Calling workflow tasks in program

Hi,
I want to know how to call a workflow task in a ABAP program. This task is linked to a customised method.
Thanks
Ananth

Hi Ananth
You have two options to trigger a workflow task
1> Attach a Business object and a particualr event in the
   triggering event of your task.
   Then in your ABAP pgm use FM SWE_EVENT_CREATE to raise
   the event for the Business object and the event which
   you attach in the task as trigerring event
2> Else , you can make use of SWW_WI_START function module and pass pass parameter ( it will be the name of your workflow task , The workitem Type , creator etc .)
Thanks
Shovit

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created a zbusiness object (ZPRODH)with
one key field product hierarchy,
one attribute level number and
one method display.
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In the abap program I am calling the funcion module, I
CALL FUNCTION 'SWW_WI_START_SIMPLE'
EXPORTING
TASK = TASK
IMPORTING
WI_ID = WI_ID
TABLES
AGENTS = AGENTS
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ttpa,
Please check this thread:
Re: Workflow from abap program
Also check that your Fm do requires any explicit commit or not?
Hope it will help u
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Jai

RCATSB01 - Variant "Workflow": Task TS20000460

Hi.
I've got some question regarding approval of time.
The Customer have an older version of SAP, so we are using task TS20000460 for approval.
The Customer wanted that the employee (the person who registered time) should be notified when the manager rejects working time.
In variant Workflow (program RCATSB01), I found a possibility to do that. I have marked "Send notification", and set it to be required. This works, the manager have to choose reason before rejecting the hours.
Now, some questions regarding this:
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Hi,
1. You need to create one variant called "WORKFLOW" in the program RCATSB01.
 In selection screen you assign
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Hi guys,
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HOW TO TRIGGER AN WORKFLOW FROM A PROGRAM ?

HELLO THERE ,
CAN ANYBODY PLZ TELL ME HOW TO TRIGGER AN WORKFLOW FROM AN PROGRAM AND TO PAS THE VALUE TO THE CONTAINER ?

Hello Neon,
If you want to trigger the workflow directly, use the FM, SWU_START_WORKFLOW
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EXPORTING
 task =
* LANGUAGE = SY-LANGU
 user =
* SENDER_ID =
* IMPORTING
* RETURN_CODE =
* WORKITEM_ID =
tables
* CONTAINER =
* MESSAGE_LINES =
 attachment_list =
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By the FM, SWE_CREATE_EVENT
Example:
w_key = 'Connie'.
w_creator-otype = 'US'.
w_creator-objid = 'SAPDEV02'.
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 EXPORTING
 objtype = 'YH_BUDDIES'
 objkey = w_key
 event = 'event'
 creator = w_creator
* TAKE_WORKITEM_REQUESTER = ' '
* START_WITH_DELAY = ' '
* START_RECFB_SYNCHRON = ' '
* NO_COMMIT_FOR_QUEUE = ' '
* DEBUG_FLAG = ' '
* NO_LOGGING = ' '
* IDENT =
* IMPORTING
* EVENT_ID =
* TABLES
* EVENT_CONTAINER =
 EXCEPTIONS
 objtype_not_found = 1
 OTHERS = 2
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ELSE.
 WRITE: / 'EVENT TRIGGERED'.
ENDIF.
COMMIT WORK.
Hope it helps you.
Regards
Indu.

E-mail via Workflow task is not send they say aprox once a month

Hi there
I am asked to check one system with a workflow running 2+ years. It is actually an task with method which sends an e-mail when Purchase requisition is created.
It istriggered by event in user exit(via function).
The version is IS oil 4.6C.
The problem is that e-mail is not send they say aprox once a month (which I personaly do not believe). However I have to do something (and explain what could be the reason).
What would be your idea to do?
I have in mind to subtye BUS2081 to e.g zz BUS2081 and then delegate bus2081 system wide(which is not done (but I think this will not solve the problem).
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""Local interface:
*"       IMPORTING
*"             REFERENCE(BANFN) TYPE BANFN OPTIONAL
*"             REFERENCE(STATUS) DEFAULT 1
DATA: reclist   TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF somlreci1 WITH HEADER LINE,
        objtxt    TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF solisti1   WITH HEADER LINE,
        objpack   TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF sopcklsti1 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: doc_chng TYPE sodocchgi1,
        tab_lines TYPE sy-index,
        subject   TYPE so_obj_des,
        email like zwf_emailko7XX,
        menge(17) TYPE c,
        I_Zwf_obdelan7xx like zwf_obdelan7xx,
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BANFN
EQ
BANFN.
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
KONCNEMU
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    reclist-rec_type = 'U'.
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Mail Subject
doc_chng-obj_descr = subject."text-001.BO22.11.2005
Mail Contents
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objtxt
SEPARATED BY
space.
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            contents_txt               = objtxt
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There are several things you can check before starting to check the code/solution.
I would start by sending an e-mail from SAP Business Workplace - either to someone who say he/she receives e-mail only once a month, or to yourself if that is not possible. Check how long it takes from the mail is sent until it is received. Once the first mail has been received, send another mail and check the time again (to determine the sendmail process' interval). Of course you can probably just check the configuration of send processes ... but you may as well give them some hard proof.
Secondly, check the send log (transaction SOST) - and find out how often there are the type of messages you are interested in. Alternatively, test the workflow and verify that messages are sent immediately.

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Hello,
I'm looking for some assistance a bit with how to set a custom column in a Workflow Task.
I have a List Workflow that starts when an item is created in a list. The workflow, platform type SharePoint 2013, starts a new task, Task1, with Content Type 1. This Content Type has a custom column called Age. Once the Task1 is completed a new task, Task2,
with Content Type 2, starts and has the same column Age, as Task1.
How can I populate the Age column in Task2 with the content of the Age column in Task1?
Since I start the task by running "Assign a task to ..." Action I was thinking to copy the Age column from the Task1 to the list item that started Task1, which has a column Age as well, and then in Task2 to start another workflow - which is associated
with the Content Type 2, that would try to read the Age column from the list item that started Task2, which was set once Task1 was competed - I know it's complex but this is how I was thinking.
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you can get the Age column from Task 1 and then update the Task 2 Age column with that value. I am not sure why you want to run another workflow on Task 2.
You can perform below steps to set Age column from Task 1 to Task 2.
1. Create Task 1 using Assign a task , wait till the task is completed.
2. Get the Age column value based on Task 1 once the task is completed.
3.Create Task 2 using Assign a task , uncheck wait till the task is completed option.
4. Update the Task 2 with Age column in Task1.
5. Use Wait for the field to equal value , check for Task Status is completed or not.
>>The problem with this approach is that I can't get a reference to the list item that started Task2 to read the Age from the list item.
you can get the related item from task list item to get the main list item.
Other option is, Use Javascript and CSOM in task edit form to get the Age column from Task1 and prepoluate the Age value when Task2 is opened.
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System is 4.0B.
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Subsequent processing RH_ACTIVATE_PDOBJECT_AFTER_IMP for PDWS T started at 20:23:01
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Error while activating
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In Dev, the new version of the WF was saved and activated and manually inserted in a customizing request from tr. PFTC. The transport included object R3TR TDAT PDWS with entries for HRP, HRT and SWD_* tables, with records for the WF task.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Krisztian

Hi Ravi,
WS and TS tasks are recorded in changes, only the WFs and Ts are not. This is because some Personal Development objects are not to be transported, hence automatic transport connection for these is deactivated in IMG. Since WFs and Ts are considered as PD objects, the automatic transport is deactivated for them as well. For WFs and Ts manual transport is available in PFTC.
This is unfortunate but this is how it`s set.
On the other hand, version management is not something that works too well for workflows anyway (at least in 4.0B). You can`t see the differences in two separate versions like you would in a program. And in WFs and Ts you are able to generate versions just like for WSs and TSs for version management. So from my point of view manually transporting WFs and Ts are not the issue. But I may be wrong...
Nevertheless I activated automatic transport connection and did a change in Dev like that. The transport created was moved to Acc, but still same problem...
So I`m running out of clues.. maybe I just overlooked something...
Thanks
Krisz

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IDOC related to workflow task

Is there any table or report which gives IDOC nos related to workflow task?

Sreedevi, it depends what you want (where you start from), so please be more specific in your question next time (or if this doesn't answer your question).
If you have a work item number and want to know the IDoc number you can use function module SAP_WAPI_OBJECTS_IN_WORKITEM to get a list of all object references. Then you have to process it from there. You can make a flexible solution which is compatible with future added IDoc types by checking the object type of each object returned and traversing the inheritance hierarchy until you get to object type IDOC. Then you know it is an IDoc, and you can find the IDoc number as the key of the object. Or you can hardcode supported object types using a CASE or IF statement. The flexible solution would be much more fun to program in my opinion.
If you have an IDoc number and want to find work items you have to go the other way. That means starting with object type IDOC, finding all the inherited object types and for each of these using function module SAP_WAPI_WORKITEMS_TO_OBJECT. Again, another possibility is to hardcode the list of object types you want to check.
The table Rose told you about, HRS1201, contains no IDoc numbers, but it contains all the tasks with the methods they use. So actually you can use that to find all the object types you need to check (whether they are inherited from IDOC), since all work items will refer to a task definition.

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Hi all, 
We're in the midst of evaluating oracle bpel pm 10.1.2 for our application. I had created an user task using jdeveloper bpel designer. Successfully tested the flow using bpel console and bpel worklist. I intended to develop a gui for displaying the task and task details using jsp pages. listTasks.jsp will display a list of tasks for a person. displayTask.jsp will allow that person to see the task details. Successfully implemented the listTasks.jsp with the following code: 
listTasks.jsp 
//import necessary packages 
WorklistService wlSvc = WorklistService.getWorklistService(); 
String user = "achrist"; 
String password = "welcome"; 
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//get a list of tasks 
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//something like <href="displayTask.jsp?taskId=<%= taskId %>"> 
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IWorklistContext ctx = wlSvc.authenticateUser("achrist", "welcome"); 
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//having doubt to proceed further 
} 
I'm having problem with displayTask.jsp as how to proceed further. I'm using a schema file which contains info like customer name, address, customer id, and loan amount. How am I supposed to display those values in the jsp page? I saw a file called taskConfigSimpleUserActivity1_WF_Form.jsp, how can I make use of it? Any suggestion are welcomed and thanks in advance. 
Regards, 
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I have a similar issue with my version of SharePoint.
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise.
Outlook 2013 with MS Exchange
Document approval workflow.
When you open the document approval email that comes from SharePoint and click on "Open this task" the popup window flashes across "workflow tasks details are being retrieved from the server ".
I've tried the regedit fix and the hive fix and resetting IE that some of the other people have said that works and it doesn't.
When I go the site, and connect the task list to Outlook, I can complete the task that way.
I also created a new approval workflow in SharePoint designer and it behaves the same way.
Anything else I should try?
== Steve Morley MedIT, Dalhousie University

Why do I not get the checkout option when clicking on the document link in the SharePoint workflow task?

We are trying to use workflows to review and edit pdf files in sharepoint 2010. We are having a couple of issues and am hoping someone has the answer.....
1) When myself and coworkers click on the pdf document in the library, we get the check out option as expected. However when we click on the document link in a workflow task (on the sharepoint site), the pdf opens as a temporary file and we do not get the check out option. Why does this happen?????
2) The same thing happens when we click on the document link in the workflow task email; HOWEVER, one of our co-workers does get the check out option when clicking on the link in the email task. Why would she get the checkout option using the email and not when clicking on the link in the task list on the sharepoint site ???? We have compared our internet settings and adobe settings to ours and found no differences.
We are using Sharepoint 2010, Windows 7, IE8, Adobe Reader X or XI. Some of us have Adobe Pro X and have the same issues.

No the person who can check out using the link in the email has the same permissions as me. We have looked at all kinds of settings, profile etc and nothing evident can be determined to explain the reason. However, one difference we did notice is that this person does not have a default web browser set and thus when clicking on items to open, it always pops up a dialog box asking which program to use to open it with. This person chooses Adobe Reader and it opens on the Sharepoint server as it should and she gets the checkout option in a dialog box just like clicking on the document in the library. My theory is that this step of choosing the program to open with is interrupting the typical way a pdf file is handled when clicking on URL links to the document, which is…. it is opened as temporary internet file rather than on the Sharepoint server. Hopefully someone can figure this out ☺

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