Custom Output types and GOS

[Alon Raskin]

Hi Edwin,
 
I really appreciate the response. I don't think that the GOS stuff will be too hard. I don't know exactly how to read the files but I am sure that this is nothing that a bit of debugging cant work out. 
 
Thanks again.
 
Alon Raskin
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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of Edwin Mukusha
Sent: Thu 1/5/2006 13:45
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: Custom Output types and GOS



Hi Alon, 

If you already know how to programmatically read all the attached documents from GOS, I would say you are nearly there.  I believe you could just simply launch a worklow using the standard PO created event and achieve what you want without using a custom output type. 

However, if your customer is adamant on using output types I don't know if you are aware that you can specify an output type to trigger a workflow.  I have not used this before so all I can do is point you to some of the customizing in the IMG.  The path is Materials Management->Purchasing->Messages->Output Control->Message Types->Define Message Type for Purchase Order.  From here choose Maintain Message Types for PO.  Attached is a screenshot of the options that I am a seeing. 



many regards 

Edwin. 






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I know that this not exactly WF related question but I promise that it is oh so close.



I want to know if something is possible.



I have a client that has configured an output type so that when a purchasing document is saved, an email is sent directly to the vendor with the relevant details. Now the client has asked me whether it is possible to attach some PC based files (PDF, DOC, etc) to the email that is generated to the vendor. I though I could use GOS to allow the users to attach PC based files to the PO/PR. Once they have attached all the files (via GOS) then they would hit save and I would write my own output type which would programmatically read all the attached documents and attach them to the outbound mail item. Does anyone know if this is possible via a custom output type? 



If this approach isn't the best then I am definitely open to suggestions.



Regards,



Alon


Alon Raskin
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