Workflow Help regarding Material master workflow

Hi,
I have a requirement as follows...anyone can help me or tell me the possibility of doing this..
1. Basis material will be created with mandatory fields.
2.Once the above material is stored it has to trigger workflow to inimate 10 members to fillup the fields(appropriate) for this material based on the material type and the fields to which they are attached or responsible.
3. In the sameway the plant data needs to be maintained by 5 persons in addition to the above based on the plant.
Help me to setting up this in ECC 6.0.
Regards

Hi,
this sounds like a great iteration on the MM02 transaction. If the users can live with the standard screens, you can call transaction with a view corresponding to the selection in the beginning of the screen. The real chalange in this workflow is how to controle and maintain all the agents to do which enrichment of the material. This can be done with a small workflow, where you construct a large controle table, in which you can maintain, who will (or what roles) will maintain which views. When the agents have been found, create a subworkflow to run in parallel, for each agent.
Hope it makes sence.
Kind regards
Mikkel

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How to Create material master workflow

Hi All,
Can anybody tell me how to create material master workflow?
i need to customize the workitem for creating data in different views in MM01 transaction with restriction to particular user.
Regards,
Priti

Hi,
This link is to display a material.My requirement is to create a workflow which will allow a responsible person to enter data for specific department data e.g Purchase,Accounting etc.Initially anyone can create data using basic data1 and basic data2 views.After this my workflow will be triggered and it will go to next person who is responsible to enter Purchase data and then Accounting data.
Plz help me to create different views with respect to person.
Thanks in advance.

What is Material master workflow

Hi gurus ,
Can anybody explain what is Material master workflow & Function Module ?what is its use?
Dev
Edited by: dev .. on Oct 15, 2008 8:21 AM

Dear,
You can find much info about workflows at: http://www.erpgenie.com/workflow/index.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/EN/04/926f8546f311d189470000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
Workflow is a tool for automating the business process so that the process itself flows smoothly, without bottlenecks and without dead ends. Critical parts of the process can be streamlined with deadline monitoring and contingency options. Participants are informed of milestones in the process. The process definition itself is powerful enough to allow business re-engineering with re-training and to eliminate the impact of workforce changes on the basic business process.
SAP Business Workflow is the R/3 tool for handling the process automation within R/3 or between R/3 systems and other systems involved in the business process. It is flexible enough to handle ad hoc processes such as the circulation of an electronic document. It is robust enough to handle mission critical process in the production system such as the creation of a material master.
The different R/3 applications supply standard workflows for the commonly occurring processes. Once these workflow templates are activated, they are ready for immediate use. A complete set of workflow tools, including the workflow editor and workflow generation wizard, are provided to enhance these standard workflows or create new workflows. These tools are complemented with transactions for monitoring, tracking and the statistical analysis of the processes.
Because the business process often does not step at the R/3 boundary, various interfaces and third party tools are available for extending the process across systems.
Function module
Function modules are procedures that are defined in special ABAP programs only, so-called function groups, but can be called from all ABAP programs. Function groups act as containers for function modules that logically belong together. You create function groups and function modules in the ABAP Workbench using the Function Builder.
Function modules allow you to encapsulate and reuse global functions in the SAP System. They are managed in a central function library. The SAP System contains several predefined functions modules that can be called from any ABAP program. Function modules also play an important role during updating and in interaction between different SAP systems, or between SAP systems and remote systems through remote communications.
Unlike subroutines, you do not define function modules in the source code of your program. Instead, you use the Function Builder. The actual ABAP interface definition remains hidden from the programmer. You can define the input parameters of a function module as optional. You can also assign default values to them. Function modules also support exception handling. This allows you to catch certain errors while the function module is running. You can test function modules without having to include them in a program using the Function Builder.
The Function Builder also has a release process for function modules. This ensures that incompatible changes cannot be made to any function modules that have already been released. This applies particularly to the interface. Programs that use a released function module will not cease to work if the function module is changed.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/9f/db988735c111d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm
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Re : Material Master Workflow

Hi Friends,
           I'm in the process of creating Material Master Workflow (i.e) Basic data will be created by one person (initiator) and the workflow gets started and various views will be created by different people.
          Usine BUS1001006 methods Getmissedviews and createviews i'm sending workitems to the respective persons for creating views. The method CreateView is an asynchronous task hence the terminating event is required.
          The problem i'm facing is even if one view is created , the workitems in other's inbox is removed.
Can any one help me onthis regard.....
Regards,
Vijay

Hai Vijayasekar
Check the following
Check the below PDF file on Workflow:
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf
There is a good book from SAP Press that I would
recommend as a starting point.It's called Practical Workflow for SAP and it is by Alan Rickayzen.
http://www.sap-press.com/product.cfm?account=&product=H950
I am giving you links for Workflow....
/people/ginger.gatling/blog/2005/12/01/link-workflow-business-objects-to-your-collaboration-tasks
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/fb/135962457311d189440000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/c5/e4a930453d11d189430000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/a5/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bw33/helpdata/en/92/bc26a6ec2b11d2b4b5006094b9ea0d/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bw31/helpdata/en/8d/25f94b454311d189430000e829fbbd/content.htm
Workflow
http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm
http://www.sapgenie.com/workflow/index.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a5/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm
For examples on WorkFlow...check the below link..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/3d/6a9b3c874da309e10000000a114027/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4a/dac507002f11d295340000e82dec10/frameset.htm
http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm
http://www.e-workflow.org/
http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html
Go through the following:
1) Goto Tcode PFTC : Standard Task > Create Button>Workflow Templete
For Create Container
Element : ZBUS1001006
Name : ANy Name
Description
Data Type & Properties
Data Type:
select Object Type : BOR Object Type for BUS1001006
Properties:
Parameter Settingd : check all Import, Export & Mandatory Checkboxes
Basic Data :
Abbr : Create_View
Name : Some Name
Work Item Text : Create View Material & -
Click on DELE Button & Select Material From The List
Object Catagory : BOR Object Type
Object Type : BUS1001006
Method : View
Triggering Events
Obj Catagory Object Type Event
BOR Object BUS1001006 View
activate it
Enter on BUS1001006 Object Type you will get Quadratel<> Button after that
double click on Quadratel<> button you get green button
after that the system will generate the task No.
check in the Event linkage Tcode : SWETYPV
if you find an entry with your Workflow and linkage active
goto Tcode : SWEC click on New Entries
Change Doc Obje Obj Cat Obj Type Event on create
Material BOJ Obje BUS1001006 View Option Button(Checked)
save this
goto Tcode : SWEC
Change Doc Object : Material
Obj Catagoty : BOR Type
Obj Type : BUS1001006
Event : View
Check with On Create Button
Goto SWETYPV
Obj Catagoty : BOR Type
Obj Type : BUS1001006
Event : View
Receiver Type : Some Work Flow No: WS80000431 like this
Click on Work flow Builder
Regards
Sreeni

Material Master Workflow

Hi,
We are planning to implement the same thing. <as described in [this thread|Re : Material Master Workflow;>
Can u please provide me the valuable inputs for the same?
I have just started the preparing initial document,
so if anyone can provide me the details about this, I would be very grateful.
Initially i was planning to create one module pool program. Anyone who wants to create a material will go to that transaction and will create the basic data. Once he saves that data a chain of e-mails can be sent to other concerned persons. These people will enter the respective data and then they will send this to sap-core team. I was planning to introduce SAP-Workflow here only. We have thress level approval process.
But idea of creating / maintaining different views via sap-workflow is very appealing , so now thinking
of giving a try to this!
Waiting for any inputs and your experiences on working this.
Regards,
Vinod.
<Moved from [this thread|Re : Material Master Workflow;. As per the [Rules of Engagement|https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/HOME/RulesofEngagement], please ask new questions in a new thread. Post links to other question if necessary.>
Edited by: Mike Pokraka on Feb 9, 2009 10:45 PM

Hi Parag,
Is BUS1001 still the right object for material (I see in 46C its event ViewCreated has been flagged obsolte.
You should otherwise be able to base your next step on this event. In my system 46C, BUS1001006 would be the right object to use.
hope this helps,
cheers,
Ajay

Material Master workflow - how to use a BAPI?

Hi,
I need some help with a material master workflow.
My requirement is to automate some changes to the material master as steps in the workflow, they are:
Set the Cross plant material status
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I see that the BAPI SAVEDATA is available as a method of BOR BUS1001006. I have created a task with this method but I cannot work out how to automate the changes to the material in the workflow using it?
Has anyone used this BAPI method in a workflow before, how do I automate the changes to the material using it? or is there another way to make changes to the material as a background step in my workflow?
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All,
thanks ever so much for all your input... I have fixed the problem and it was obscure!
Firstly my binding was wrong... I should not have bound the clientdata and the clientdatax
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Hello,
Did it work in Development?
Did it work in Test?
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regards
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Thank you,
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Hi,
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Please note I don't want to remove/change configuration, it is needed in near future.
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CH

Hi,
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Hi,
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