Decision Task -> Link to object's default Display method

Tue Jun 29 09:21:19 EDT 2010

Hi Ravi,

>Do you have a requirement to display different Info Type and/or subtypes?
It is a Name Change WF. So I set the 'Infotype' in binding to '0002'. InfoType won't change.
The begin / enddate are obviously required.

Bottom line, I believe the answer is no, I cannot get CONTAINER values
to pass into an attached object method. ?

We can change the "default" method to execute on an attached object from Display
to some other method. I am looking into this right now to determine if it makes sense to change the default for this process.
If you know how, I would appreciate it.

If I cannot change the default from Display method, I will probably just redefine the Display object and
get all the data from the EMPLOYEET object itself. That I have.
With the key with PERNR and VALIDITYBEGIN I should be able to get what I want.

Thanks
Rick

From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Ravi Dixit
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:40 PM
To: sap-wug at mit.edu
Subject: RE: Decision Task -> Link to object's default Display method

Hi Rick (Sample)

Do you have a requirement to display different Info Type and/or subtypes?
You should be able to achieve this with a bit of tweaking, can you let us know where in the workflow you decide on the into type/subtype to be displayed? and under what conditions? Like if an Absence then show 2001?

Cheers
Ravi
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:40:56 -0500
From: "Sample, Rick" <Rick.Sample at graybar.com<mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com>>
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Sathish.

Yes. You understand it correctly.
Bottom line, does not look like I can get these parms via container from an attached object.
Not the answer I wanted to hear, but at least I now know. Too bad this didn't work. It seemed so simple, but just didn't work.

I will have to redesign and create another step to pop the PA30 and place the user on the IT and record I want to take them to.

Thanks,
Rick

From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu> [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu>] On Behalf Of Sathish Venkatesan
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 3:08 PM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: Decision Task -> Link to object's default Display method

Rick

We also have HR workflows which uses EMPLOYEET, but mostly BO BUS1065. If I understand correctly, you want to use the display method to display specific info type through PA20. But you are passing EMPLOYEET object to the decision task only as an attachment and the default method for that task is DECISION-PROCESS. So, you are passing the container values(Info type/subtype) only to DECISION method but not to EMPLOYEET-Display method. You can confirm this by setting a breakpoint PROCESS method, where you will see those container values. I don't think you can pass workflow container values to the objects attached to the decision task.The same method will work if its a standard task tied directly to the display method.

Other standard display method like PO\ME23n mostly use object-Key to display the transaction, but in EMPLOYEET-DISPLAY, PA20 is default and you want to send parameters which are not object attributes if you want to see specific info type.

Let us know your findings...

Regards,
Sathish

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Sample, Rick <Rick.Sample at graybar.com<mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com><mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com<mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com>>> wrote:
Container values - Anything passed from task -> method via WF Container.

Examples:

EMPLOYEET-Display
Defined parms on method: Infotype, Subtype, ValidityBegin, and ValidityEnd.
The display method is using:
swc_get_element container 'Infotype' infotype, to get the container values from the task to the method.

I am currently working on a WF in HR right now.
I have a Descision task, with EMPLOYEET object passed in to descision task for Display as link.
I am attempting to pass container values into the method so I can execute the default SAP Display method
from the "Objects and Attachments" links.

I set break in this Display method. So, from SAP Inbox, click on "Emplyee: Rick Sample' and you are in the Display method.
I have no values in container for any of the container values it is looking for via the swc_get_element.

All binding are there with data in task. But not being passed to method.

Note, this is all standard SAP functionality.

Thanks,
Rick

From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu><mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu>> [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu><mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu>>] On Behalf Of Rick Bakker
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 12:09 PM

To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: Decision Task -> Link to object's default Display method

Hi Rick,

I have bound an object to the Decision Task. It shows up on the right under Objects and Attachments.
If I click on it, it runs its Display method. I put a breakpoint in the Display method, all is as expected.

I'm not sure what you mean by "container values". You're passing parameters to the method?
How do you do that?

If I pass a container element, say XTEST, from the workflow to the decision task, I expect it to be available to the Decision task. I don't expect it to be passed to the Display method of an object in the workitem. I'm not even sure how to do that. Maybe I'm missing something.

regards
Rick
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Sample, Rick <Rick.Sample at graybar.com<mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com><mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com<mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com>>> wrote:
Hi Rick,

Just so I am clear on what you are saying.
You have bound an object to the Decision Task. This will show in the "objects and attachments" pane like below.
Meaning, this object when selected, will open the default 'Display' method of <whatever> BO.
Objects and attachments

 *   Employee: Mr Rick L Sample

Now, if you go into (whatever BO) you are using and put a break point and execute, you are saying that you have container values? I step into my Display method and I got zip! Even though all data is in the task itself.

Don't know when it stopped. But I checked every WF I have in ECC6 and I see no data passed into them via container. All I have is the object-key. Period!
Some of my tasks just pop a session on the object-key and open <whatever>, but no setting parms, other container values from task make it into the method.

Rick

From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu><mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu>> [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu><mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu>>] On Behalf Of Rick Bakker
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:41 AM

To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: Decision Task -> Link to object's default Display method

Hi Rick,

I can confirm. Just have an object in the wf container and instantiate it, and it will appear on the Decision task, and it works.
I ran into a (different) problem with the Display method myself recently. Haven't tried passing parameters to it though.
Did it suddenly stop working?

cheers
Rick
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Sample, Rick <Rick.Sample at graybar.com<mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com><mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com<mailto:Rick.Sample at graybar.com>>> wrote:
Hey folks,

I checked and this is occurring across the board on all WFs. I have no access to container values in any workflow in ECC6.
I really recall ever doing much more than place the object on the Decision Task and have the Default Display method execute when user clicks on link. Always taken then to a display t-code like pa20, men23n, etc.

Can anyone confirm this for me please?

From: Sample, Rick
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:47 PM

To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Decision Task -> Link to object's default Display method

I have a decision step with EMPLOYEE object.

This object has a default Display method and accepts some parms.

I have the binding in place, the data is making it to the task in runtime, but

stepping through the Display method, I have no CONTAINER values.

Any ideas as to why no container values being passed from Task to Display method?

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