Workflow - Timesheet Approval Process

Hello,
I am brand new to workflow. At my client a Manager is responsible for approving his/her subordinates' timesheets.
However - if that Manager is absent, they want the Manager's Supervisor to be able to view and perform the approvals for all of his subordinate's (Manager's) personnel.
I'm not sure where to even begin. I believe I should create a new View in the IMG - for an evaluation path (would the S-S standard SAP evaluation path be appropriate)? I do not know how the evaluation path, view, and Supervisor : Manager Business Workplace will enable what the client is asking. Will simply creating the view enable this??
Really appreciate any advice and direction.
Dave

1 and 2) Are you sure that IDOCPACKET and ATTENDENCE have anything to do with CATS? I don't believe so. The time stamps of these events most probably don't event match with your CATS release and/or approval.
If you need to set up some kind of approval process workflow, if I remember correctly it is configured here: SPRO > Cross Application Components > Time Sheet > Specific setting for CATS Regular > CATS Regular > Set up data entry profile.
Regards,
Karri

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TimeSheet Approval Process workflow

Hi All,
Please let me know how time sheet standard behavior of approval workflow.
I ran the timesheet approval process, I found in the event trace, the following business objects are showing for the process.
When employee requests for a timesheet approval, there is no workflow triggered ( no receiver in the SWEL), it is showing BO IDOCPACKET and event MASSINPUTFINISHED and when approval approves the request it is triggered the workflow (receiver is WORKITEM) single step type.
Please clarify me on
1. Why IDOCPACKET is triggered?
2. Why ATTENDENCE is triggered?
3. whenever a time sheet request is created by user, approver will get notifications, where these configurations have been maintained?
4. When approver approves/rejects the request, initiator will get the notifications, where these configurations have been maintained?
Thank You in advance.
Regards,
Pavan.

1 and 2) Are you sure that IDOCPACKET and ATTENDENCE have anything to do with CATS? I don't believe so. The time stamps of these events most probably don't event match with your CATS release and/or approval.
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Regards,
Karri

Timesheet approval process in pwa2010

If a project manager rejects tasks in the timesheet ,can then functional manager approve same timesheet? without tasks approval?

Hi Project help,
Please refer to the following article from Brian:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsupport/archive/2014/02/24/timesheets-and-assignments-updating-status-isn-t-just-for-the-current-week.aspx
You'll see that the update status is not just for the current week. In your case, it might be that you have an approval pending for this assignment on another period.
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I have a requirement to add account numbers to user entry through workflow with approval process. and also same user can have multiple account numbers. when approver approves the User request then it's account number will be added into the user entity in ldap.
So, i have created a Change Attribute workflow for that account number with these steps as : initiate, Approval, Commit, Error_report
this workflow i am able to invoke through IdentityXML call and from OIM interfaces approvers able to approve and that account number is persisting under the User entity.
Problem is: Actually above request is staging system. when user requests, it is in initiate step, when approver approves the request then only commits the info. so, there are 2 stages here.
When i am requesting two consecutive account number requests then both requests are in initial stage. Then approver approves the 1st request then it is persisting into User entity. after that approver approves the 2nd request then this account number is overwriting the previous one. so, here is the problem i am finding. worflow is not adding the new account number.. instead its replacing the last value in the list of account numbers for an User entity.
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Thanks for the help. Having reinstalled OID/OAM a bunch of times to properly add our custom user object, nothing seems absurd. I tried running through your steps, but I'm still not getting the workflow button. I've customized create and delete workflows properly, but the change attribute is a mystery.
I did the following:
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3) Saved
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5) Saved
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13) Opened his user profile
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Hello Experts,
We are in SRM 7.0 classic scenario using Process controlled workflow.WE recently connected a new backend R/3 system to our SRM system i.e we now have 2 R/3 backend system connected to SRM system
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Hi,
What is Resp. Resolver Name and Decision Type in your Process Level Definition? Did you create custom agent BADI implementation?
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Masa

Difference between Approval process signature strategy and Workflow

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Auto approval process in workflow

Hi,
We are implementing customized workflow with approval/rejection process
There should be a auto approval process when agent does not complete task within 3 days.
When the approval is done then we are sending emails and performing some actions.
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Rahul,
You can use a 'modeled deadline' to set the original workitem to obsolete after (say) 3 days.
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1. backup the existing Update user workflow as an xml file
2. Copy paste the same in the BPE.
3. Save the copy as a new object with a different name.
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Hi, in the current approval process, where the user receives a notification and then when the user clicks the approve button, it will build up another email and with all the messages and the user needs to click "send" to send the email, this is in Microsoft Outlook. Has anyone ever tried to customize so when the user clicks " Approve" button, it is automatically processed behind the scene without opening another mail and click "Send" button? Thanks.

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Hi，
According to your description, it seems that your main issue is about customID paramerter in workflow approval prcess.
About this, please refer to the two samples:
http://blog.petegoo.com/2010/08/22/workflow-4-email-approval-sample/
http://cgeers.com/2010/04/10/windows-workflow-in-asp-net/
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EREC: Standard workflow approval process

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Can someone help me out with the workflow name, for the approval process, if recruiter is creating the requisition?, will the workflow be trigerred after saving the requisition or the releasing the requisition?
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Chech the WS51800008 in SWDD this workflow trigger in APPROVALREQUESTED event of ERC_REQUI business object, also check WS16900009 This workflow template is used when processing requisition requests within the MSS E-Recruiting integrated solution. In the standard
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Workflow Approval Process: 1)How to insert Custom Data into Windows Workflow database? 2)In workflow Approval Process while creating new request ,how to insert our custom data like approvers ,requester,object info into WF DB?

hi ,
here the description about my question.
1)i am working on windows workflow,we need to implement approval process for my project.
2)we have multiple approvers for one request,requester,created object information.
3)now i want to insert and retrieve, created instance information from windows workflow
database.with all following details
i)Workflow instaceId,
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iii)approvers information.
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https://wf.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Tracking%20states%20with%20WorkflowApplication[^]
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee622977(v=vs.110).aspx[^]
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Hi，
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http://blog.petegoo.com/2010/08/22/workflow-4-email-approval-sample/
http://cgeers.com/2010/04/10/windows-workflow-in-asp-net/
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Remove the last task of the stand approval process workflow in SharePoint Designer

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I am building a workflow in SharePoint Designer. I have added the standard approval process that comes stock in SharePoint. I also have the approval set up to handle change requests. This is where my issue is. A user can eather approve
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1. User A recieves approval form - requests a change
2. User B recieves Form - submits that changes have been made
3. User A recieves another approval form - then can approve
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