Application independant workflow ?

[Mike Pokraka]

Just another thought... if you're running SAP HR that should be a very
very big pro for running SAP as your WF engine. A no-brainer really, since
all you personnell and org management is then completely centralized,
email addresses maintained etc.

Cheers,
Mike


On Thu, September 7, 2006 10:39, Kisloff, Philip B wrote:
> Sincere thanks for all your replies,
>
> It seems there are real world experiences in the group of using SAP
> workflow
> for applications that do not revolve around standard SAP business objects.
>
> Several of you have suggested custom development objects as the starting
> point,
> and documents can be stored in the SAP document repository, with web page
> access
> through BSP or else Adobe forms. The organisational management module is
> also a strength.
>
> I'm fully on board with SAP workflow capability in this area, and I have
> indeed done
> a few SAP application-independent workflows myself, using ISR as the
> kernel for the
> solution. But that is not the same as having a companies strategic
> workflow applications
> supported from within SAP. That's a decision above my pay grade :( but I
> was hoping
> to contribute to the discussion. Certainly J2EE figures in there
> somewhere, so I am quite
> intrigued about Guided Procedures, and maybe the composite application
> framework
> has something to offer in this area.
>
> Best regards to all
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu]On Behalf
> Of Jackson, Rob
> Sent: 06 September 2006 18:37
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: RE: Application independant workflow ?
>
>
> We have utilized the 4.7 workflow engine in combination with our own
> custom
> SAP Business Server Pages application to automate a couple of approval
> processes.  The BSP's update custom z-tables in SAP and documents that are
> uploaded get stored in the SAP archives, but retrievable from our
> Intranet.
> Not sure if this is what you mean by "independent" or not.  I will be
> presenting at SAP TechEd on this topic if you are interested.
>
> Rob
>
>