A routing tool in SAP that forwards documents for review or approval. For example, a requisition that needs to be approved is sent to the appropriate approver’s inbox. Workflow is also used to route journal vouchers, credit card charges, and other documents in SAP.
Why should I not assign org units to steps in the workflow builder? Using org objects such as positions or org units in the WF builder is not a good idea in most cases. Aside from number range mismatches when you transport, if your department splits or changes you need a transport for what should … Read more
Help! Why am I getting the error ‘No Administrator found’? This is another symptom of the org buffers being out of sync. Basically you have made an organizational change that is incompatible with the previous state. When executing the work item it gets confused with the old (buffered) and new org data. As above, SWU_OBUF … Read more
We have started using LIV, why does the “Payment Release” workflow not start anymore? The integration between LIV and FI does not include the payment release function. There is a separate and much better solution for blocking and releasing payments in Logistics Invoice Verification. Take a look at the customizing.Note: You should remove some FI … Read more
Regulating/distributing the workflow load Bottlenecks can occur in the system if resources are not optimally distributed between workflow execution and dialog users or other RFC steps.This note describes ways of regulating the load that results from the workflow, or limiting it to certain servers.Workflows are usually started by “triggering events”. A tRFC does this in … Read more
This is a great tool for a workflow administrator. It is a report that allows you to view what’s in another user’s inbox. It’s displayed in an ALV grid format and clicking the workitem ID takes you to the applicable workflow log.REPORT zwf_view_inboxMESSAGE-ID b1 NO STANDARD PAGE HEADING LINE-SIZE 170. ************************************************************************* Program Name : ZWF_VIEW_INBOX … Read more
1. Why use ABAP OO with Workflow? 2. Getting started with ABAP OO for Workflow … using the IF_WORKFLOW interface 3. Using ABAP OO with Workflow Tasks If you want to try the exercise in this blog in your own system, you will need an ABAP Class with the IF_WORKFLOW interface, and a system/client (SAPNetWeaver … Read more
Event linkage is a transportable object, thus there is no way to simply ‘switch off’ a workflow. Simply switching off a Workflow may even have legal implications since Workflow provides an important audit function, and being able to disable it defeats that purpose. All is not lost however: If you have a workflow that requires … Read more
As a user: The user who has the item in the inbox has to set up a substitute. The substitute can then process the other user’s work items. You have a choice of two different substitute rulings:Active substitute ruling (for example, for absence due to vacations): In this case, the items belonging to the absent … Read more