Leave Workflow (WS12300111) adding description to workitem

[Mike Pokraka]

Hi Mark, Jocelyn,

Just as an aside, I queried the ridiculous use of the "Final" flag on
workflow-enabled classes a while back and the response I got from OSS was
that this is intentional and deliberate.

It is to stop customers creating subtypes because we could redefine the
standard methods, potentially breaking something in some incredibly
obscure way. So there you have it.

Cheers,
Mike



n Wed, May 23, 2007 3:38 pm, Dart, Jocelyn wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Don't go that way.  That class doesn't represent the details of the
> leave request - it represents the workflow attributes relevant to the
> leave request which is a different thing entirely.   So your class
> should not be a sub-class of the original as it represents a different
> entity.   Also a sub class doesn't help you - you can't specify
> delegation in the same way as BOR object types  so you would still need
> to change the workflow to use your new subclass.
>
> Create your own class to read the leave details and return the leave
> type.
> Copy the standard workflow.  Add a task to instantiate your class.
>
> If you REALLY need to link your class with the CL_PT_REQ_WF_ATTRIBS
> class e.g. because you need to put the leave type in the Basic Data of
> the workflow itself, then create a new attribute/method of
> CL_PT_REQ_WF_ATTRIBs that retrieves the details of the leave request.
> This may seem like a mod but is actually recommended somewhere in the
> help doco - and no please don't ask me to find the reference - have fun
> searching for yourself.
>
> You might want to check out table PTREQ_ATTABSDATA as the source of your
> absence details.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Jocelyn Dart
> Senior Consultant
> SAP Australia Pty Ltd.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Mark Daley
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2007 7:41 PM
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> Subject: Leave Workflow (WS12300111) adding description to workitem
>
> Hi all, I want to add the leave type description eg Annual Leave to
> the work item text for WS12300111 (We're on ECC5).
>
> I thought this would be simple but I'm getting stuck.
>
> I'm thinking of creating a z class inheriting from
> CL_PT_REQ_WF_ATTRIBS (mod to turn off 'final' flag) and adding a
> suitable attribute to hold the leave type description. I'm not seven
> ure if this will work.
>
> There must be a better way!
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
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