Guided Procedures Theme

Dear All,
Does anyone know where I can change the theme for the Guided Procedures Runtime Screen or once a procedure has been begun?
Regards
Richard

Hi Gareth,
The Fork step is used in the XI BPM. There we can configure so that the process runs through the required number of branches. I am not familiar with Guided Procedures, which are configured in EP. I think BPM and GP are different from each other. Is that right? Can we also have Fork in GP?

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Hi,
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Hi Piyush,
I think this should be possible through Webdynpro or through JCO.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developerareas/webdynpro
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Hi Srini,
On the workflow processing level, Guided Procedures offers two possibilities. One of them is to use the built-in Java-based processing engine, which is mainly appropriate for testing purposes. The other option is to configure GP with the SAP Business Workflow (aka BPM Runtime Engine), which runs in the ABAP stack. In this case, you create and start processes in GP, but the processing is done on the ABAP side.
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Question to Guided Procedures

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Hi Steve,
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https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/92811997-0d01-0010-9584-f7d535177831
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/a9/76bd3b57743b09e10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/43/23fd33cad10d23e10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/5c/9792424dccb81ce10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/a6/506642ea59c753e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
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Guided procedures scenario, don't know where too start.

Hi all,
I am totally new to the CAF framework.
I've done a lot of reading and also did the tutorial "My first process".
The scenario:
I need to have a scenario where a user fills out an interactive form and submits this form. The data is also submitted in a SQL database.
His manager (a dynamic user) has to approve this form.
After the approval the form has to go to the inbox of a department where they can fill in additional information.
After filling in this information a feedback has to be sent to the user that filled in the form.
Problems:
- After doing the first tutorial i wanted to do some more turorials to learn more about guided procedures. All tutorials that I have found requires some beginning point like a Web Dynpro CO or something else. Are there more tutorials that guide you trough a process from scratch?
- The tutorials that I have found with Interactive forms are designed with the Adobe Designer, not with the NWDS designer. So if you want to add a CO Interactive form you can't use this one because you don't have a .XDP file.
- Is there a clear tutorial how to add a user dynamicly? For example in the tutorial "My first process" you have to add users while initiate the process. I also read the blog "Passing email address for Interactive Form step". But here the user still have to define to wich email address the form has to be sent. In my scenario the right email address is already in the Adobe form so I want to sent it to that email address.
- Does a user always has to go to Guided Procedures > Runtime in the portal or can you make your own menu items for starting a process, approve a process etc.
I know it are a lot of questions but I hope that you can help me out with at least some of them because it is really dazzeling right now.

The scenario you mentioned should be possible using GP. In response to your questions,
> The tutorials that I have found with Interactive forms are designed with the Adobe
> Designer, not with the NWDS designer. So if you want to add a CO Interactive form
> you can't use this one because you don't have a .XDP file.
Adobe LiveCycle designer comes packaged with NWDS. You can download it from service marketplace and run it standalone:
How to assign Dynaminc Approver in GP
> Does a user always has to go to Guided Procedures > Runtime in the portal or can
> you make your own menu items for starting a process, approve a process etc.
No, the runtime doesn't have to be used. Check out this thread for more details:
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