Building approval workflow that spans two system

Hi,
We are on oracle apps 11i.
There is a requirement to build a workflow that spans oracle purchasing and another procurement system for PR.
After purchase requisition is handled in the system it should be forwarded to the other procurement system.
the procurement manger would either approve the purchase request and continue with the cycle in the external system or reject and send it back to oracle for modification.
this is how i see the solution so far:
-enter employee name and relevant position that refers to the manager in the external procurement system
-add position to existing position hierarchy
- when PR is sent in hierarchy to above manager, a database trigger can run to send the data to external system
till this point,please advise if there is a more appropriate solution
for the inbound data, how should i update the workflow? What are the APIs that i can use to reject the PR and send it back to requester for modification? if approved, how to handle the PR workflow in Oracle? How to stop the buyer from autocreating a PO automatically from PR?
regards

Hi,
"Approval workflow is ambiguous. Inform system administrator"
This error comes when you have more than one workflow active and your start conditions has a conflict. ( means you have same conditions for both the active workflows)
Go to SWETYPV and find out your active workflows for the Business object BUS2121 and deactivate the one if both are not required. Select on the active workflow and go to details where you will find this FM SWB_2_CHECK_FB_START_COND_EVAL. If this FM exists then there is a start condition for your active workflow.
Then go to SWB_PROCUREMENT or SWB_COND and select your BOR as EC Requirement Coverage Request and findout the active start conditions for both of your active workflows. Analyse and if there is a conflict change it.
If you dont have start conditions for both the WFs then create for one with the create tab in SWB_COND.
Let me know if you need any further inputs.
Best regards,
Sridhar.

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