No document number in Approval Workflow

Hi!
I have crated a work flow where I check if the status is FA for docType 900. If this is true then I send a mail to the person responsible for the approval. Everything works exept that I don't get the document number for the document that I change. I use the &document.documentnumber& command in the mail but the system don't get the docNr.
//Krip

Hi,
by using standard document distribution, whenver you send an mail along with object (document), reciepient recieves the mail with object(document) which is indicated by its description.
once you click on the object(attached document) in mail, you wil be redirected to SAP screen.
In order to identify the document in terms of document number then you may manually enter document number in description field.
Thank You,
Manoj
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