PCR in ESS ?

Question

Hi Everyone,
Just a quick question. Can PCRs be triggered from an ESS Role on the Portal ? We have a requirement (probably a strange one) but the ability for ESS users to trigger one particular PCR scenario would be a very quick solution for us, if it's possible.
On the Portal, I've created a link on the ESS role to trigger a standard PCR form. When you click link (opening a new window) I get an error creating form message.
Is there something in the background that prevents PCR being run outside of MSS ?
I'd appreciate anybody's thoughts on this. Apologies if this sounds a crazy idea but I'm new to these topics.
Thanks for your time
DK

Answer 1

@Damien Kesle 
  The above are correct. I am DEEP into an HCM Processes and Forms project (which is a sub-node under the new HR Administrative Services in the IMG). This is THE replacement for the older PCR triggered processes and it even says so in SAP documentation. Soooo that should give a hint at the path to choose.
To your question, yes, with HCM P&F, employees can trigger processes now using the same kind of "start processes" iView as managers. In fact, we have modified ours to allow not only HR Admins, Employees and Manager (all standard "processor roles") but also a new role we created for "Manager's Delegates". HCM P&F is a bit much to grasp at first, but read through ALL of the documentation in the help.sap.com info for your version and it will come to you. One tip...get to Enhancement Pack 2 if possible. There are LOTS of improvements and fixes to HCM P&F in there (remember, it is new with ECC6, so it had issues out of the box).