UWL - launch SubstitutionManager

Hi!
We've implemented small changes regarding the look of the uwl. The "Refresh"-link is displayed on the right side.
But I don't get the "launchSubstitutionManager" displayed.
My XML-File is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE UWLConfiguration PUBLIC '-//SAP//UWL1.0//EN'
'uwl_configuration.dtd' [
]>
<UWLConfiguration>
<Views>
<View name="DefaultView" selectionMode="SINGLESELECT" width="98%" supportedItemTypes="uwl.task" columnOrder="isLaunched, subject, isEscalated, creatorId, createdDate, priority, attachmentCount, dueDate, status" sortby="priority:descend, dueDate:ascend, createdDate:descend" tableDesign="STANDARD" visibleRowCount="10" headerVisible="no" queryRange="undefined" tableNavigationFooterVisible="yes" tableNavigationType="CUSTOMNAV" actionRef="" refresh="300" dueDateSevere="86400000" dueDateWarning="259200000" emphasizedItems="new" displayOnlyDefinedAttributes="yes" dynamicCreationAllowed="no" actionPosition="bottom" referenceBundle="tasks">
      <DisplayAttributes>
        <DisplayAttribute name="priority" type="string" width="10" sortable="yes" format="default" referenceBundle="priority" hAlign="LEFT" vAlign="BASELINE" maxTextWidth="0" headerVisible="yes">
          <Menu>
            <MenuItem name="Low" actionRef="priorityLow" referenceBundle="menu_priority_low"/>
            <MenuItem name="Normal" actionRef="priorityNormal" referenceBundle="menu_priority_normal"/>
            <MenuItem name="High" actionRef="priorityHigh" referenceBundle="menu_priority_high"/>
            <MenuItem name="VeryHigh" actionRef="priorityVeryHigh" referenceBundle="menu_priority_v_high"/>
          </Menu>
        </DisplayAttribute>
      </DisplayAttributes>
      <AllowedFilters>
        <CompoundExpression logicalOperation="AND" defaultViewFilter="yes" referenceBundle="filter_display_all"/>
        <CompoundExpression logicalOperation="AND" defaultViewFilter="no" referenceBundle="filter_new">
          <Expression name="status" value="NEW" comparator="Equals"/>
        </CompoundExpression>
        <CompoundExpression logicalOperation="AND" defaultViewFilter="no" referenceBundle="filter_inprogress">
          <Expression name="status" value="INPROGRESS" comparator="Equals"/>
        </CompoundExpression>
        <CompoundExpression logicalOperation="AND" defaultViewFilter="no" referenceBundle="filter_duetoday">
          <Expression name="dueDate" value="Today" comparator="Equals"/>
        </CompoundExpression>
        <CompoundExpression logicalOperation="AND" defaultViewFilter="no" referenceBundle="filter_overdue">
          <Expression name="dueDate" value="Today" comparator="LessThan"/>
        </CompoundExpression>
      </AllowedFilters>
      <Actions>
        <Action reference="refresh"/>
        <Action reference="launchSubstitutionManager"/>
      </Actions>
    </View>
</Views>
</UWLConfiguration>
Does anybody knows, what's the problem. The Tutorial "How to Configure the Universal WorkList" doesn't help for this problem.
Thanks for any hints!
Peter

You dont need to maintain or change any parameters for this iview: uwl-launch SAP Transaction iview
The transaction code that needs to be launched will be passed to this iview from your UWL task.
Please note that this iview - by default launches - SAP Gui for html. So, the corresponding transaction code in the backend should be accessible via ITS.
To put ITS aside for a moment and for quickly trouble shooting this issue, change the property "SAP Gui Type" to SAP GUI for windows for this iview and see if the transaction is launched correctly.
Also, check your UWL configuration for this task and make sure if it really needs to launch an SAP Transaction. If the configuration for your UWL item type is missing - by default - it tries to launch a SAP transaction.
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