Activity Step type in workflow

Hello Experts,
I need some detail clarification regarding Program exits and Properties tab in activity step type
i have read the content in help.sap.com but it was not clear how to use these steps
Also if anybody knows please explain all four tabs for dead line monitoring
Thanks in advance!

Hi Akshay,
Please check the following links:
Re: Workflow terminologies
Re: Reg: Program Exits
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/fd/15fe3b0f13ca4ae10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Saumya

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Please suggest if I am any where wrong for which I will be grateful.
Thanks and regards,
S.Suresh

Dear Pavan Bhamidipati,
                      Thank you so much for your reply.
                      My scenario is whenever a purchase order is created for a particular plant,it should go for a two level approval.These two agents will be selected during run time from ztable.
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""Local Interface:
*" TABLES
*"      ACTOR_TAB STRUCTURE SWHACTOR
*"      AC_CONTAINER STRUCTURE SWCONT
*" EXCEPTIONS
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The match/merge step is manual because In real time scenarios 'The person who have access to add records in Data Manager not necessarily can have access to approve or disapprove the new added records', so the case become one client say add records in Data Manager and the approval/disapproval, match/merge etc. steps will be performed by Admin or say DBO.
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