Business object attachment to workflow

Question

Hi all,
I have a workflow for BO BKPF (accounting document - journal entry).  The book "Practical Workflow for SAP" implies I can attach a reference to an SAP Business Object (page 91).
For example, in my workflow for accounting document 1000459516, I'd like to attach accounting document 1000459475 (since there are business reasons why the two documents are related).  When I click on the "Create Attachment" button, I presume I need to attach an object of class OBJ, but then I'm not sure what to do next to find 1000459475.
Any direction you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Ron K.

Answer 1

Hello,
I believe you can create a method in your custom business object (ZBKPF, delegated to standard one) & include your custom code in there to create a new instance with another document number using following procedure:
1. Create a variable for the object reference. Use the following command to do this:
DATA <Object> TYPE SWC_OBJECT.
2. Create the object reference. Use the following command to do this:
SWC_CREATE_OBJECT <Object> <ObjectType> <ObjectKey>.
3. Write the object reference into the container using the following macro instruction:
SWC_SET_ELEMENT <Container> <ContainerElement> <Object>.
Then this will allow you to have an instance of another document in workflow container & then you can use it as an attachment in any of the steps of workflow you want.
I hope it helps.
Regards,
Shaurya Jain