Help in GP approval step
i was trying a simple Guided procedure worklow.
The user initiates the process, approver approves.
Now based on approve/reject I need to either terminate process or return to initiator for resubmission.
How do I do that?
Another thing is that I created a WD iview for this by giving the process id and autostart=t.
Still I get the Edit Roles option for the initiator.
Hi,
To answer your first question the initial configuration screen comes when the first action of the process has some parameters with "exposed out" checkbox checked in the parameters tab. So you can group the parameters with the output of the second action so that when rejected the data entered in the first action will re-appear when the same form is displayed after rejection.
For the second issue - you have 2 actions in your process. Add two sequential blocks in the process as well and add those actions under those two blocks separately. So that your process will look like this at design time:
Process
--Block (EnterData)
Action (EnterData)
--Block (Approval)
Action (Approval)
In this scenario the user won't see all the process steps at the left panel, instead the blocks will be displayed as a road-map at the top panel. In the left panel only the current action will be displayed.
Thanks,
Dipankar
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I'm using R3 v4.7 and I have a very strage problem in a
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Page not found or displayed in the approve step
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when i am performing the approve step then i am able to do the mark as approved step. but there is no stop button is displayed for me when the approver wants to stop the task after marking as approved.
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According to me,
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*Please reward points if helpful.
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Nitin Jain -
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https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/60f28084-b90e-2b10-3eb6-d6565367048a
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/001d22fb-622d-2b10-22ac-998acecf68a8
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Approval step without capacity ad hoc
Hi,
In some workflows for some users we get the error message when we want to previsualize the approval levels of a Shopping Cart:
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This error will not come until you add Ad-hoc approver at last level..for an example.. there are 5 approvers determined by Badi.. You will get this issue when you add Ad-hoc approver after 5th Level of approver then all approver(Including Ad-approver) approved the SC / PO. Here is the solution for this issue.
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John. -
Approval step without ad-hoc capability
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ChaRM 7.1 SP12: How to remove Activity from Approval Step?
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Approval step without ad-hoc capability. No preview possible
In both SC and PO WF, the approval preview shows the text :" Approval step without ad-hoc capability. No preview possible"
Can you tell me what could be the problem ? .I can approvers determining correctly from the badi . In the preview I can see approvers correctly . this message still shows after approving shopping cart completely also.
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This error will not come until you add Ad-hoc approver at last level..for an example.. there are 5 approvers determined by Badi.. You will get this issue when you add Ad-hoc approver after 5th Level of approver then all approver(Including Ad-approver) approved the SC / PO. Here is the solution for this issue.
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Approval step without adhoc capability. No preview possible
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I'm using the standard n-step approval workflow (SRM 5.0) for shopping cart and have implemented the workflow badi. It works good for the approval process.
While the user rejects the cart it works good until the 2nd level of approvers. But from the third level though the cart gets rejected it's throwing me the error
" Approval step without adhoc capability. No preview possible " in the graphical overview.
Can anybody please help me to overcome this issue. Points will be awarded for the solution.
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PrasnnaHi,
Which SRM version are you using??Please see if the foll notes help:
1090619 - Problem creating ad hoc agents, no users in wf nodes.
903200 Note for approval status not getting updated
910612 additional note fro SC approval BADI's and WF's
649551 Approval status not getting updated-related note for SP8
690716 Approval status not getting updated-related note for SP8
930750 restart of classic WF's(issue is with Support pack 9)
525577 Approval Preview - Details for approver not displayed.
Note 999528 - Adding Ad Hoc Approver fails due to comit error
Note 952108 - Incorrect error message when approvers are entered
Note 809157 - BBPPREVIEW: Error "Value too large" as of fourth approver
Note 994735 - All BAdI workflows: ApprovalIndex does not begin with 1
Note 924064 - FM BBP_WFL_DIN_FILL_APPROVER: Approvers may be incorrect
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