HCM MSS Change in Working Time - Workflow

Hi All,
Im New to HCM & WOrkflows too...
I need your help, it would be very helpful for me to prove my skills.
I have a requirement like, The requirement is to initiate  the Change in Working Time process from MSS( Manager Self-Service ) for a particular employee .
Desc:
Manager can  initiate the Change in Working Time  process for his /her employees/reportees via MSS . The manager will use a web-based  interactive form (Adobe interactive form within HCM P&F framework) to fill in the details of the new changed work schedule of the Employee in question. Once this form is submitted by the Manager  ,  the corresponding workflow will be triggered which sends a work item to the HR Administrator ; the HR Administrator will update the backend SAP  accordingly. Once successfully updated an email notofication will be sent to the  Manager of the Employee (in normal cases the Manager at this stage is the Initiator of the process)
And how to do this workflow development(only workflow part), if u can please tell me the skeleton structure to achieve this.
i have seen WS61000074 - this is ESS Change in working time. Same thing i need to do in  MSS. Only thing is, in MSS Employee is not included.
Thanks in Advance,
Rani.

Hi Bentow,
Thanks for your reply.
And in my FS, there is no word like CATS.
Mine is compeltely a workflow part.
I just copying my FS workflow process part: Please Tell me some idea, if possible.
A custom workflow template needs to be developed for Change in Working Time (MSS) process.
Once the Manager submits the Change in Working Time form via MSS for any of the reporting Employees  the corresponding Workflow will be triggered.
The workflow will route the submitted form to the relevant HR Administrator (which can be fetched based on an Agent determination rule , if needed  or can be maintained in the workflow template).
The HR Administrator will  open the form and update the backend SAP system accordingly.
Once the HR Administrator successfully updates the system , he shall  process the form  and complete it.
Once the form is successfully completed by the HR Administrator , the workflow will send an Email notification to the Manager of the  concerned Employee. [In a normal scenario, the Manager will be the Initiator of the current Change in Working Time process]
The above workflow configuration needs to done as part of the usage of  HCM P&F framework.
The Workflow will be triggered when the Requestor(Manager) Submits the Change in Working Time
form in MSS.
Thanks in Advance,
Rani,

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