Send an approval from mobile device (i.e. Blackberry)

[Hilsbos, Margaret A]

Mike,

Yes...this is about where I'd gotten to.  I was wondering if anyone had actually made this work in anything but EBP.

I'm guessing we won't be doing it here anytime soon.

Thanks,

Margaret


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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu]On Behalf
Of Mike Pokraka
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 5:34 AM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: Send an approval from mobile device (i.e. Blackberry)


Hi Margaret,
Since you have the book, it also describes something about how to 
implement the EBP-stype setup in other systems.
It's not straightforward and you'll probably need help with it, but as 
far as I can remember the approval is done by reply email. Email is 
insecure so digital signing / SSL has to be implemented in your mail 
systems.

So then your approval consists of an email with two hyperlinks for 
replying, one for approve and one for reject. These send an email back 
with validation codes.

You need to implement some coding to read incoming emails and scan for 
any workflow results.

Cheers
Mike

Hilsbos, Margaret A wrote:
> Hello WUG'ers,
> 
> I want a manager to be able to execute an approval (in some fashion) from a mobile device such as a Blackberry. Currently the workitem is set up as a user decision, and we send email notification using RSWUWFML2.
>  
> Is there any way we can add something to the email so that the manager can approve or reject the item from a Blackberry (i.e. via email)? I read in the SAP Workflow book that the shopping cart in EBP can do this, but I confess I found the implementation discussion confusing.  Can anyone who has tried this help me out with any tips, tricks, or traps you learned along the way?  Or maybe a brief overview of how I would set it up?
> 
> We have both 6.20 and 4.6c systems.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> 
> 
> Margaret Hilsbos
> (215) 299-5630
>