WS14500015 in SRM5

[Baunach, Natasha R]

Jerry,

ACTUAL_APPROVAL_INDEX is passed to the BADI by workflow.  It is
incremented by workflow via container operation in sub-workflow
WS14500014 as it passes through approval loop.  It is used to determine
current approver(s) (method ACTUALDYNAMICAPPROVERSGET calls the same
BADI) to be passed to the approval task as agent.

APPROVAL_TABLE-APPROVAL_TABLE_INDEX is specified by you when you write
the code in the BADI.  It is one of the last steps in the BADI

For example, you want approvers who are assigned to criteriaA to be
first level approvers.  You assign this index via function module
BBP_WFL_DIN_FILL_APPROVER.  Here is sample code of that:

* now fill the approver for the different approval definitions
    CALL FUNCTION 'BBP_WFL_DIN_FILL_APPROVER'
      EXPORTING
        iv_approval_index   = 1
        ic_step_description = YourDescription
        iv_criterion1       = CriteriaA
      TABLES
        it_approval_def     = lt_appr_def
        it_approval_object  = item_approval_obj
        et_approver         = lt_approver
        it_approval_items   = lt_approval_items.

So, pretty much all approvers that you have assigned to CriteriaA will
be approvers at the first level.

Let me know if you need further clarification.

Natasha


-----Original Message-----
From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of jerry martinek
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:12 PM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: RE: WS14500015 in SRM5

Hi Natasha,

Thank you for your reply. I sort of suspect that you can but I'm not
quite sure how, yet.

I was wonderring if you could explain/confirm how the system uses the
following two fields: first is the ACTUAL_APPROVAL_INDEX field in method
GET_REMAINING_APPROVERS of BADI BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI and the second is
the APPROVAL_TABLE-APPROVAL_TABLE_INDEX field. 

Does the system increment field ACTUAL_APPROVAL_INDEX each time the
method gets called? First time called the value is ZERO, all subsequent
calls the system increments the value by one before entry into the
method.

Does the APPROVAL_TABLE-APPROVAL_TABLE_INDEX field represent the
approval level? Does it have to be unique or can I assign mutliple
approvers to a single value?  

Thanks,
Jerry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Baunach, Natasha R" <natasha.r.baunach at intel.com>
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:01 pm
Subject: RE: WS14500015 in SRM5

> Jerry,
> 
> You should be able to set your approval requirement in BADI.  For
> example, lets say you have 3 items in shopping cart: first one is
> assigned to cost center, second one to WBS element, third one to
> internal order.
> 
> What I have done in this situation is loop through items.  If item 
> meetscertain criteria, assign approval object to it, populate item 
> approvaltable and criteria definition table (these three tables 
> are of
> structures: bbps_wfl_item_approval_obj
> bbps_wfl_item_approval
> bbpt_wfl_lia_def.
>                 
> So, it is possible that your item 1 will only have approver A, 
> item 2
> will have approvers A & B, and item 3 have approver C & D.
> 
> I hope this helps.  
> 
> Natasha
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of jerry martinek
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:26 PM
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> Subject: WS14500015 in SRM5
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I need to some help clarifying how WS14500015 in SRM5 works. I 
> need to
> be able to setup different approval categories that are based on 
> eitherthe shopping cart item material groups or account assignments.
> For example, all shopping cart items charged to cost centers will be
> assigned to one approval category while items charged to something 
> likea maintenance order are assigned to a different approval 
> category. Then
> depending on the value of each category have the ability for N-step
> approval steps 
> 
> The available documentation on WS14500015 states that you can define
> different approval categories but what's not clear is that can each
> category have N-step approval steps.
> 
> If I can't setup the BADI BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI method
> GET_REMAINING_APPROVERS code, I'll need to add program logic to the
> shopping cart to limit what can be ordered via the shopping cart 
> at any
> one time.
> 
> Regards,
> Jerry Martinek
> 
> 
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