Approval from Lotus Notes Email

[Kjetil Kilhavn]

Mandag 12. august 2013 09.08.30 skrev Mike Pokraka:
> I was describing standard Extended Notifications. If you configure a
> decision task it provides links matching the decision texts. The links call
> a web service which then does the approval (possibly via WAPI, but it's
> been a while since I've dug around the internals).

Thanks for the update. That's one more argument for switching from RSWUWFML2 
for the customers who still see no reason to switch from RSWUWFML2.

> Regards,
> Mike
> 
> On 26 Jul 2013, at 06:41, Kjetil Kilhavn <list.sap-wug at vettug.no> wrote:
> 
> Torsdag 25. juli 2013 16.56.34 skrev Mike Pokraka:
> > Everything is customizable, but by default it launches a web app that does
> > the approval in background and confirms the result.
> 
> Are you describing Lotus/SAP Alloy or Extended Notifications here? I have
> never seen this behaviour in extended notifications (but then again, since
> we never got the links working as desired due to federated portal issues we
> don't send any links in the e-mail at the site which has extended
> notifications and uses SSO).
> 
> If this is for Extended Notifications, this must be standard behaviour only
> in specific cases, e.g. for decision tasks where links for each decision
> option would have to be present or for tasks where the method implements
> the IFAPPROVE interface or something similar.
> 
> > If you use SSO the logon is completely transparent, the user sees a
> > confirmation in a browser window and needn't even know they're on SAP.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Mike
> > 
> > On Thu, July 25, 2013 1:41 pm, John Haworth wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> 
> >> Doesn't Extended Notifications just send out an email, with an embedded
> >> link that takes you back into SAP (and the task) in order to carry out
> >> the
> >> approval activity?
> >> 
> >> Kind Regards
> >> 
> >> John Haworth
> >> SAP PDM
> >> CSC
> >> 
> >> Euxton House, Euxton Lane, Chorley, PR7 6FE.
> >> 
> >> |Office: +44(0)1257 23 6474|Mobile: +44(0)7921069650| email:
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> >> 
> >> From:   "Mike Pokraka" <wug at workflowconnections.com>
> >> To:     "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
> >> Date:   25/07/2013 13:17
> >> Subject:        Re: Approval from Lotus Notes Email
> >> Sent by:        sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Extended Notifications are email client independent, no reason they
> >> shouldn't work in Notes.
> >> Or if you have lots of Money to throw at it, Alloy does some neat stuff
> >> with SAP and Notes...
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> Mike
> >> 
> >> On Mon, July 1, 2013 5:25 am, Neil Gardiner wrote:
> >>> Hola....
> >>> 
> >>> Possibly a bit of a no brainer here but I can't seem to find a solution
> >> 
> >> so
> >> 
> >>> apologies in advance.
> >>> 
> >>> Has anyone built a workflow solution where approvals were carried out
> >> 
> >> from
> >> 
> >>> within a Lotus Notes Email?
> >>> 
> >>> EG: An approver receives an email notification about an approval and
> >> 
> >> they
> >> 
> >>> can approve this directly from the email itself.
> >>> 
> >>> I hope this makes sense....
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> 
> >>> --
> >>> *Neil Gardiner
> >>> Mob: +61 421 451 295*
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