How to use alert in workflow

Question

Hi friends
  I have configured ALERT in ALRCATDEF t-code. and i have wirtten the discription of the alert there. Now i am using deadline in my workflow in the mail step i want to use this alert so that this alert will come in alert tab in portal. In ALRCATDEF t-code there is fixed recipitants but i want to get the recipitants dynamically which i have written the logic in my workflow but how to use this in workflow. Can any one guide me.
Regards
vijay

Answer 1

Hi,
We had a similar requirement to send a notification from the alert.
We created the alert and called the conccurent program which will trigger the workflow.
Below are the stepsfor the same:
Create the event/periodic alert and give the action type as "Concurrent Program".and give the concurrent program detials as below
Application :Human Resources
Program Name :XX(Eg:Alert Workflow Initiation CP) (this is a plsql stored procedure type with six parameters for this program )
Arguments:YYY(eg:"N" &person_id "&name" "&job" "&org" "&username")
Below is the sample code to call the workflow from plsql stored procedure
begin
l_item_key := to_char(SYSDATE,'YYMMDDHH24MISS');
wf_engine.CreateProcess
(itemtype => 'IRC_WF',
itemkey => l_item_key,
process => 'PER_APPLICATION_PRC'
l_mail_content := chr(10)||chr(10)||'Dear '||p_name||':'||chr(10)||chr(10)||
'We appreciate your interest in the '||l_job||' position. A member of the Human Resources team will review your information and contact you if your skills and experience is a match for our needs at this time.'||chr(10)||chr(10)||
'Once again, thank you for your interest in employment at XXX.'||chr(10)||chr(10)||
'Sincerely,'||chr(10)||
'XXX';
wf_engine.SetItemAttrText(itemtype => 'IRC_WF',
itemkey => l_item_key,
aname => 'WWPER_MESG_HTML',
avalue => l_mail_content);
wf_engine.StartProcess
(itemtype => 'IRC_WF',
itemkey => l_item_key);
COMMIT;
end;
Get back to me if you need further details
Thanks,
Anuradha
Edited by: user10411683 on Dec 2, 2008 11:12 PM