Workflow/BPM Survey

All,
In our continuous quest to find out what educational content is needed for professionals in the WF and BPM area, ASUG is sponsoring a survey.
You do not need to be an ASUG member to fill out this survey! All responders are welcome, and as is usually the case with a survey, the written-in responses are very valuable.
Although this survey asks for name and company affiliation, all identities will be kept confidential.
Please help us (SAP, SDN, ASUG, other user groups) help you, by telling us about what you need to see for educational content.
http://ws.asug.com/ss/wsb.dll/5/ASUGSAPworkflowBRMsurvey.htm
Please feel free to share this link with other WF/BPM Professionals. The survey will close on October 10, 2008.
Thanks for your input!
Sue

Hi,
Please reward points if it helps
Check this Tcode in XI - SWF_XI_SWPR - Restart Workflow after error..
I don't think so , is there other way to do this..
If you handle it in BPM then restart possible. For e.g if Mapping fails, then if you want to restart the BPm after correcting it, then you can handle it in BPM ..
Just have a look into this blog-
/people/krishna.moorthyp/blog/2006/04/08/reconciliation-of-messages-in-bpm
/people/krishna.moorthyp/blog/2006/04/08/reconciliation-of-messages-in-bpm-contd--restart-workflow
Thanks
Vikranth

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Is there any workflow/BPM product available for use within a J2EE application?
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2. Rich set of APIs
3. Enterprise-class, scalable with XA transaction support
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Hi Surojeet Dey,
Use this note: "Note 987835 - How to define Solutions in SMSY for Diagnostics".
Steps:
1. SMSY->Landscape Components->Server->Right Click and Create new server.
2. SMSY->Landscape Components->Databases->Right Click and Create new database.
3. SMSY->Landscape Components->System Components->Right Click and Create new system component. Enter System Component name(eg., EP7_J) and choose Type as "Java".
4. SMSY->Landscape Components->Systems->Right Click and Create new system.
Enter a System name(eg., EP7_S); choose Product as "SAP Netweaver" and Product Version as "SAP Netweaver 7.0(2004s)". Save the changes.
5. Now select the created system(EP7_S), Go to tab "Selection of Main Instances" on the rightside.
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6. Next, Create logical component and assign this logical component to the EP system.
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You can use SAP tutors also to create Systems(SMSY), Logical components and Solution.
https://service.sap.com/rkt-solman
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1. [System and Solution Maintenance (SMSY)|https://websmp203.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000894082006E.sim]
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Thanks,

Hi Lakshmi,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to start approval workflow automatically on the survey list when an new response is submitted.
I agree with Steven’s suggestion to set the approval workflow to start when an item is created in SharePoint Designer.
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What do *you* need to know to be successful with Workflow and BPM?

All,
The Workflow and BPM Survey, sponsored by ASUG - but not limited to ASUG members - will close on October 24.
This information will be shared (with identifying characteristics removed) with ASUG, DSAG, VNSG, and SDN-ers to help target areas in which the various user groups and SAP can target upcoming webcasts and presentations.
You do not need to be an ASUG member to fill out this survey! All responders are welcome, and as is usually the case with a survey, the written-in responses are very valuable.
Although this survey asks for name and company affiliation, all identities will be kept confidential.
Please help us (SAP, SDN, ASUG, other user groups) help you, by telling us about what you need to see for educational content.
http://ws.asug.com/ss/wsb.dll/5/ASUGSAPworkflowBRMsurvey.htm
Please feel free to share this link with other WF/BPM Professionals. The survey will close on October 24, 2008.
Thanks for your input!
Sue

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Rename "BPM and Workflow" forum to "SAP Business Workflow"

G'Day,
99% of posts in the [BPM and Workflow|SAP Business Workflow; forum deal with SAP Business Workflow. It was originally intended for ccBPM which - though they share some underlying architecture - is basically XI / PI.
A few ccBPM posts occasionally appear in the WF forum, but they are generally not answered and more appropriate in XI. These days I usually move them to XI when it's clear that the 'local' population won't answer it.
So to avoid confusion for people I propose to rename the forum to SAP Business Workflow or at least something that doesn't confuse it with XI.
Any input welcome.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi Mike,
Well, you probably already know what I think ;).
If there is little to no traffic for BPM, then let's call the forum what it is, SAP Business Workflow - Or Workflow and Guided Procedures?
Sidebar: I posted a question to various forums a few weeks ago, regarding 'How can SAP, and ASUG WF/BPM serve you better'. I am summarizing the responses I got below, in hopes that it helps guide you in your quest. The names have been excluded to protect the identities, but I think there is some very valuable info in here. Particularly the final point - which I will follow up on with the respondent.
Anyway, you didn't ask for it, but here it is.
> 1. Have you attended any webcasts related to SAP lately?
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> 2. Are there any topics related to Workflow and BPM that you think are
> important for the 'community'?
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> 3. Looking ahead a year, what do you see as challenges in this area?
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-yes I did - quite a few, but mostly on web related stuff and XI.
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- personally for me, I still find the guided procedure in Portals not so user friendly and limited. I think more education and influence around GP will be great. I think the community will also appreciate it.
3. Looking ahead a year, what do you see as challenges in this area?
- GP and UWL. I think the concept of "IT doing the first time and the business managing their rules" would be challenging. I have not yet seen this happen, especially on the logistics side. There is a session this year on the same topic at TechEd and I look forward to this session. Hopefully it will help us get some insight.
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My challenges for the next year, is how to get over the hump of selling workflow to the business and actually getting projects planned out. I don't know if anyone has an anwer to that one. My other challege is how to handle transfer of knowledge and maintaining workflow that has been built by consultants.
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2) I think understanding UWL / SBWP differences, advantages, limitations on one vs the other, would be an important topic.   Also more information on Extended Notiications
3) Challenges: Upgrades and impact on WF, Unicode and WF and having more WF ABAP OO objects delivered by SAP, other than the "Absence Notification" sample.
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_3.       Workflow is becoming more and more obscure in the SAP landscapeu2026

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Our client has a requirment to use Oracle IPM with a non-Oracle content management system. That is they don't want to Oracle UCM. Is it possible? If yes, can you please direct me to some kind of documentation.
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2. Now, A clicks on the link send to him on Email, which opens up an ADF form where he provides all the details, along with the reviewer name(say, B, typically his manager, but he has to provide it, not derived automatically using getManger()) and submit.
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If I start the workflow with a Initiator pattern, just a click on the task should send an email to himself...How can this be done?
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This should work in SharePoint workflow 2013 task form.
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