WebDynpro and Business Workflow

Hi there,
I am planning on building a Form/Simple UI with WebDynpro to trigger a standard SAP 3-steps Workflow.
My questions are:
1) What's the easiest way to trigger to workflow in WebDynpro?
2) Are there any standard WebServices that I could call to trigger a workflow?
Any help will be appreciated....!
Happy Easter...
-Paul

Hello Paul,
well basically your WebService just need to create an event which does trigger the workflow.
1. create a FM which calls the SAP-FM 'SAP_WAPI_CREATE_EVENT' and expose it as a WebService.
2. consume your WebService from your WebDynpro Application
greatings Markus

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