Connect step not acceptable inside Group step in Workflow

Question

Hi SDNers,
I am creating a workflow which needs to be triggered when a new record is created, the flow of the workflow should be such that the record details should go to Operations and Finance Users for putting record details simultaneoulsy and then to Operations and Finance Manager for approval.
I have put a group step which has both Operation and Finance process and then I am using a Connect step after both processes to connect them to their Approve step.
Data Manager Documentation shows that a connect step can be inside a group step.
[url]http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/8b56e16c3a47b6e10000000a11466f/content.htm[url]
But I get an error saying step Connect cannot be inside the Group step
Please guide me about the same, suggest if you have any other way of executing the same workflow.
Regards,
Gautam Purohit

Answer 1

hi,
you can configure your workflow like this.
Start --> Group ( in the group, process step, in the process you can assign the users (operations and finance) --> then you can keep Approve step ( in approve step, you can assign the users, who will approve it, in your case Managers) --> then Stop.
inspite of group step , you can use Process step, in this step you can assign the users ( finance and operations users),
it is not possible to insert the Approve step in group.
hope this may help you,
Regards,
Srinivas