Webdynpro CATS Approval.

Dear Expert,
I have request a overtime request thru the portal and the standard workflow TS31000007 is trigger and in the requester inbox, i am able to see the item in the UWL
However when i try to click on the cats approval item, the page give me a error message as folllowing.
The ASSERT condition was violated., error key: RFC_ERROR_SYSTEM_FAILURE:
Anyone face this before?
Thanks
Regards,
Bryan

Hi Brian
I am also facing exactly the same error.
Have you been able to identify the problem and resolve the error.
Could you please share the solution.
Thanks
R Kumar

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CATS Approval in MSS - same error, other issue?

We have upgraded our portal and HR environment to the latest sp and enhancement packs.
In the testing we get a blocking dump in the time approval in MSS.
error: Exception condition "NOT_FOUND" raised., error key: RFC_ERROR_SYSTEM_FAILURE
debug with st22 gives function module DDIF_NAMETAB_GET
Yes, a lot of topics are handling about this error:
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I've checked the table TPT_FIELD_SEL_C between development and our testing environment and they are the same.
The only special thing is that we don't use the standard SAP_LINE approval view (see IMG), but our own custom one. The SLIN is not configured ok, but our own "ZLIN" fields are configured ok (into table TPT_FIELD_SEL_C).
Has anybody an idea?
Debug info ST22
 DATA DFIES_wa TYPE DFIES.
 IF ALL_TYPES IS INITIAL AND lfieldname IS INITIAL.
 lfieldname = fieldname.
 ENDIF.
 CALL FUNCTION 'DDIF_NAMETAB_GET'
 EXPORTING
 TABNAME = tabname
 ALL_TYPES = all_types
 LFIELDNAME = lfieldname
 GROUP_NAMES = group_names
 uclen = uclen
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 DTELINFO_WA = dtelinfo_wa
 TTYPINFO_WA = ttypinfo_wa
 DDOBJTYPE = ddobjtype
 DFIES_WA = DFIES_wa
 TABLES
 DFIES_TAB = DFIES_tab
 EXCEPTIONS
 OTHERS = 2.
 IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
> RAISE NOT_FOUND.
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 IF NOT lfieldname IS INITIAL.
 APPEND DFIES_wa TO DFIES_tab.
 ENDIF.
ENDFORM. " Get_nametab_info

I think we have got similar issue and raised an OSS message and the reply we got
This happens due to the missing customisation in Mss.
ie Configuration for screen areas CTS and CTD is missing. View
V_PT_FIELD_SEL is meant to hold the relevant information.
Please have a look at the client 000 for the default customisation.
So, What you need to do is write table TPT_FIELD_SEL_C on a transport
and transport it to client . You will then have all the setting
you need for the application to work.
Also,
The solution is to write down all the
technical field-names from view groups CTS and CTD in table TPT_FIELD_S
EL_C, then use the config area to select the fields properly. This overwrites the TPT_FIELD_SEL_C table entries with ones that have the "tabname" populated! The application will now work as expected.
Please try producing a new transport of the entire table TPT_FIELD_SEL_Cas R3TR TABU with appropriate key and transport to yor system, you
should choose to overwrite the destination table. Please let us know
the result after.
Please check the customisation for MSS approval.
SAP_LINE: Model approval view for line managers. It groups recorded data according to the employees assigned to the line manager.
For example the above view has been defined? or you can adapt to your
needs.
Can you try to import the transport again but make sure that "overwrite
orginals" in the OPTIONS tab is selected?
Transactrion SE01
Select create a the workbench request.
then doble click into the request
and push the button Display/Change
Enter here the entry "R3TR TABU TPT_FIELD_SEL_C"
Push enter
Then one icon with a Key appear
Push the key and enter * for all the table entries or select the
each one that you need.
If the changes are correctly available then it will work correctly
Please ensure that the transport is done correctly
Thanks
Bala Duvvuri

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CATS Approval through MSS WD - Default to "Resubmit All" than "Approve All"

Hi,
Is there any possibility to change the CATS Portal WD Timesheet Approval defaults to "Resubmit All" than "Approve All"?
Any input or feedback is highly appreciated.

To default the Resubmit all:
WD CATS Approval through MSS - Default to "Resubmit All" - HRMSS_CAT_WD_APP
To change the sort:
WD CATS Approval through MSS - sorting the options "Resubmit All, etc"
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Abel.

Cats Approval through MSS WD

Hi
My Client needs Cats Approval like this,We are implementing cProjects with CATS, we want approvals through MSS.
Scenario is Approver for the time sheet entries of particular project is respective project manager not immediate supervisor. Inorder to create work item in the proj manager's worklist for cats approval what logic i should use to identify the project manager of a particular project as an approver?
pls give the steps to be followed for workflow and standard config aswell as any Badi to be used to fulfill this requirement.
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Ram

approval based on attributes can be handled by feature CATEX or the standard badi BADI_CATS_APPROVAL
Please read the help documentation of this badi or in spro
it is self explanatory

CATS approval through BWSP

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In EP 7 when a CATS Overtime entry is approved it gets updated immediately to the infotype. On the Workplace setup this is not happening thus the user would run CAT6 to transfer the approved entries.
Is this the standard behavior of EP in terms of CATS approval through BWSP?
Hope to hear replies.
Thanks and best regards.

You have option for "Direct Transfer to HR in your data entry profile" but this is not possible when an approval is required. For update after approvals you need to schedule the report RPTEXTPT on a periodic basis.
SAP help states that the transfer of time data from Time sheet to HR system is asynchrounous.
Time data from external systems is stored in the interface tables PTEXDIR and PTEX2000 in
Report RPTEXTPT (External Transfer Time Management) enables data to be read from the
PTEX2000 file and then stored as absences or attendances in the Absences (2001) or
Attendances (2002) infotypes.
The report RPTEXTPT (External Transfer Time Management) can also be
scheduled periodically as a batch job.
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Temporary CATS Approval

Has anyone set up a process or written a program to set the CATS approval status to 30 for purposes of extracting records for payment? In other words, we would like to set the status of non-approved records to 30 by a program that would use a "System ID" so that the record shows that it was system approved. This is so we can send Payroll (external system) a payroll file and get the employee paid. We have cases where managers are not able to complete approvals in time and we need to be able to pay the employee and post the labor. The current thought is we systemically set the status to 30 by the system but to later have the manager perform an approval and update the CATS record. My fear is that any change to the record will cause the original record to reverse and since we are heavy PS users reversing confirmations takes days.
Any ideas?

If you go to view V_PT_FIELD_SEL_C
Field selection SLIN
Screen area CTD
on your backend system, you will realize that there is no configuration
data there.
just compare your 000 client , probably transport didnt update the entries in this table, thats the reason for the error
maintain it manually

Delegation of CATS approval

Greetings
We have a situtation of few supervisors go on 1 month leave and hence the CATS approval gets held up. Is there anyway it can be delegated without disturbing the org structure each time.
We dont use workitems here and hence its a normal approval CATS screen.
Regards,
Vivek

Hi Vivek,
Please try SBWP - Settings - Workflow Settings- Maintain subtitute via the user whose authorizations are to be delegated temporarily.
Make sure the user assigned as substitute has CATS approval authorizations.
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Dilek

Approval of Working Time & Multi Level CATS approval

Hi experts,
We have implemented CATS multi level approval as below.
1. In the CATS user exit we call a Workflow which is a multi level
workflow.
2. We are using the standard Webdynpro for CATS entry and approval.
Problem:
Once the first level manager(Say A) approves the timesheet work item
gets triggered for the next level approver(Say B). Since approval is a
standard webdynpro, the status of the CATS record immediately changes
from 20 to 30. So in the workflow, before sending the work item to
second level approver, we change the status of the time record back to
20 (Since it is yet to go through all approvals).
Now in the Team--> Approve working time section of the MSS, manager 'A'
still sees the record for approval, even though now the approval is
pending from 'B'. Moreover 'A' can approve this item as well (which
should not be the case).
Please provide a solution so that 'A' will not have the working time
item in his 'Working time section' after the A approves it in the UWL.
Thanks
Krishna

Solved it myself.
My solution is documented here.
http://learnhrabap.blogspot.com/2010/09/cats-multiple-level-approval.html
Please leave your comments if you have any better solution for multi level approval.
Thanks in advance,
Krishna

WF task for CATS approval

Hi ,
I am pursuing on tthisquestion in BPM, but thought HCM users might also guid eme a bit.
What is the workflow task or item that should ideally be used for CATS profile for approvals.
I am using using TS20000460. Not sure if this is the right one as even after approving the task sarys in the managers inbox in status "processing" hwne it should actually have been compelted and deleted from the managers inbox.
please guide

Actually ew did a workflow trace and saw that WF-BATCH user was locked

Is the ABAP Webdynpro CATS available in both ESS and MSS?

Hi experts,
We are in the process of implementing the WDA CATS application for ESS (ECC 6 EHP5) but our scenario is actually for managers to enter in time in CATS on behalf of their employees. I can't find any information on this scenario using the WDA CATS. I have linked the application to the related activities iView in MSS but it seems to be launching the CATS application for the manager instead of the employee.
The standard MSS role (1.5) seems to launch the Java CATS when doing it on behalf of an employee. I just want to find out if it's possible to use the WDA CATS application for on behalf scenarios as it used to be with the Java CATS?
Thanks!!
Jo

Hey Jo
how are you? here goes some background info on cats and ess/mss:
In ehp5 - ess there are 5 application configurations delivered by sap in wd-abap one of which is the approval view for managers its called hrmss_ac_cats_approval. the remaining 4 configs are for employees to enter cats data.
Now the point of issue is the 'ess in mss' or 'on behalf of' functionality....
MSS at ehp5 cats is still on wd-java I guess,... I am not 100% sure so what needs to be done holistically is:
1. Select one of the employee cats appication configurations.
2. include it into the mss-related activity space.
3. now this has a known issue: passing of the employee number from within wd-java to wd-abap application sap has a couple of notes for them --> 1577099 & 1578965 chk them out....
4. what those notes say is you can put in any wd-abap service into related activity space which is still wd-java,... and get the manager to book time on behalf of employees...
I have personally not done the above yet,... but I did some r&d last year on the above......
ahh before I forget you may want to chk out the note 1513325
finally to be able to call the employee cats service in related activities could mean you have to:
1. create an iview of type wd-abap caling the ess-cats wda service.
2. include it within the related activities wdj page...
3. have the aforementioned notes applied..
4. ready to go...
tell me if this worked for you or not. if it does you owe me a coffee.
cheers
shree.

CATS Approval

Dear All,
I have created a CATS profile for Leave request and I assigned TS: 40007901
but when I enter the time sheet it is sending the request to the superior but it is not updating the master record after approving from the superior.
This is the message it is sending to the superiors inbox: Runtime error TIME_OUT has occurred
So pl. let me know the solution.
Is there any other standard task and Workflow existing for Leave request approval for 2 levels
Regards,
Sushma.

Sorry, There is only one level of Approval is required.

Customizing Web Dynpro for CATS Approval

Hi experts,
I would like to implement some additional logics when the CATS is approved by managers in MSS.
After tracing the codes, I located an ABAP class "CL_MSS_CAT_APPR_TR_BUFFER" that performs the approval actions in R/3.
Currently, I am considering to copy and edit a ZCL_MSS_CAT_APPR_TR_BUFFER to add additional logics to the "IF_MSS_CAT_APPR_TR_PROCESSOR~SAVE". But, here are my questions:
1/ Since there is no object delegation in BO, how can I "delegate" the objects from CL_MSS_CAT_APPR_TR_BUFFER to the z-class ?
2/ If no delegation possible, is it possible to change the action mapping s.t. ESS calls to the Z-Class instead of the standard class?
3/ If it cannot be done with action mapping, does it mean that customized Dynpro developments required ?
Sorry that I don't know much about ESS and Dynpro.
Please offer detailed steps when possible.
Many Thanks.

I don't believe that your question has been asked in the correct forum. This forum is for questions directly related to Web Dynpro ABAP development only.
However a quick suggestion (although unrelated to WDA). Instead of copying the class, consider using the enhancement framework instead. You can use a pre, post or override method to extend the logic of the SAVE method.

CATS Approver legend

Hi,
We have currently setup the "Record working time(CATS)" ESS service for capturing extra hours. Question what i have over here is
1. After the Manager approves the request, the calendar doesnt separately identify the requested hours as approved while the rejection is shown in the calendar in red color. Can something be done for indicating the hours as approved in the calendar?
2. In the Manager's Approval screen, there are 3 options provided viz., "Approve", "Reject" and "Resubmit". I want to know if there is anyway through which i can remove the "Resubmit" option from the drop down.
Thanks in advance for any helpful information anyone of you may be coming with!!

There is no BADI or exit for setting the legend in CATS
Its all customisaiton, Please check the CAC1 profile customisation
Red means "rejected"
White means "enough recorded for the day"
Blue means "too little recorded for the day"
Green means "too much recorded for the day"
Yellow means "times not released yet"
This is, btw, from the legend just below the calendar.
For the employee recording working times, it is not relevant if the
times have been released. The relevant info should be "where do I have
to do something?" The four cases listed above encompass the possible
answers to that question, at lease as far as CATS can support the
employee. Please note that not all colors are being used for all
profiles, though. Depending on the settings of the profile, only a
subset of the four cases might be shown.
it shows what action is pending for an exmployee!!
till ehp4, there is none available from ehp5 you can do so

UWL - Error when lauching webdynpro for Approve time

Please suggest me how to solve this error.
As part of Manager Self Services (MSS) - we are getting error , when we try to click on the UWL Task link for "Approval of Working Times", UWL tries to launch a Webdynpro page and it could not find that.
As we followed up with our basis team, they informed us that the Webdynpro Component does exists in the Portal.
Error Details:       com.sap.tc.webdynpro.services.sal.core.DispatcherException: The requested deployable object 'sap.com/msscatapproval' and application 'CatManagerApprove' are not deployed on the server. Please check the used URL for typos.

check from the content admin, If you are able to launch this correctly
Please make sure you have defined the
Task in SWFVISU.
Task                           TS31000007
APPLICATION    CatManagerApprove
PACKAGE        sap.com/msscatapproval
If you are using the standard task/
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/20/f0c82c9f6748c58d
9ea14b3bbed93a/content.htm
This error occurs when the Portal is unable to detemine the above files due to the config issue of SAP_ECC_HumanResources
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