Offline Approval to ECC via Outlook

[Snehal Kutumbale]

Thanks Jocelyn and Florin. The extended notification works only in the
network. Our requirement is a truely offline solution.

>From ECC, we are able to send the email with the link, but user has to
click on the link and send a reply back to SAP with this solution.

Thanks & Regards,
Snehal

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Dart, Jocelyn <jocelyn.dart at sap.com>wrote:

> Glad you found an answer Florin... just btw it does sound more like the
> Duet approach from what I've seen.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Florin Wach
> Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 8:04 PM
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: Re: RE: Offline Approval to ECC via Outlook
>
> Hello Jocelyn,
> hello Snehal,
>
> thank you for pointing out the SRM solution, and it seems to be an
> interesting approach, so I'll have a look at it sooner or later.
>
> With on client I've configured a custom hyperlink which is swapped during
> the Extended Notifications, which again links to a custom small webservice,
> allowing approval/rejection or purchase orders and purchase requisitions.
> But it was the client's requirement that the users HAVE TO identify
> themself again by providing SAP username and correct password.
>
> I think, an interactive logon procedure, will still be required for the
> critical business approval processes, regardless if there's a working
> offline approval in place or not.
>
> Florin
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:30:24 +0000
> > Von: "Dart, Jocelyn" <jocelyn.dart at sap.com>
> > An: "SAP Workflow Users\' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>, David G Cooper <
> davidgcooper06 at gmail.com>
> > Betreff: RE: Offline Approval to ECC via Outlook
>
> > HI Snehal,
> > SRM has a standard provided example of this sort of offline approval
> using
> > mail.   So if you have access to SRM you might like to take a look at the
> > relevant program.
> >
> > BTW you could use Extended Notifications to generate and send the mail -
> > which is the job of Extended Notifications -  but you would need to
> create a
> > custom handler for your notification to swap the standard hyperlinks for
> > your approve/reject hyperlinks.
> >
> > Even with XML you need to logon somehow to send data into the system.
> > I'd be curious to know if anyone is using web activities.  I haven't
> heard
> > of it so far.
> > Regards,
> > Jocelyn
> >
> > From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> > Of Snehal Kutumbale
> > Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2013 11:51 PM
> > To: David G Cooper
> > Cc: sap-wug at mit.edu
> > Subject: Re: Offline Approval to ECC via Outlook
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > We had a look at the web-activity step in the workflow, as we are trying
> > to build offline email approval in ECC, without connecting to SAP. (So
> > extended notification doesn't work).
> >
> > As per documents, the web--activity sends an XML document to the
> specified
> > URL and can wait for response. Can it also send the XML document to the
> > specified email address?
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Snehal
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:30 PM, David G Cooper
> > <davidgcooper06 at gmail.com<mailto:davidgcooper06 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Snehal,
> >
> >
> >
> > Based on the requirements listed I would look into the Webflow inbound
> > communication options.  I have read about this some time back but cannot
> > remember the specifics.
> >
> >
> >
> > Basically you need to provide in the Email HTML buttons that send an
> > email/message back to the Webflow engine.  The webflow engine then
> instantiates
> > a workflow based on the contents of the email/message and takes the
> > appropriate actions.  It may be better to use a SOAP message rather than
> email.
> >
> >
> >
> > Remember that email is a store and forward mechanism and SAP has no way
> of
> > removing a message from the recipients list in outlook once actioned.
> > This is where DUET excels as it has full integration to the SAP
> > workflow/Webflow interfaces.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind Regards
> >
> > David Cooper
> >
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