SRM7 and ACF (Keohan, Susan - 1140 - MITLL)

Wed Mar 12 04:59:39 EDT 2014

grrrrr email buttons.

SRM7 can be very similar to SRM550 except you now have WebDynpro and
Portal.  You can use AC Wf OR PC Wf, both work.  We use AC Wf and use the
'N-Step BADI', I think of the N Step Badi as a giant hole in the middle of
the SAP supplied templates (which I believe it is generally good advice to
use), into which you can put your own Agent determination via Abap code.
 You need to start out being structured in the way you add code into this
BADI or it will become a horrible complicated piece of spaghetti, We have a
very, very good thing we call the Enhancement Explorer (not written by me)
that brings fantastic structure to the code we add to Badi's,  it basically
creates a separate Class for each functional enhancement.

Andy

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Andy Curtis <abcurtis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Q.Am I being forced into using the BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI?
> A. Probably, yes
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Keohan, Susan - 1140 - MITLL" <keohan at ll.mit.edu>
>> To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>> Cc:
>> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:27:26 +0000
>> Subject: RE: SRM7 and ACF
>>
>> And I should clarify...
>>
>> We are using custom workflows that will execute role resolution without
>> issue - what I worried about (in a weak moment?) was if there was some new
>> requirement in SRM7 that all Application-Controlled workflows **had** to
>> implement the Badi...
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] *On
>> Behalf Of *Keohan, Susan - 1140 - MITLL
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:53 PM
>> *To:* SAP Workflow Users' Group
>> *Subject:* RE: SRM7 and ACF
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> I am asking my Basis team to look into it, thanks.  (We are new to all
>> this fancy Portal stuff).
>>
>>
>> One thing I've re-read from the book and SAP Help is the following:
>>
>> The book -
>>
>>
>>
>> For the n-step BAdI and line item BAdI, the agent determination
>>
>> is based on BOR methods that delegate the agent determination to a
>>
>> BAdI implementation.
>>
>> As mentioned earlier, SAP delivers an example implementation for the BAdI
>> definition
>>
>> BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI. To leverage the BAdI-based approval workflow,
>>
>> you have to provide your own implementation that covers your specific
>> business
>>
>> rules (see more details in Section 25.5.9, Implementing Dynamic
>> Processes).
>>
>>
>>
>> And from Silvana Kempf (Workflow_in_SRM_70_RTC)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Which leads me to ask another silly question:  Am I being forced into
>> using the BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI?   I am trying to test this theory now, but
>> have competing bread crumbs to follow.
>>
>> Anyway, I thought it was interesting.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu<sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Andy Curtis
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:02 AM
>> *To:* SAP Workflow Users' Group
>> *Subject:* Re: SRM7 and ACF
>>
>>
>>
>> How about Security?  We upgraded and there was talk at the time about
>> SRM7 approvals needing Change authority.
>>
>>
>> Andy Curtis
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:46 PM, <sap-wug-request at mit.edu> wrote:
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Keohan, Susan - 1140 - MITLL" <keohan at ll.mit.edu>
>> To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group (sap-wug at mit.edu)" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>> Cc:
>> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:45:01 +0000
>> Subject: SRM7 and ACF
>>
>> Hello Wuggers,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am on a technical upgrade only from SRM5 (ITS based) to SRM7 (UWL) and
>> we are running our old (application controlled) workflows.  All the
>> background tasks work fine.
>>
>> The UWL is a challenge, but not what brings me to posting today.
>>
>> *It's the danged dialog tasks.*
>>
>>
>>
>> I thought I would just keep it simple and use the SAP-delivered tasks for
>> SC Approval and so on.  The task (TS10008126, in this case) calls FORM
>> HTMLPROCESS.  That, in turn calls WDA/FPM - and of course, this is new
>> territory for me.  Please see the screen shot below for the WDA/FPM
>> technical information.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The problem is - there are no 'Approve' or 'Reject' buttons when you
>> drill into the workitem!  I know that once you drill into the workitem,
>> you've left the control of the UWL and the corresponding XML.  I have been
>> through blogs and tutorials (is it ridiculous, or just plain wrong that I
>> need to get an access key in order to follow through on a tutorial? That's
>> a question for another day).
>>
>>
>>
>> I have looked in the IMG, and the only place I can see where I could
>> configure what actions are available is Cross Application Basic Settings>
>> Extensions and Field Control > Control Actions > Display Standard Metadata
>> Tables for Actions on Header Level and Configure Control of Actions on
>> Header Level.  The 'Display Standard Metadata...' is a very busy screen with
>> no existing entries for BUS2121 APPROVED or APPROVAL_IND (so I've left it
>> alone).  The section 'Configure Control of Actions on Header Level' seems
>> promising, but even when I have created entries for BUS2121, it seems to
>> have no impact on the WebDynPro app.
>>
>>
>>
>> I feel as though I am overlooking something quite obvious - I mean,
>> shouldn't an SAP Approval Task offer 'Approve' and 'Reject' right out of
>> the box?  And it doesn't seem to matter which task I use - I was working
>> with TS14508044 for a while but switched back to the older task.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would definitely appreciate it if anyone can help me get a clue...
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Sue
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----
>>
>> Susan R. Keohan
>>
>> SAP Workflow Specialist
>>
>> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
>>
>> 244 Wood Street, LI-200
>>
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>>
>> 781-981-3561
>>
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>>
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