WDA & ABAP Objects -Percent of WF'ers using them?

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Appreciate that and agree that easy configuration is important.  Hence for instance the move to BPMN formats in NW BPM and Gravity.

But as for mobile, very easy to configure on the mobile side so I am told and from what I have seen so far. 

But mobile workflow is completely separate to SAP Business Workflow. Remember that SAP Business Workflow is only one of the workflow engines and has its own limitations so to tie it to that only would not be appropriate. 

There are other tools coming down the line which will make it easier to work with scenarios that cross different workflow engines, particularly with highly adaptive scenarios but nothing I can give you yet officially, sorry. 

Jocelyn
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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of greg at misiorek.com
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:55 PM
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Subject: RE: WDA & ABAP Objects -Percent of WF'ers using them?


Jocelyn,

i think most people simply expect an easily configurable app that will
leverage SAP WAS workflow infrastructure into a new UI and hardware.
too make it more complex than necessary will turn many users away as they
have have been "spoiled" by Apple and alike.

my 2cents


> Hi folks,
> Just to set expectations early … “mobile workflow” in SAP/Sybase is
> not really workflow as WUG-ers understand it – just a simple form/call
> mechanism.   It will let us communicate back and forth with mobile,  but
> do any sort of decent business process as WUG-ers understand them, expect
> to have to pair it with NW BPM or SAP Business Workflow.
>
> I would suggest you not regard mobile workflow as another type of workflow
> – just a feature for communicating between mobile and workflow.
>
> Expect that some of the demos you will be seeing from SAP will incorporate
> these sorts of scenarios.
> Regards,
> Jocelyn
>
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of mikkomr at gmail.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 6:24 AM
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> Subject: RE: WDA & ABAP Objects -Percent of WF'ers using them?
>
> Hi Rick,
> Having read your posts and getting a glimpse of your abap / abap oo skills
> in the past, learning wda shouldn't take you that long. There are lots of
> good tutorials in sdn as well should you be a self learner.
>
> For portal / web browser based use cases, wda would be my first choice for
> delivering new ui:s for any sap business suite app.
>
> For mobile access, the choice is a bit trickier. In the past most mobile
> ui:s have been web browser based and developed with its, bsp, wdj/wda with
> the basic principle of optimizing their user experience for fast access.
> This is where wda also stands and it provides some useful features like
> the page scaling & dynamic layout mentioned in previous posts.
>
> Currently in the iOS/Android(/Symbian since I come from the land of Nokia
> :) ) era however, web browser access is not that wanted any more and
> people are looking more into native mobile apps with better usability and
> enhanced features.
>
> My suggestion would thus be to keep a close eye on the SAP/Sybase
> offering, they are pretty soon launching e.g. their mobile workflow
> solution (kind of a mobile uwl) which can be installed on any major mobile
> operating system enabled phone. Sdn has more material on this if you're
> interested and of course there are many 3rd party mobile apps which can do
> the same thing if you can't wait for SAP's offering to be fully
> available.
>
> Regards,
> Mikko
>
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:59:51 -0600
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> Hi Mikko,
> I have no WDA experience -yet. Will be pushing for training soon.
>
> Simple question and please forgive my ignorance. I am assuming WDA will be
> better choice for Portal and smart devices?
> There are business folks asking when we will support iPhone, BB, and
> iPads, etc. for simple Approve / Reject type WFs.
>
> Thank you for your time, Rick
>
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