BRF Workflow - SRM Shopping Cart Approval at item level

Mon Apr 4 19:33:18 EDT 2011

Hello All :
This issue (rejection ) has been resolved as suggested by Thomas , Dale and 
Ramki.  Thank you everybody.

The other issue , shopping" approval status" is not resolved. I raised an OSS 
message with SAP and they came back and said this is a standard behavior .

--------------------------------MESSAGE FROM 
SAP----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello Raja,

Apologies for the delay, the message was just assigned to me.
I have checked your requirement internally. Actually this what you want
to achieve is not available on the standard SRM system. This behavior ispresent 
Since previous releases like SRM 5.0 i.g.

The item level workflow does not work with separeted WFL for each item
but with a main WFL for the entire document.

You can check also in the sap help:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm70/helpdata/en/a3/a6a34098022a54e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm (it
 is AC WFL but it is the same behavior for PC
WFL as the PC was created instantiated on the AC) - Which says:

The SRM item based WFL means the separate determination of approvers forall 
individual items. Determination of approvers is only possible on
item level. A separate approval of items is required.

The shopping cart is only transferred to further processing (ordered)
after the entire approval process has been completed(Items that require
no approval are not ordered immediately independently of the items
requiring approval, but wait until the entire approval process has been
completed.)

I am also attaching a document about PC WFL which can be maybe helpful
to you.
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Thanks again for all your time and help.

Regards,
Raja

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From: BPT Consulting <bptconsulting at sbcglobal.net>
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <sap-wug at mit.edu>
Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 3:33:00 PM
Subject: Re: BRF Workflow - SRM Shopping Cart Approval at item level

Raja,

Look at the configuration for Acceptance by Contact Person for a fully rejected 
SC.  Put in your evaluation ID and use task ID 40007994. 

Regards,
Thomas Maue 
--- On Mon, 4/4/11, Ramki Maley <rmaley at erpworkflow.com> wrote:

>From: Ramki Maley <rmaley at erpworkflow.com>
>Subject: Re: BRF Workflow - SRM Shopping Cart Approval at item level
>To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 2:02 PM
>
>
>Raja,
>
>This behavior is defined by your process schema. Please check your schema. You 
>can also try posting the issue in SDN SRM Workflow forum.
>
>Cheers,
>Ramki.
>
>On 4/4/11 2:44 PM, Raja wrote: 
> 
>>Hello All :
>>
>>
>>I have an other question related to the BRF workflow . When the Shopping Cart is 
>>completely rejected  ( all line items rejected ) by an approver , the shopping 
>>cart turns out to be non-editable  and the workflow is completed . 
>>
>>
>>But at the same , if the SC got 2 items , item 1 is approved and item 2 is 
>>rejected , then work item is sent to the SC creator to take some action .
>>Is this the Standard system behavior ? . 
>>
>>
>>What I am looking for is when the SC is fully rejected , it should give the 
>>capability to the requester to edit and resubmit it.
>>
>>
>>Can anybody please shed some light on this issue ?
>>
>>
>>Your time and effort is highly appreciated in this matter.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Raja
>>248 910 0604 Cell
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
________________________________
 From: Raja <raja_mahamani at yahoo.com>
>>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>>Sent: Sun, April 3, 2011 10:21:23 PM
>>Subject: Re: BRF Workflow - SRM Shopping Cart Approval at item level
>>
>>
>>Hello Ramki , 
>>Thank You for your response . 
>>
>>
>>Is there a way through coding/customization  , to create decision sets at item 
>>level  so that  for example when the line item 1 is approved , it does not have 
>>to wait for item 2 ? . Basically , what I am looking for is , item 1 status 
>>should be changed to "Approved" so that follow-on documents will be created.
>>
>>
>>Or Shall I use any BAPI to change the status  or write custom method to change 
>>the item's system  status to "approved " ?.
>>
>>
>>Any ideas or suggestions welcome.  
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Raja
>>248 910 0604 Cell
>>
>>
>>
________________________________
 From: Ramki Maley <rmaley at erpworkflow.com>
>>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>>Sent: Sun, April 3, 2011 5:07:01 PM
>>Subject: Re: BRF Workflow - SRM Shopping Cart Approval at item level
>>
>>Raja,
>>
>>What you are experiencing in both cases is standard system behavior. Please see 
>>the SAP documentation for Decision Sets. 
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Ramki.  
>>
>>On 4/2/11 8:38 PM, Raja wrote: 
>>
>>>Hello Experts , 
>>>
>>>
>>>We are using SRM 7.01 and SP Level3 . 
>>>
>>>
>>>We are in the process of implementing Shopping Cart Approval at item level using 
>>>Business Rule Framework using Process Controlled Schema evaluation . 
>>> I have used the BADI implementation /SAPSRM/BD_WF_RESP_RESOLVER  and 
methods 
>>>/SAPSRM/IF_EX_WF_RESP_RESOLVER~GET_APPROVERS_BY_AREA_GUID  and 
>>>/SAPSRM/IF_EX_WF_RESP_RESOLVER~GET_AREA_TO_ITEM_MAP 
>>>to create area GUID and map it to the item.
>>>
>>>
>>>Problems I am facing :
>>>Scenario 1 :   For example  SC got two items  ; item 1  requires two level of 
>>>approval and item 2 requires 3 level of approval .  Item 1 is approved by both 
>>>the levels  and item 2 needs 3rd level approval.
>>>
>>>
>>>What is happening here is , line item 1 is also in the waiting approval status, 
>>>technically item should go to "Approved" ,but the SC is waiting for item 2 to be 
>>>approved by 3 rd level . Then the SC status is changed to "Approved". 
>>>
>>>
>>>Scenario 2 :   For example  SC got two items  ; item 1  requires two level of 
>>>approval and item 2 requires 3 level of approval .  Item 1 is approved by both 
>>>the levels  and item 2 rejected by 3 rd level . Even in this case ,the rejected 
>>>item needs decision  from the SC creator , then only the other item is going for 
>>>approval.
>>>
>>>
>>>Basically only one instance of  workflow (WS40000014) is called at for the 
>>>entore shopping cart and the approval workitem is created 
>>>at the n-step approval sub-workflow (WS40000015 and WS40000016). In our 
>>>situation there should be either multiple instances
>>>of WS400000154/WS40000015 should be called so that every item will be considered 
>>>as a separate approval.  
>>>
>>>
>>>I read from SDN that Process Schema's  evaluation is at  header level only by 
>>>default . 
>>>We have done coding in the  item area map method /BADI  and Rule Context to to 
>>>go for different approval process at item level. 
>>>
>>>
>>>Any ideas and  suggestions welcome . I appreciate your time and effort in 
>>>advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Note : I am willing to share my code if anybody wants to have a look at to 
>>>provide suggestion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Raja Mahamani
>>>248 910 0604 
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