ERP2005: step type Web Activity and Web Dynpro

Thu Dec 14 03:37:12 EST 2006

Ahhh... e-mails crossing each other here.

My main concern is now parameters, and it worries me a bit that you say
a dummy method will do. I hope that doesn't mean that there is no
possibility to pass parameters. This may turn into an opportunity to
create an ABAP Objects based workflow! That's a piece of good news among
the bad news :-)

I'll have to look into things.
-- 
Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil OFT GBS BAS DEV SAP

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	From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu]
On Behalf Of Markus Klein
	Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:23 AM
	To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
	Subject: RE: ERP2005: step type Web Activity and Web Dynpro

	Hello Kjetil,

	actually you dont need a own business object. All you need is
for your Workfow-task which calls a WebDynpro Application a dummy method
which does do anything. You could use a simple abap class which
implements the interface if_workflow. Very easy to design. Take the
standard task 12300097, which the absence request workflow uses for the
Approveal activity (its a WebDynpro application). The rest of config is
done, as Jocely already stated, with transaction swfvisu.

	cheers,
	Markus

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	From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu]
On Behalf Of Kjetil Kilhavn
	Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:07 AM
	To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
	Subject: RE: ERP2005: step type Web Activity and Web Dynpro

	Bijay, I forgot to inform about our reason for trying this
approach: our Guided Procedure system won't be available until it is too
late for the first release cycle. You know how managers sometimes like
to brag about things they don't have a clue about? This is one of these
cases, where someone high above us working ants has promised delivery in
February.

	And sometimes (workflow) developers like to brag that "anything
can be done" in workflow. That's me in this case :-(

	Jocelyn, you just ruined my day... and probably next week. But
thanks anyway ;-)
	Not good news at all, as it seems I will have to create my own
business object if we are going down this road. At least I can't seem to
find anything relevant in SWO1.

	-- 
	Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil OFT GBS BAS DEV SAP

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		From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Dart, Jocelyn
		Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:04 AM
		To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
		Subject: RE: ERP2005: step type Web Activity and Web
Dynpro

		Actually you don't need Guided Procedures to call a
WebDynpro application. 

		You can do that easily enough from transaction SWFVISU,
UWL XML configuration of the launch mechanism for that task, or
transaction WF_EXTSRV.

		The "web activity" step is to do with WF-XML - and is
not relevant to simply calling a WebDynpro application. 

		Regards, 
		Jocelyn Dart 
		Senior Consultant 
		SAP Australia Pty Ltd. 

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		From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Shrestha, Bijay
		Sent: Thursday, 14 December 2006 5:57 AM
		To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
		Subject: RE: ERP2005: step type Web Activity and Web
Dynpro

		Hi Kjetil,

		If you're going to make a new workflow by calling a Web
Dynpro application, I think it's better to design in Guided Procedure.
The prerequisite is Netweaver Portal. 

		It's lot easier to design a Guided Procedure which will
give you possiblility to call any webie program e.g. Webdynpro ABAP,
WebDynpro Java, iView, iView from Visual composer etc. 

		Bijay

			-----Original Message----- 
			From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of
Kjetil Kilhavn 
			Sent: Wed 12/13/2006 11:59 AM 
			To: SAP Workflow User's Group 
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			Subject: ERP2005: step type Web Activity and Web
Dynpro

			My intuition tells me it should be possible to
call a Web DynPro screen from a web activity step - and preferrably even
a Web DynPro for ABAP and not just the Java version.

			However, during my attempt in our sandbox system
I have become quite depressed. I can't even get a simple workflow where
the URL is fixed (http://www.google.com/) working. The single-test of
the step works, but not the workflow.

			When I try to test it fails with error message
SWP135 (Unable to determine work item type for step at node 0000000004).
That message looks just plain stupid in my eyes, I thought I pretty much
defined the step type when I selected the "Web activity" icon, but
perhaps there is something I have missed.

			Our config seems OK, transaction SWU3 shows
green lights everywhere it should matter (definition environment and
runtime environment).

			The OSS search doesn't help me, nothing is
returned for <SWP135>, nothing was returned for <"determine work item
type">. When searching for <determine work item type> a lot of messages
about other items and types were found. So I restricted it to area
BC-BMT and got it reduced to 16 messages, of which zero were relevant
when we don't consider "Analysis for workflow problems" (322526) and
other generic notes relevant.

			I have also tried SWUD with the trace on.
Unfortunately, I can't really say I felt enlightened after looking at
the trace.

			Anyone care to help a clueless beginner? Not
that I think this WWW thing is here to stay anyway...

			-- 
			Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil OFT GBS BAS DEV SAP

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