Executing Workflow through RFC Call

Hi,
I need to execute a worklow in one system through an RFC call from another system . Is this possible?
If yes, then what all parameteres do I need to do so and what all steps are involved.
Regards,
Divyanshu

Hi Divyanshu,
It is best not to start workflows directly but rather by using events. Usually a WF will have a triggering event defined, such as EMPLOYEET.POSITIONCHANGED. Look at the WF header for the trigger.
You can remotely raise this event using FM SAP_WAPI_CREATE_EVENT. Pass it the object type, key and event name and any other parameters. It even has some documentation.
Cheers
Mike

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Hi gw,
This question looks a little confusing to me.
WS_DOWNLOAD is used to download files from SAP to the presentation server (your PC). It will not work through RFC.
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i have created BDC for MM41 to create article with variants, its working fine in fore ground, when i am trying to call this through RFC it is failing. please help me on this.
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Hi,
I dont know your complete scenario but you if you want to use your BDC in some other program you can use statement
export your itab or wa to memory id 'ZID'.
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IN YOUR BDC PROGRAM YOU CAN
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While it may be technically possible to accomplish what you are suggesting (leveraging the encryption functionality provided by your third-party server) I would recommend strongly that you consider a token-based solution instead. You can learn more about tokenization on this [blog|/people/eric.bushman4/blog/2009/01/02/tokenization-as-a-means-of-securing-credit-card-numbers ].
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When order data is replicated between SAP CRM and SAP R/3 the systems will attempt to decrypt the credit card numbers prior to passing the data and therefore the RAW card number will be stored in the middleware logs. This is especially true when using SAP's native credit card encryption logic in the CRM and R/3-ECC applications.
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I am trying to do a call transaction through RFC call from a Middleware which is a CPIC user (only communication Non dialog User ) .
Call transaction does gets executed without any error but it does not update any data.But when I run it through my user id it works absolutely fine .
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once execute the synchronous RFC call from BPM, rfc response message returns as following;
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>>>>i've tried adding header mappings at receiver aggreement for bpm's name as sender service and target sap system name as receiver service. Same error.
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We have a system where a web front-end interacts with our 4.6C system through RFC calls.
I am having a number of problems where variables declared in a function group are not being cleared out between separate RFC calls to functions in the same group.
I would not have expected separate RFC calls from an external system to use the same memory area.
I have seen this happen at other sites too, but have never found an explanation for it.
Has anyone else experienced this problem and if so can you give me more information about why it happens?
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Denis.

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Hi, I have a similar situation. Within VBA I am calling the RFC 'RFC_CALCULATE_TAXES_DOC'. This RFC is used to communicate with external tax software like Taxware; it gets applicable tax rates, amounts, etc. based on tax jurisdiction code and other data. The RFC is remote-enabled (has to be to talk to Taxware).
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I have an BSP application running on a 6.40 which calls a RFC function module on a backend system (4.6c) using a trusted RFC connection.
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