Notification of absence WS30000015-work flow is not responding?
Hi all
Iam pretty much new to the workflow.
iam trying to do an example listed in the course BC600,
i did the following steps.........
1.created employee and manager roles
2.copied WS30000015 into z-version and did agent assignments
when i executed the event ,workflow is triggering the first process i.e. sending email to the manager,
after that if manager performs action on the email (like approved or rejected) it is suposed to do further workflow process based on the approved or rejected conditions........
But iam not getting any further action from the workflow process -
If approved suppose to send email to employee but employee is not getting any email
If Rejected - employee is supose to get an rejected notification email from manager but workflow is not sending any email to employee
could you please let me know what could be the issue and how to resolve this
Thanks in advance
Kavitha
Hi,
As mentioned above you have to check the Log.
Refer this [article|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4085c533-5cdd-2a10-21a3-f1dc2b26385a] to see the workflow log.
Also Refer this [Link1|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_45b/helpdata/en/c5/e4a930453d11d189430000e829fbbd/frameset.htm] [Link2|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_45b/helpdata/en/c5/e4a93d453d11d189430000e829fbbd/frameset.htm].
Regards,
Surjith
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1. Choose Tools  SAP Business Workflow  Development Definition tools  Organizational Management  Organizational plan  Create (T.Code: PPOCW).
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1. Choose Edit  Create jobs.
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1. Choose .
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The notification of absence is created in the first step of the workflow. You will also need a task that executes this function. You can create the task separately from the workflow definition or directly from the Workflow Builder. This unit describes how you create the task from the Workflow Builder.
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The system proposes that you define a binding from the task container to the workflow container. This binding transports the reference to the generated object (i.e. the created notification of absence) from the task (from the WIObject_ID element in the task container) to the workflow (to the AbsenceForm element in the workflow container).
Further information on automatic binding definition proposals is available under Binding Definitions from the Workflow Container and Binding Definitions from the Task Container in the documentation on SAP Business Workflow.
1. Confirm the proposal with .
The new AbsenceForm container element is displayed in the workflow container. Local container elements are marked . The remaining elements in the workflow container are workflow system elements. For further information, please refer to Workflow System Elements in the Workflow Container.
2. Enter a text to describe the step.
You can, of course, leave the description of the task that is proposed by the system.
(The current step in your workflow definition appears here.)
3. Go to the Outcomes tab.
All of the outcomes for this step are displayed here.
4. Enter a text for the description.
The description (proposal: < Application filled out> ) in the Task executed synchronously line.
Each step has at least one subsequent event (in this case: Task executed synchronously). The description is the text with which the outcome is labeled in the workflow definition.
The Form does not exist and Form could not be generated outcomes are the possible exceptions that could occur in the method execution. You "run the risk" of not intercepting these exceptions and not modeling any exception handling in your workflow definition. If one of the exceptions actually occurs at runtime, the workflow will assume the error status.
Checking the binding definition (optional)
1. Go to the Control tab.
2. Choose Binding (present).
The WF Builder: Binding for Step <Create notification of absence> dialog box is then displayed.
o In the upper part of the screen, the binding defined from the workflow container to the task container is displayed. The system executes this binding before providing the task for execution.
This binding direction is not relevant for this step since no information is to be transported from the workflow to the task.
o In the lower part of the screen, the binding defined from the task container to the workflow container is displayed. This system executes this binding after the user has processed the task.
Here, the binding is WIObjectId. &ABSENCEFORM& has been automatically defined here by the system. This binding ensures that the reference to the notification of absence created is not only known in the single-step task, but also in the workflow.
You can view the contents of both containers by choosing Workflow container or Task container.
(The element of the task container WIObject_ID is called Notif. of absence .)
3. Choose .
You then return to the step definition.
Entering the agents responsible
On the tab page Control, choose the entry Workflow initiator (expression) in the area agent as the agent responsible.
The system enters the expression &_WF_INITIATOR& in the Expression field and in the input field beside the checkbox.
You start your executable workflow later manually. At this point in time, the system fills the workflow container element WFInitiator automatically with your user name.
The above assignment informs the workflow system that the first work item for creating the notification of absence should be addressed as the "starter" as the workflow.
You return to the screen Workflow definition: Create step: Activity
Concluding step definition
1. Choose to check the step definition.
2. Choose to exit the step definition.
3. Choose to view the entire workflow definition in the workflow area on the screen.
You will notice that your workflow definition now contains a new step (the activity just created). The undefined step is also still there.
4. Choose .
The workflow definition is checked, saved, and, provided it does not contain any errors, activated. The system displays a message if problems are encountered during the test.
5. Exit the Workflow Builder.
Result
You have now completed this unit and can start the next unit.
Unit 3: Starting the Workflow Builder
Use
A workflow definition is created with the help of the Workflow Builder.
Prerequisites
You have now created a workflow template ( Unit 2: Creating a Workflow).
Procedure
Calling the Workflow Builder
1. Choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Definition Tools  Workflow Builder.
The Workflow Builder is then launched with the workflow definition that was processed last. If the Workflow Builder has not yet been called, then an initial workflow definition is displayed.
The Workflow Builder screen is divided into the following areas.
The workflow definition is displayed in the Workflow area on the screen. If the workflow is shown in display mode, the step type area is not displayed. For further information, refer to Workflow Builder in the SAP Business Workflow documentation.
2. Choose and enter the abbreviation of your workflow template (< WSeight digit number >) .
You can use the F4 input help. Enter the start of the abbreviation for your workflow (for example: < ini*> ) and choose All of the workflows that match are displayed. Select your workflow and choose .
Result
The workflow definition is displayed and if necessary can be processed. If the Workflow Builder is called for the first processing of a newly created initial workflow definition, the following graphic is displayed:
If the graphic displayed differs from that above, check the graphic settings in the Workflow Builder. Choose Extras  Options, and click the Graphic tab. Choose the Without event-driven process chains view.
The start of the workflow definition is indicated by Start Workflow. If the new workflow definition has been called from the definition of a multistep task for which triggering events are defined, these are represented by the symbol and their description.
The end of the workflow definition is indicated by Workflow terminated.
The area in which the new workflow definition can be added is indicated by an undefined step with an outcome. Steps are displayed in the form of symbols. The description of an outcome is illustrated in the standard view with an arrow.
This unit is now complete. In the following unit you create the first step in your workflow and define a task for this purpose at the same time.
Creating an Activity as a Step in the Workflow Definition
Add a first step of the type Activity to the workflow definition.
1. Choose under step type. The cursor changes shape.
2. Position the cursor on the Undefined step and click.
By doing so, you add an activity to your workflow definition. The step definition is shown in the right-hand part of the screen. You are on the tab page Control.
Entering basic data for control
3. Enter the abbreviation ( TS<8-digit number> ) of the standard task Create Notification of Absence in the Task field and choose .
If you no longer know the full abbreviation, you can use different methods to search for it:
o Use the F4 input help to search via the object type and method of the single-step task.
This brings you to the Search and Find: Tasks dialog box.
On the tab page Obj. type and method, enter the object type FORMABSENC and the method CREATE .
Then double-click your single-step task in the list. You should recognize your single-step task from your initials in the abbreviation. Choose .
o Enter a character string in the abbreviation or description and choose .
A list of tasks is then displayed in which you can double-click the desired task.
Every activity, as a step in a workflow definition, refers to a task.
At this point, the unique reference to this task is entered. The identification is made up of an abbreviation (T, TS, WF, or WS) followed by an 8-digit number.
If you select a workflow task (WF) or workflow template (WS) as your task, your activity is a subworkflow. If you select a customer task (T) or standard task (TS), your activity is a single step.
The Define Container Elements and Binding dialog box is then displayed in which the system proposes a change to the workflow container and a binding definition.
o Upper part of the dialog box: Proposal for new container elements in the workflow container.
The system proposes that you create a local container element in the workflow container, which can store the reference to the notification of absence created in this step. The element has the technical name AbsenceForm .
o Lower part of dialog box: Proposed binding definition
The system proposes that you define a binding from the task container to the workflow container. This binding transports the reference to the generated object (i.e. the created notification of absence) from the task (from the WIObject_ID element in the task container) to the workflow (to the AbsenceForm element in the workflow container).
Further information on automatic binding definition proposals is available under Binding Definitions from the Workflow Container and Binding Definitions from the Task Container in the documentation on SAP Business Workflow.
4. Confirm the proposal with .
The new AbsenceForm container element is displayed in the object area of the workflow container folder. Local container elements are marked . The remaining elements in the workflow container are workflow system variables. For further information, please refer to Workflow System Variables in the Workflow Container.
5. Enter a text to describe the step.
You can, of course, leave the description of the single-step task that is proposed by the system.
(The current step in your workflow definition appears here.)
6. Go to the Events tab.
All of the outcomes for this step are displayed here.
7. Enter a text for the description.
The description (proposal: < Application filled out> ) in the Task executed synchronously line.
Each step has at least one subsequent event (in this case: Task executed synchronously). The description is the text with which the outcome is labeled in the workflow definition.
The Form does not exist and Form could not be generated outcomes are the possible exceptions that could occur in the method execution. You "run the risk" of not intercepting these exceptions and not modeling any exception handling in your workflow definition. If one of the exceptions actually occurs at runtime, the workflow will assume the error status.
Checking the binding definition (optional)
1. Go to the Control tab.
2. Choose Binding (present).
The WF Builder: Binding for Step <Create notification of absence> dialog box is then displayed.
o In the upper part of the screen, the binding defined from the workflow container to the task container is displayed. The system executes this binding before providing the task for execution.
This binding direction is not relevant for this step since no information is to be transported from the workflow to the task.
o In the lower part of the screen, the binding defined from the task container to the workflow container is displayed. This system executes this binding after the user has processed the task.
Here, the binding is WIObjectId. &ABSENCEFORM& has been automatically defined here by the system. This binding ensures that the reference to the notification of absence created is not only known in the single-step task, but also in the workflow.
You can view the contents of both containers by choosing Workflow container or Task container.
(The element of the task container WIObject_ID is called Notif. of absence .)
3. Choose .
You then return to the step definition.
Entering the agents responsible
Choose Workflow initiator (expression) under Agents.
The system enters the expression &_WF_INITIATOR& in the Expression field and in the input field beside the checkbox.
By doing so, you choose the agent responsible.
You start your executable workflow later manually. At this point in time, the system fills the workflow container element WFInitiator automatically with your user name.
The above assignment informs the workflow system that the first work item for creating the notification of absence should be addressed as the "starter" as the workflow.
You return to the screen Workflow definition: Create step: Activity
Concluding step definition
1. Choose to check the step definition.
2. Choose to exit the step definition.
3. Choose to view the entire workflow definition in the workflow area on the screen.
You will notice that your workflow definition now contains a new step (the activity just created). The undefined step is also still there.
4. Choose .
The workflow definition is checked, saved, and, provided it does not contain any errors, activated. The system displays a message if problems are encountered during the test.
5. Exit the Workflow Builder.
Result
You have now completed this unit and can start the next unit.
Unit 5: First Test
Use
You are now going to start a workflow in dialog for the first time, which will run according to your workflow definition. This workflow definition only contains a step for creating a notification of absence so far.
For further information on starting workflows, refer to Starting Workflows (Test Environment) in the SAP Business Workflow documentation.
Prerequisites
The creation of a notification of absence, which you carry out within your workflow, is reported on a system-wide basis by an event. Other workflows entered as event receivers for this event may therefore be started. The notification of absence created by you (and published by the event) is then also processed with these workflows.
This event is not used in connection with this tutorial.
To ensure that only you work exclusively with the notification of absence, you can deactivate any existing linkages between the event and its receivers. Proceed as follows:
If you carry out the following steps, you prevent other workflows being started unintentionally by your notification of absence.
However, you may interrupt other workflow demonstrations. Therefore, be careful and speak to the colleagues involved if necessary.
1. Choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Utilities  Events  Simulate Event.
2. Enter FORMABSENC in the Object type field.
3. Enter created in the Event field.
4. Choose .
The system simulates the event FORMABSENC.Created and establishes which workflows would be started.
5. If you find one or more entries in the list under the branch Tasks without syntax errors to be started, position the cursor on an entry and choose Event linkage.
The dialog box Event linkage: Triggering events is displayed.
6. Position the cursor on the entry with the red background for the event and choose .
The linkage between workflow and event is deactivated.
7. Choose .
8. Repeat steps 5 to 7 or repeat the whole simulation as applicable.
Procedure
Starting the workflow and filling out the form
1. If you are still in the Workflow Builder, choose .
The Start Workflow (Test Environment) screen is then displayed. The number of your workflow template is entered.
If you are no longer in the Workflow Builder, choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Runtime Tools  Start Workflow (Test Environment). Enter the identification of your workflow or use the F4 input help.
2. Choose .
To handle work processes more quickly, SAP Business Workflow supports Advancing with Immediate Dialog. When a workflow is started in dialog, this means that the first work item of the workflow is made available for processing immediately provided that the user who starts the workflow is also one of the recipients of this first work item. This is the case here because you entered the container element WFInitiator as the agent in the step definition.
The Create notification of absence screen, therefore, is displayed immediately where you can see the notification of absence form. It is the method Create that is executed with the first work item.
3. Fill out the form with entries of your choice.
4. Choose .
The Start Workflow (Test Environment) screen is then displayed again.
5. Choose and exit the Workflow Builder if necessary.
Starting a workflow / Business Workplace
Before you extend your workflow definition, carry out the following test. It will familiarize you with the Business Workplace.
1. Start your workflow in dialog again. Choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Runtime Tools  Start Workflow. (T.Code SWUI)
You go to the screen Start task.
2. Choose your workflow in the table on the left.
3. Choose Start on the right-hand side of the screen.
The notification of absence form is displayed.
4. Do not make any entries and do not save. Instead, choose .
You have now started the workflow but canceled the processing of its first step. But the processing of the work item is not yet completed. You have only broken the processing chain of advancing with immediate dialog.
5. Choose .
6. Choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Runtime Tools  Business Workplace.
7. Open the Inbox node and choose the Workflow folder.
Your workflow inbox now contains (at least) one work item for processing. This is the work item for creating a notification of absence, the processing of which you canceled previously.
8. Select the work item, if necessary, and choose .
You return to the Create notification of absence screen where the notification of absence form is displayed.
9. Fill out the form and choose .
The work item disappears from your workflow inbox.
Result
You have now completed this unit and can start the next unit.
Reporting and analysis
In this first test, you will take a look at the work item analysis function.
1. Choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Reporting  Work Item Analysis  Work Items Per Task
The Work Items Per Task screen is then displayed.
2. Select the monitoring period Today.
3. Select the work item type (Sub-)Workflow only.
4. Choose .
The system then determines all of the workflows that were started today. These are then listed on the Work Items Per Task from <Date> to <Date> screen. The number of work items in each workflow is also shown here.
Make sure that you only ever analyze the work items for your workflow and your absence notification.
5. Display the list of associated work items by double-clicking the workflow ID.
Both the workflows you just started for this workflow identification are displayed with status Completed.
6. Display the workflow log by double-clicking a work item ID.
The Workflow Log screen is then displayed.
For information on the workflow log, see Workflow Log in the SAP Business Workflow documentation.
7. Exit the work item analysis function.
Unit 6: Creating a Task "Check Notification of Absence"
Use
You define the task Check notification of absence. This task is incorporated into your workflow definition as the second step.
As this is not the first task you have defined, many steps will doubtless be familiar to you. (Refer to Unit 4: Defining and Inserting Task "Create Notification of Absence.)
Prerequisites
The object type used (here: FORMABSENC (notification of absence)) and the required method (here: Approve) are already defined and implemented in the Business Object Repository.
Procedure
1. Choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development Definition Tools  Tasks/Task Groups  Create.
The screen Task: Maintain is displayed.
2. In the Task type field, choose the Standard task entry.
3. Choose .
The Basic data tab in the Standard task: Create screen is then displayed.
Entering the basic data
1. Enter an abbreviation (of your choice) and a name (of your choice) for the task to be created.
Abbreviation: < ini _check>
Name: <Check notification of absence (ini)>
Object type and method
2. Enter an object type and a method:
Object type: FORMABSENC
Method: APPROVE
You can also use the F4 input help to select the method.
Work item text
3. In the Work item text field, enter the text Check notification of absence from .
4. Choose . Save your standard task as a local object.
5. You can include variables in your work item text to be filled with values from the task container at runtime..
The name of the creator of the notification of absence is to be included into the work item text. As soon as the work item appears in the superiors Business Workplace, the name of the creator appears in the work item information text.
Position the cursor in the work item text after the word of .
6. Choose .
The Please choose an expression dialog box is then displayed.
7. Choose the expression Notif. of absence by double-clicking the Container node.  Issuer object ref.  Name.
If WIObject_ID is displayed instead of Notif. of absence, choose . The system then displays the description of the expressions instead of their technical names.
The variable &_WI_Object_ID.Creator.Name& has been added to the work item text automatically. The variable name displayed here is the technical name of the expression.
You can integrate all of the elements in the task container in your work item text. This enables you to include information into the work item text, which is not available until runtime.
Entering the description text
1. Go to the Description tab.
2. Choose Task description in the Test type field.
The current task description is then displayed. This text is intended to inform future recipients of a work item in which this task is referenced and help them in their work.
The text will often be similar to the work item text or may supplement it.
3. Choose .
4. Enter the following text:
Please check notification of absence no. &_WI_OBJECT_ID.NUMBER& from &_WI_OBJECT_ID.CREATEDATE& of employee &_WI_OBJECT_ID.CREATOR.NAME& .
Decide whether to approve the request.
If you want to insert an expression from the task container as a text variable, choose Include  Expression. Then choose the relevant expression in the Please choose an expression dialog box by double-clicking the Container node.
5. Choose .
6. Choose .
Determining possible agents
1. Select Additional data Agent assignment  Maintain
This takes you to the Standard task: Maintain Agent Assignment screen.
2. Position the cursor on the name of your task.
3. Choose .
You go to the dialog box Choose agent type.
4. Double-click Job.
The dialog box Choose Job is displayed.
5. Enter either part of or the full abbreviation of the job that you created for the head of department in Unit 1: Organizational Plan.
You return to the screen Standard task: Maintain agent assignment.
6. Choose .
You have linked the task to the job of a head of department. In the organizational plan, you use this job to describe a position. The holder of the position is also displayed.
7. Choose .
8. Choose .
Result
The task for checking the notification of absence is defined in full. You can now exit the screen for defining a task.
In the next unit, you will incorporate this task into the workflow definition.
Display your organizational plan again.
a. Choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Definition Tools  Organizational Management  Organizational Plan  Display.
b. Choose your organizational unit in the search area. Display it by double-clicking the entry in the table.
c. In the overview screen, choose the arrow on the right next to the and then Staff assignments (list).
d. Display a detailed view of the position of the head of department by double-clicking the entry in the list.
Here, you can see that this position is assigned to the job and, on the Tasks tab, that it is also assigned to the task Check notification of absence.
Unit 7: Including "Check Notification of Absence" in the Workflow Definition
Use
The task with which an employee can check a notification of absence is ready to be included into your workflow definition as the next step.
Prerequisites
You have defined a workflow with a step ( Unit 4: Task Defining and Inserting "Create Notification of Absence") and created the task Check Notification of Absence ( Unit 6: Create Task "Notification of Absence").
Procedure
Calling the Workflow Builder
1. Choose Tools  SAP Business Workflow  Development  Definition Tools  Workflow Builder.
The Workflow Builder is then launched in display mode with the workflow that was processed last.
2. Work through the following steps to display your workflow for this tutorial in change mode.
i. If the workflow you created for this tutorial is already displayed, choose . Go to step 3.
ii. If a different workflow is displayed, check whether the workflow you created is listed in the My available tasks area. Double-click it and choose . Go to step 3.
iii. Choose . Enter the complete abbreviation in the Task field on the Open other workflow definition dialog box and press RETURN. You can now also enter the workflow abbreviation. Enter either the full abbreviation or just the first characters (for example: < i*> ). Press F4 . The search result is then displayed. Choose your workflow by double-clicking it. When you enter the abbreviation in the Task field on the Open other workflow definition dialog box, all of the available versions are displayed. Since you have not created any versions, select version 0000 and choose . The workflow is then loaded in display mode. To switch to change mode, choose .
1. Choose to display the entire workflow in the workflow area on the screen.
Creating a container element in the workflow container
You need an additional container element in the workflow container to store the name of the user who will execute this step. This user name is to be used later in the notification text that is sent to the requester.
1. Choose the entry <Double-click to create> by double-clicking in the Workflow Container.
The dialog box for entering a container element is displayed.
2. Make the following entries:
Element: Approver
Name: Approver
Description: Approver of the absence request
Reference table: WFSYST
Reference field: AGENT
3. Choose .
You have now added a local container element to the workflow container, which is ready to take an agent name, based on its data type reference. However, you have not yet determined a value for this container element.
Creating an Activity as a Step in the Workflow Definition
1. Choose under step type. The cursor changes shape.
2. Position the cursor on the Undefined step that follows the outcome Request completed and click.
By doing so, you add an activity to your workflow definition. The step definition is shown in the right-hand part of the screen. You are on the tab page Control.
Entering basic data for control
3. In the Task field, enter the abbreviation ( TS<8-digit number> ) of the task Check Notification of Absence that you defined in the previous unit. Choose .
If you no longer know the full abbreviation, you can use different methods to search for it:
o Use the F4 input help to search via the object type and method of the task.
This brings you to the Search and Find: Tasks dialog box.
On the tab page Obj. type and method, enter the object type FORMABSENC and the method CREATE .
Then double-click your task in the list. You should recognize your task from your initials in the abbreviation. Choose .
o Enter a character string in the abbreviation or description and choose .
A list of tasks is then displayed in which you can double-click the desired task.
Every activity, as a step in a workflow definition, refers to a task.
At this point, the unique reference to this task is entered. The identification is made up of an abbreviation (T, TS, WF, or WS) followed by an 8-digit number.
If you select a workflow (WS or WS) as your task, your activity is a subworkflow. If you select a task (TS or T), your activity is a single step.
You go to a dialog box in which the system proposes binding from the workflow container to the task container.
Here, the object reference to the notification of absence is transported from the workflow container (container element AbsenceForm ) to the task container (to the container element WIObject_ID ).
1. Choose to confirm the proposal.
Extending the binding definition
Now define another binding via which the current agent of the work item (the superior) is stored in a container element of the workflow container.
2. Choose Binding (present).
The Binding for Step 'Check notification of absence' dialog box is then displayed. If the first column is entitled Element, choose to display the element description.
The system has created the following binding definition from the workflow container to the task container:
Notif. of absence &AbsenceForm&
This binding ensures that the correct notification of absence is checked in the task.
3. Choose .
All of the container elements in the task container are now displayed on the left-hand side. You can define a binding from these container elements to the workflow container.
4. Position the cursor in the lower half of the screen, in the empty input field beside the container element Actual agent and call the F4 input help.
5. Double-click Approver.
In addition to the bindings already existing, the following binding is now defined:
Actual Agent &Approver&
6. Choose .
Determining outcomes
The method APPROVE of the object type FORMABSENC, to which you refer in the standard task definition, is defined with a result. The three possible values of this result are offered on the tab page Outcomes as outcomes of this step:
Approved
rejected
New
The indicates that these outcomes have already been transferred to the workflow definition. The outcome New is not really appropriate at this point. At this stage of processing, the notification of absence cannot be "new" any more. It should therefore not be incorporated in the definition.
1. Click on the symbol in front of the outcome New.
The symbol changes to .
The outcome Processing obsolete is processed if the relevant work item is set to obsolete via a process control step. This functionality is not used in this tutorial.
The outcome Form not available results from the exception defined for the method APPROVE. You could include this outcome into the workflow definition and would then have to model appropriate subsequent steps. However, you do not model anything for the purposes of this tutorial and accept that your workflow will have an error at runtime if this exception is raised.
2. Choose .
Two branches are now inserted in your workflow definition for the two marked outcomes Approved and Rejected.
Inputs for the agent
If you are working through this tutorial alone, do not specify anything for responsibility at this point. If it is processed when the workflow is executed, therefore, this step will be "offered" for processing to all employees declared as possible agents of the single-step task Check notification of absence. This means all user whose positions are described with the job head of department.
In your organizational plan, there is only one users who is a possible agent -> you.
You have maintained the organizational plan with jobs, positions, and user assignments in Unit 1: Organizational Plan.
You have defined the single-step task "Check notification of absence" and have assigned the possible agents in Unit 6: Definition of the Standard Task "Check Notification of Absence".
Concluding step definition
Choose .
The workflow definition is checked, saved, and, provided it does not contain any errors, activated. The system displays a message if problems are encountered during the test.
Result
You can subject your workflow definition to a second test.
Unit 8: Second Test
Use
You start your workflow in dialog and two steps are executed. The notification of absence is created in the first step and then checked in the second.
Procedure
Starting the workflow and filling out the form
1. If you are still in the Workflow Builder, choose .
The Start Workflow (Test Environment) screen is then displayed. The number of your workflow is entered.
If you are no longer in the Workflow Builder, choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Runtime Tools  Start Workflow (Test Environment). Enter the number of your workflow or use the F4 input help.
2. Choose .
You go to the screen Create Notification of Absence.
From the requesters perspective
When the workflow is started, the work item for creating the notification of absence is provided to you directly for processing. This is because of advancing with immediate dialog. You were introduced to this in the first test.
3. Fill out the form and choose .
From the head of department's perspective
You created the step for checking the notification of absence in your workflow definition without specifying the agents responsible. This means that all of the possible agents of the single-step task are recipients of the work item. Since you occupy the position of both requester and head of department, you are automatically and immediately presented with the work item for approving the application. This is again because of advancing with immediate dialog.
As the superior, you have several options:
Approve the request
Reject the request
Cancel processing of the request.
4. Choose to cancel processing.
The Start Workflow (Test Environment) screen is then displayed again.
Exit this dialog and, if necessary, the Workflow Builder.
Reporting and analysis: Workflow outbox
In the first test of your workflow, you were introduced at this point to work item analysis. Now, you will be introduced to the workflow outbox.
Amongst other things, the work items which you started in dialog along with date, time and current status are displayed in the workflow outbox.
1. Choose Tools  Business Workflow  Development  Runtime Tools  Business Workplace.
2. In the tree displayed, choose Outbox  Started workflows.
3. Choose the arrow on the right next to the and then Today only.
The work items for all the workflows you started today are then displayed. Note the statuses of the work items displayed in the Status column of the Business Workplace. Read the F1 help for the Status column.
4. Position the cursor on the work item for the workflow just started. This work item has the status in process.
From the current workflow data, you can see that the step Create notification of absence has been completed successfully, when that was, and who processed it. The work item has the status completed.
You can also see that the work item representing the task for checking the request still has status ready and can therefore still be seen in the superiors Business Workplace.
Business Workplace - check notification of absence
You now once again occupy the position of the superior who canceled processing earlier when the application was to be checked.
5. In the tree, choose Inbox  Workflow.
The work items for you to process are displayed with their work item texts and certain other attributes.
A preview of the selected work item is displayed below the list and contains the description of the work item.
6. Select the work item for checking the notification of absence and choose .
You go to the work item display. There you find amongst other things the description text, also with replaced text variables.
7. Choose to return to the Business Workplace.
8. Choose or start execution by double-clicking the entry.
9. Either reject or approve the request. You should start the workflow twice and test each variant.
To check whether the workflow was completed correctly, go to your workflow outbox. The procedure is described above.
Result
Your workflow definition has now been tested and you can continue with the next unit.
Unit 9: Adding a User Decision
Use
In the previous units, you created a workflow whose definition contains two activities. These activities are based on two standard tasks that you created.
In this unit, you will add a user decision to your workflow definition.
With the user decision, the requester can decide to revise and resubmit the notification of absence if the head of department rejects it.
For further information, refer to Maintaining a User Decision in the SAP Business Workflow documentation.
Procedure
You start the Workflow Builder and open your workflow definition in Change mode. Proceed as described in Unit 7: Including "Check Notification of Absence" in the Workflow Definition.
Creating a user decision as a step in the workflow definition
1. Choose under step type. The cursor changes shape.
2. Position the cursor on the Undefined step that follows the outcome Rejected and click.
By doing so, you add a user decision to your workflow definition. The step definition is shown in the right-hand part of the screen. The Decision tab is displayed.
Entering basic data for user decision
3. Enter Your request was rejected by &. Revise? in the Title field.
This text is used as the title for the alternative decisions when the workflow is executed. The variable & is a placeholder for a parameter that is filled from the task container at runtime.
4. Choose the F4 input help in the Parameter 1 field.
The Expression for first parameter of user decision dialog box is then displayed.
5. Choose the Approver container element by double-clicking it.
Entering alternative decisions
6. Define the alternative decisions. Enter the following texts:
Decision texts Name
Decision: Revise request? Revise
Decision: Withdraw request? Withdraw
7. The decision texts you enter here appear as decision options on the screen that can be processed by the requester after their leave request has been rejected.
8. The descriptions are the terms used to describe the outcomes in the workflow definition.
9. Entering the agents responsible
10. Choose Workflow initiator (expression) under Agents.
The system enters the expression &_WF_INITIATOR& in the Expression field and in the input field beside the checkbox.
Concluding step definition
1. Choose to check the step definition.
2. Choose to exit the step definition.
3. Choose to view the entire workflow definition in the workflow area on the screen.
You can see that your workflow definition contains a user decision in the rejected branch. This has two outcomes whose branches converge again in the rejected branch. Each new branch contains an undefined step.
4. Choose .
The workflow definition is checked, saved, and, provided it does not contain any errors, activated. The system displays a message if problems are encountered during the test.
Result
You can now subject your workflow definition to another test.
Unit 10: 3rd Test
Use
You start your workflow in dialog and three steps are executed: Two activities, for creating and checking a notification of absence, and one user decision.
Procedure
Starting the workflow and filling out the form, checking the notification of absence, user decision
1. If you are still in the Workflow Builder, choose .
The Start Workflow (Test Environment) screen is then displayed. The number of your workflow is entered.
If you are no longer in the Workflow Builder, choose Tools  SAP Business Workflow  Development  Runtime tools  Start workflow (test environment). Enter the number of your workflow or use the F4 input help.
2. Choose .
You go to the screen Create Notification of Absence.
From the requesters perspective
3. Fill out the form and choose .
When you save the form, you (as superior) can immediately approve or reject the application (reason: advancing with immediate dialog).
From the superiors perspective
4. Do not approve the application.
5. Choose .
If the request is not approved, the next step in the workflow definition is the user decision. The requester was entered as the agent for the step. The decision is therefore offered to you again as the requester (reason: advancing with immediate dialog).
From the requesters perspective
You are given three options:
Revise request?
Withdraw request?
Cancel
It is irrelevant which option you choose since you have not defined any follow-up steps. You should start the workflow several times and try out the different options. The complete process flow can be checked each time in the work item analysis or workflow outbox.
Unit 11: Define and Include "Revise Notification of Absence" in the Workflow Definition
Use
You will now add the activity Revise notification of absence to your workflow definition. You will create the necessary task within the
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