Adding notes to decision task in UWL

Question

Hi there WUGers,
We're looking into deploying UWL and I'm running into some "challenges."
First, we're on  Portal release: SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (2004s) SPS 15, the backend is ECC 6.0 (Release: 700     0015     SAPKB70015)
What I want to do is to have the "generic decision step" allow me to enter a comment/notes when I select the "reject" option on a given work item, as I've read in numerous forums, WUG emails, etc...
The "standard" config in UWL for this task is:
    <ItemType name="uwl.task.webflow.TS00008267.EX3" connector="WebFlowConnector" defaultView="DefaultView" defaultAction="launchSAPAction" executionMode="default">
      <ItemTypeCriteria systemId="EX3" externalType="TS00008267" connector="WebFlowConnector"/>
      <Actions>
        <Action name="launchSAPAction" groupAction="" handler="SAPIACLauncher" returnToDetailViewAllowed="yes" launchInNewWindow="yes" launchNewWindowFeatures="resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no">
          <Properties>
            <Property name="newWindowFeatures" value="resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no"/>
            <Property name="openInNewWindow" value="yes"/>
            <Property name="display_order_priority" value="5"/>
            <Property name="IAC" value="BWWF_WI_DECI"/>
          </Properties>
          <Descriptions default=""/>
        </Action>
      </Actions>
    </ItemType>
When I created a custom XML for it  (I did it verbatim according to the sample in Darren Hague's book and/or as shown in SAPHelp), and when doing so, I don't event get the decision task options to appear.  All I get is "Forward" and "Cancel Assignment" buttons.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE UWLConfiguration PUBLIC '-//SAP//UWL1.0//EN' 'uwl_configuration.dtd'
  >
<UWLConfiguration version="1.0">
<ItemTypes>
<ItemType name="uwl.task.webflow.decision.TS00008267" connector="WebFlowConnector" defaultView="DefaultView">
<ItemTypeCriteria connector="WebFlowConnector" externalType="TS00008267"/>
<Actions>
  <Action name="Approve" groupAction="yes" handler="UserDecisionHandler">
   <Properties>
    <Property name="decisionKey" value="1"/>
   </Properties>
  </Action>
  <Action name="Reject" groupAction="yes" handler="UserDecisionHandler">
   <Properties>
    <Property name="decisionKey" value="2"/>
    <Property name="UserDecisionNote" value="mandatory"/>
   </Properties>
  </Action>
</Actions>
</ItemType>
</ItemTypes>
</UWLConfiguration>
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
Joe Toledo

Answer 1

I had the same problem and it was all the XML.  You need to make sure you register after you create your workflow and custom tasks.  I then copied the generated XML ( uwl.webflow.clientname.xml ) to another file and deleted everything but my custom tasks.  You have to do some modifications to show the decision buttons and have the note be mandatory for rejection or whatever your requirement is.
I posted this earlier at Re: Dobuts in modifying an UWL XML file.  The XML doesn't show for some reason but if you hit reply on my message at the bottom and quote it, you will see it.  This was a simple version with just one task.
[You can also download the full version with all tasks here|http://www.2shared.com/file/5688314/467ddbb2/final.html]
Make sure and set the priority to High after uploading.