ABAP Workflow Issue

Hi Workflow Experts,
I have created a custom workflow and i am facing an issue in that. When i go to my inbox(SAP Business Workplace->Inbox->Workflow) to see workflow items, and if double click on any of the workflow items on the right side, they get executed and automatically goto Outbox Folder. But my requirement is , when i double click on the workflow item, a pop-up window should open which should give me a option to "Complete that Workflow Item" explicitily. Can any one guide me to acheive this functionality.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Charitha Kolla

Hi,
In the workflow builder,
select the user-decision for the workitem....
mention the agents name...
under the decision options,
give certain decision texts such as
yes,
no,.... etc... something like this which gives a business meaning to that work item...and also for each decision text write the outcome name for it.
then activate the workflow and execute it.... a workitem will come into the inbox and when you double click on it.... it will show you user interaction....
Regards,
Siddarth

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I am an SAP auditor and doing SAP audits. Me and my colleagues always struggle with the security risks imposed by WF-BATCH and the related RFC-destination.
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Hi Experts
I have to implement a Sales Order process for my client.
Overview of the process which needs to be implemented:
A company sells xyz product. So the customer places an offer for abc product at some price. The request goes to the sales department's manager who checks the customer demands and accepts/rejects/edits the request according to some rules like mkt price. If he accepts the offer, it becomes the contract for which sales order is created and invoicing is done.
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Tools available in SAP to pin-point a performance problem
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      SQL Trace (ST05)
      Tips and Tricks tool
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JOIN s
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