Exclude manager from workflow

Question

Hi experts,
How to set start condition in workflow?
here is my client case,
if Manager create "travel request" than the workflow shouldn't trigger.
I have create workflow, with start event of travel request created.
for employee who has manager, when they create travel request, workflow will send "task" to manager for approve or reject the request.
but, if the manager create travel request, I want the workflow to not be trigger.
how to achieve this?
thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
You can use check FM to control the triggering of WF.
Check FM has object key as import parameter,you can use this key(pernr) to check whether the employee is manager or not.
Use logic maintained by HR team that marks an employee as Manager.
the interface for check FM is as below :
*"*"Local Interface:
*"  IMPORTING
*"     VALUE(OBJTYPE) TYPE  SWETYPECOU-OBJTYPE
*"     VALUE(OBJKEY) TYPE  SWEINSTCOU-OBJKEY
*"     VALUE(EVENT) TYPE  SWETYPECOU-EVENT
*"     VALUE(RECTYPE) TYPE  SWETYPECOU-RECTYPE
*"  EXPORTING
*"     REFERENCE(REFERENCE) TYPE  C
*"  TABLES
*"      EVENT_CONTAINER STRUCTURE  SWCONT
*"  EXCEPTIONS
*"      NOT_TRIGGERD
Here objkey is key of BOR object used for Travel.
Use logic to find whether employee is manager or not, and if not raise exception. This will stop WF to trigger .
Once you have created the WF, go to SWE2 and look for entry of your BOR object and your Workflow template number.
Display the entry and maintain your FM in 'Check Function Module'.
If you want to debug the code, put an external Break point in Check FM and use SWUE to trigger the workflow.
Regards,
Sangvir Singh