BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI container element

Question

Could you please tell me how to read container of the shopping cart in the dynamic approver determination badi in n level item based workflow ?
thanks
ps.i copied for the object type bus2121 the existing code given for po and contract in the example impl of the badi but i cudnt get any result.
i put this code in when c_shop.
      swf_create_object  lo_new_instance  object_type   guid.
      swf_get_property   lo_new_instance 'Initiator' l_initiator.

Answer 1

Hi Rita,
  If you want to retrieve SC attributes , like the descripton, you can use FM BBP_PD_SC_GETDETAIL. By using this function, you can get the header, items information as well as its account information. Here, you can get both the shopping cart and item guids.
However, there's FM BBP_WFL_DIN_ITEM_APPROVAL_GET that allows you to build and control the dynamic approval information, which I suppose is the type of information you need to have.  This function is used to create an approval object (more specifically, an approval guid), through which you relate the item and their respecitve approvers. Then, you fill up tables APPROVAL_TABLE”,  “ITEM_APPROVAL_TABLE” and
“ITEM_APPROVAL_OBJ.
These functions work together. I don't exactly what your approval determination requirements are, but I can give you a little example, just a piece of the coding I had to go through when attending a customer recently:
METHOD if_ex_bbp_wfl_approv_badi~get_remaing_approvers.
  DATA:
   ls_header         TYPE bbp_pds_sc_header_d,
tables for different approval criteria
   lv_call_crit1     TYPE bbp_wfl_app_criterion,
   lv_call_value1    TYPE bbp_wfl_app_property,
local help variables
   lv_guid           TYPE crmt_object_guid,
item fields and structures
   ls_item           TYPE bbp_pds_sc_item_d,
   lt_item           TYPE TABLE OF bbp_pds_sc_item_d,
accounting structures
   ls_account        TYPE bbp_pds_acc,
   lt_account        TYPE TABLE OF bbp_pds_acc.
  DATA: ls_approver TYPE bbp_wfl_approval_table_badi.
  DATA:
        v_lin       TYPE i ,
        w_group     TYPE i,
        w_level     TYPE swh_numc10,
        w_index     LIKE sy-tabix,
        t_approval  TYPE bbpt_wfl_approval_table_badi,
        t_item_app  TYPE bbpt_wfl_item_approval_badi,
        t_item_obj  TYPE bbpt_wfl_item_approval_obj.
Business objects (local)
  CONSTANTS:
   c_po            TYPE crmt_subobject_category_db VALUE 'BUS2201',
   c_shop          TYPE crmt_subobject_category_db VALUE 'BUS2121',
   c_contract      TYPE crmt_subobject_category_db VALUE 'BUS2000113'.
  CONSTANTS:
    c_code  TYPE bbp_wfl_app_criterion  VALUE 'CODE'.
  CASE object_type.
    WHEN c_shop.  " shopping cart
get the details of the shopping cart
      CALL FUNCTION 'BBP_PD_SC_GETDETAIL'
       EXPORTING
         i_object_id                      = object_id
      IMPORTING
        e_header                         = ls_header
      TABLES
        e_item                           = lt_item
        e_account                        = lt_account.
...... Determine the approvers  
loop while approval level number is not reached
Important. Do not change actual_approval_index_directly
IF actual_approval_index <= 1 .
        w_level = 1.
      ELSEIF actual_approval_index <= 2 .
        w_level = 2.
      ELSEIF actual_approval_index <= 3 .
        w_level = 3.
      ELSEIF actual_approval_index >= 4 .
        w_level = 4.
      ENDIF.
WHILE w_level <= 3.
        LOOP AT lt_item INTO ls_item WHERE del_ind IS INITIAL.  " AND deduct_ind IS INITIAL.
              CALL FUNCTION 'ZBBP_WFL_DIN_ITEM_APPROVAL_GET'
                EXPORTING
                  sc_guid                     = ls_header-guid
                  item_guid                   = ls_item-guid
                  approval_index              = w_level
                  approval_description        = text-001
                  hide_items_not_responsible  = 'X'
                  criterion1                  = c_code
                  value1                      = ''
                  created_by                  = ls_header-created_by
                TABLES
                  criterion                   = t_crit
                  ITEM_APPROVAL_HISTORY_TABLE = ITEM_APPROVAL_HISTORY_TABLE
                CHANGING
                  approval_table              = approval_table
                  item_approval_table         = item_approval_table
                  item_approval_obj           = item_approval_obj.
        ENDLOOP.
        IF sy-subrc <> 0 .
          no_further_approval_needed = 'X'.
        ENDIF.
      IF actual_approval_index GE 4 OR approval_table[] IS INITIAL.
        no_further_approval_needed = 'X'.
      ENDIF.
  ENDCASE.
Edited by: Andre Sousa on Jan 3, 2008 1:39 AM