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

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Margaret, 
I know of at least one customer who has done something like the EBP
solution in an R/3 4.6C system - so yes it is do-able.  It wasn't a
Blackberry specific scenario - just email, but it works.  


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 Mike Pokraka
Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2005 6:47 AM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: Send an approval from mobile device (i.e. Blackberry)

Hi Margaret,

To be honest, when I looked into it it didn't seem like rocket science, 
but simply a fair bit of effort with a lot of simple bits that must just

cooperate nicely. The SSL part was the one I meant you'd probably need 
to get someone involved as it's more of a basis thing.

Cheers
Mike

Hilsbos, Margaret A wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>>
> 
> 
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