above xml to the workflow system in the portal
4) Used the UWL-Launch MiniApp to display the ITS Template
in the XML w/out success.
My questions are:
1) How does the UWL- Launch SAP Transaction or UWL -Launch MiniApp work?
2) Is there anyone in the forum who has configured the UWL to display the SRM Web Inbox, and executed them from the portal, and how was it done?
Thanks in advance.
Athur Krishna <athur.krishna at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Collins,
Pls find the Iview named "UWL - Launch SAP Transaction"
edit this iview and in property category pulldown menu click "show all" and find for "SAP GUI Type".
find the attached image.
-Krishna
On 9/5/05, Collins Obiosa-Maife <comaife at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hello Arthur,
I have followed the path you described, but I didnt see any "SAP GUI Type" property in the Property Editor of the UWL iview.
Please could you be more specific?
Thanks.
Athur Krishna <athur.krishna at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Collins,
If you want all of your INBOX items to open in a different GUI (like Win GUI ). then
change the "SAP GUI Type" in Content Provided By SAP -> End User Content -> Iviews -> UWL - Launch SAP Transaction.
-Krishna
On 9/5/05, Collins Obiosa-Maife < comaife at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hello Workflow Experts,
I have configured the UWL in Enterprise Portal 6.0 using a "How To" document from the SDN, as well as the SAP HELP documentation.
The work items in the UWL Inbox are SAP GUI for HTML. However, I want to display work items from the SRM's Inbox which has added functionalities.
Does anyone have a clue as to resolving this dilemma?
Thanks in advance.
Collins.
Athur Krishna <athur.krishna at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
Thanks to Greg,Jocelyn,Peter and others for sharing their knowledge.
just one more clarification,
assuming that I have configured both SRM and R/3 inbox in UWL (basically registering the system).
SRM needs "Substitution" option and R/3 does not need.
and all my inbox in UWL will be flooded with both SRM and R/3 approvals , considering that "Substitution" is available in EP 6.0 stack 12, so how do I enable / disable "Substitution" specifically for R/3 and SRM approval workitems.
Thanks,
-Krishna
On 9/2/05, Collins Obiosa-Maife <comaife at yahoo.co.uk > wrote: Hello Jocelyn,
Thanks for this contribution. However, I'd like to know if there's a documentation that describes how to display the SRM Inbox in the UWL? I need this solution to tie the work items in my SRM Inbox to the UWL.
Thanks in advance.
Collins
"Dart, Jocelyn" <jocelyn.dart at sap.com > wrote:
Folks,
Substitution IS standard in the UWL as of EP 6.0 support stack 12.
Forwarding, reserve/replace and the other items you specifically mentioned Sherman are also already included in the UWL. As always make sure you are on the highest support stack to get the maximum bug/performance improvements and latest functionality.
You should also be aware that SAP considers the UWL as the main workflow inbox from a future-direction perspective.
While it still has a few rough edges compared to the more mature SBWP these are gradually being smoothed out. Similarly the documentation on configuration options is improving.
As Peter has pointed out the UWL has some advantages when dealing with web-based services.
It is also the only inbox which allows you to easily combine all work items from all of your SAP systems.
Another consideration is that the UWL has already become not just the workflow inbox but the Alert Management inbox as well, so it has dual functionality.
You also get Collaboration Tasks (ad-hoc workflow ) in the UWL which are not available in SBWP.
Regards,
Jocelyn Dart
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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Carroll
Sent: Friday, 02 September 2005 10:05 AM
To: 'SAP Workflow Users' Group'
Subject: RE: Portal - UWL vs. SAP Business Workplace
We also coded the substitution function for use inthe portal, basically a copy of the standard SBWP code.
But when comparing the UWL and the SBWP my question is why would anyone use something that is a half baked copy of the real thing ?
The UWL is flaky and hard to configure - maybe it is just me but I still cannot get the same task to come up under more than one filter on the open tasks tab etc
Other points to consider
*The UWL is slower than the SBWP.
*Depending on the nature of the task, business HTML in separate window or some java ones, the task just executed is still in the open tasks list after it has been just processed - users hate this as they are unsure if item has been executed or not.
*Under some circumstances if the user double clicks on the item a lock error is received, a note describes this but offers no solution.
*The documentation to use and configure the UWL is totally inadaquate and unless one of the examples in it exactly matches your needs you will struggle
*The loss of chained execution(advance with dialogue) is hard to take and makes simple things complex.
Be careful if you use the UWL, but in my opinion you are better off on just one platform as you will be hard pressed to satisfy users of both with the one WF. In particular screens that use business HTML, are generated from the container of the WF or are written in Java present major problems when used in the SBWP.
Peter Carroll
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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Athur Krishna
Sent: Friday, 2 September 2005 0:19
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: Portal - UWL vs. SAP Business Workplace
Hi Greg,
One small question, EBP Approvals have the "Substitution" option, How did you achive that in UWL since UWL by default does not come with "Substitute" option.
Thanks,
-Krishna
On 9/1/05, Gregory Utley <Gregory.Utley at citrix.com > wrote:
All,
We just converted from the SAP Office inbox to the UWL with the implementation of the SAP Portal. The big plus for users here is one stop shopping, i.e., all SAP Office inboxes (R/3, EBP, ESS) are now available in one place. Before, users had to enter via SBWP to approve separately in each system. The biggest negative with the UWL is the loss of the "advance with dialog" feature. We've had to write custom code to compensate for this. I think this is a major loss, although I haven't seen any other complaints on WUG on the topic.
Greg Utley
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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Sherman Wright
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:52 PM
To: UserGroup, Workflow
Subject: Portal - UWL vs. SAP Business Workplace
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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