work flow

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I need some good materials in workflow

can any body suggest me any book, website or any collected materials

durga,

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

SAP Business Workflow can be used to define business processes that are not yet mapped in the R/3 System. These may be simple release or approval procedures, or more complex business processes such as creating a material master and the associated coordination of the departments involved. SAP Business Workflow is particularly suitable for situations in which work processes have to be run through repeatedly, or situations in which the business process requires the involvement of a large number of agents in a specific sequence.

Features

SAP Business Workflow provides a number of tools for defining and analyzing workflows as well as for monitoring operation.

The Workflow Builder is for displaying and making changes to workflows. You can make small extensions directly to the original workflows supplied by SAP, such as carrying out your own agent assignments or changing deadline monitoring.

There are several Workflow Wizards to support you in the definition of workflows, with which you can create specific parts of a workflow. The Workflow Wizard Explorer gives you an overview of the existing Workflow Wizards.

In order to make the functions of the R/3 Systems available to a workflow, you use business objects, which you can define and analyze in the Business Object Builder. These business objects are made available to the workflow in reusable tasks. The Business Wizard Explorer gives you an overview of all existing tasks.

You can also use SAP Business Workflow to respond to errors and exceptions in other, existing business processes. You can start a workflow when predefined events occur, for example an event can be triggered if particular errors are found during an automatic check.

Please follow the links,

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/04/926f8546f311d189470000e829fbbd/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/c5/e4a930453d11d189430000e829fbbd/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/a1/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm

A good tutorial

http://www.thespot4sap.com/articles/Invoice_Verification_Automation_Using_SAP_Workflow.asp

http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/wf/sap-business-workflow.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm

/people/alan.rickayzen/blog

/people/jocelyn.dart/blog/2006/06/19/why-use-abap-oo-with-workflow

a good book

http://www.sap-press.com/product.cfm?account=&product=H950

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4a/dac507002f11d295340000e82dec10/frameset.htm

http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm

http://www.e-workflow.org/

http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html

Check the following PDF

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMSTART/BCBMTWFMSTART.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMDEMO/BCBMTWFMDEMO.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMPM/BCBMTWFMPM.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

[Former Member]

check these links :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/fb/135962457311d189440000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/c5/e4a930453d11d189430000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a5/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm

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[Former Member]

Hi,

<a href="http://www.sapmaterial.com/workflow.html">WORKFLOW</a>

[Former Member]

Hi,

Workflow automates the steps and activities in a business process according to predefined procedures and rules.

Workflow presents information and documents to the appropriate knowledge worker or agent (another entity such as a program) to make a decision or perform an activity.

Workflow tracks each and every step in the process flow and maintains an ongoing status.

Workflow also collects and reports all of the metrics associated with the execution and completion of the process.

Check the below links u will get lot of info..

http://www.sap-press.com/product.cfm?account=&product=H950

Workflow

http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a5/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm

For examples on WorkFlow...check the below link..

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/3d/6a9b3c874da309e10000000a114027/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4a/dac507002f11d295340000e82dec10/frameset.htm

http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm

http://www.e-workflow.org/

http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html

Go through the following links on FORK :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/24/e2283f2bbad036e10000000a114084/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/8d/25f1e7454311d189430000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/c5/e4a930453d11d189430000e829fbbd/content.htm

http://www.insightcp.com/res_23.htm

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMSTART/BCBMTWFMSTART.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMDEMO/BCBMTWFMDEMO.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMPM/BCBMTWFMPM.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

For more reference on workflow: http://saptechnical.com/Tutorials/Workflow/Workflow.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/04/9277a346f311d189470000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

Check these links.

http://www.sapgenie.com/workflow/index.htm

/people/ginger.gatling/blog/2005/12/01/link-workflow-business-objects-to-your-collaboration-tasks

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/92/bc26a6ec2b11d2b4b5006094b9ea0d/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bw33/helpdata/en/92/bc26a6ec2b11d2b4b5006094b9ea0d/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bw31/helpdata/en/8d/25f94b454311d189430000e829fbbd/content.htm

http://www.sap-press.com/product.cfm?account=&product=H950

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm

http://www.e-workflow.org/

Workflow

http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a5/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm

For examples on WorkFlow...check the below link..

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/3d/6a9b3c874da309e10000000a114027/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4a/dac507002f11d295340000e82dec10/frameset.htm

http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm

http://www.e-workflow.org/

http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html

http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a5/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm

For examples on WorkFlow...check the below link..

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/3d/6a9b3c874da309e10000000a114027/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4a/dac507002f11d295340000e82dec10/frameset.htm

http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm

http://www.e-workflow.org/

http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html

Workflow tutorials with step-by-step and with screenshots are available at http://www.saptechnical.com/Tutorials/Workflow/Workflow.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/42/c14a9b55103116e10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/c5/e4a930453d11d189430000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/workflow/

http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/3d/6a9b3c874da309e10000000a114027/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4a/dac507002f11d295340000e82dec10/frameset.htm

http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm

http://www.e-workflow.org/

http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html

http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/wf/sap-business-workflow.htm

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=791580&messageID=2857887

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=791580&messageID=2855919

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=791580&messageID=2735228

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMSTART/BCBMTWFMSTART.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMDEMO/BCBMTWFMDEMO.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCBMTWFMPM/BCBMTWFMPM.pdf

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

Debug a workflow.

This has a step by step procedure :

http://fuller.mit.edu/workflow/debugging.pdf

www.erpgenie.com/sap/workflow/debugging.htm

http://www.erpgenie.com/workflow/debugging.htm?2b5de440

Workflow tutorials with step-by-step and with screenshots are available at

http://www.saptechnical.com/Tutorials/Workflow/Workflow.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/workflow/

http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/3d/6a9b3c874da309e10000000a114027/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4a/dac507002f11d295340000e82dec10/frameset.htm

http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm

http://www.e-workflow.org/

http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html

http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/wf/sap-business-workflow.htm

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=791580&messageID=2857887

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=791580&messageID=2855919

https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=791580&messageID=2735228

http://www.sapbrain.com/TUTORIALS/TECHNICAL/WORKFLOW_tutorial.html

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More stuff on WORKFLOW

Transactions

AWUV Wizard for event creation Definition tools -> Event creation -> Set up with wizard

MCA1 Workflow Information System Reporting -> Workflow Information System (WIS)

OOAW Evaluation paths

PFAC Maintain standard roles

PFAC_CHG Change roles Definition tools -> Standard roles -> Change

PFAC_DEL Delete roles Definition tools -> Standard roles -> Delete

PFAC_DIS Display roles Definition tools -> Standard roles -> Display

PFAC_INS Create roles Definition tools -> Standard roles -> Create

PFOM Maintain assignment to SAP organizational objects Definition tools -> SAP org. objects -> Create assignments

PFOS Display assignment to SAP organizational objects Definition tools -> SAP org. objects -> Display assignments

PFSO Organizational environment of a user

PFT Maintain customer task

PFTC General task maintenance

PFTC_CHG Change tasks Definition tools -> Task/Task groups -> Change

PFTC_COP Copy tasks Definition tools -> Task/Task groups -> Copy

PFTC_DEL Delete tasks Definition tools -> Task/Task groups -> Delete

PFTC_DIS Display tasks Definition tools -> Task/Task groups -> Display

PFTC_INS Create tasks Definition tools -> Task/Task groups -> Create

PFTR Standard task for transaction

PFTS Standard task

PFWF Maintain workflow task (customer)

PFWS Maintain workflow template

PPOC Create organizational plan Definition tools -> Organizational plan -> Create

PPOM Maintain organizational plan Definition tools -> Organizational plan -> Change

PPOS Display organizational plan Definition tools -> Organizational plan -> Display

SWDA Ongoing Settings Administration -> Settings

SWDC Workflow editor administration data

SWDM Business Workflow Explorer Definition tools -> Business Workflow Explorer

SWE2 Display and maintain event type linkage Utilities -> Events -> Type linkages

SWE3 Display instance linkages Utilities -> Events -> Instance linkages

SWE4 Switch event log on/off Utilities -> Events -> Event/log -> On/Off

SWEC Link change documents to events Definition tools -> Event creation -> Change documents -> Linkage

SWED Assignment of change document objects to object types Definition tools -> Event creation -> Change documents -> Define workflow properties

SWEL Display event log Utilities -> Events -> Event log -> Display

SWF3 Workflow Wizard Explorer Definition tools -> Wizards -> Workflow Wizard Explorer

SWF4 Workflow Wizard Repository Definition tools -> Wizards -> Workflow Wizard Repository

SWI1 Selection report for workflows Utilities -> Work item selection

SWI2 Work item analysis Reporting -> Work item analysis

SWI3 Workflow outbox Runtime tools -> Workflow outbox

SWI4 Task analysis Reporting -> Task analysis

SWI5 Workload analysis Reporting -> Workload analysis

SWI6 Object links Runtime tools -> Object links

SWI7 Workflow resubmission folder From Integrated Inbox or Workflow Outbox

SWI8 Error overview Part of administration of workflow runtime system (transaction SWUF)

SWL1 Settings for dynamic columns Customizing, part of ongoing settings

SWLC Check tasks for agents Utilities -> Consistency check -> Organizational assignment

SWLD Workbench for Workflow 4.0

SWLP Copy plan version

SWLV Maintain work item views Customizing, part of ongoing settingS

SWLW Workbench for Workflow 3.0

SW01 Business Object Builder Definition tools -> Business Object Builder

SW06 Customizing object types From Business Object Builder, choose Settings -> Delegate -> System-wide

SWU0 Event simulation Utilities -> Events -> Simulate event

SWU2 RFC monitor Utilities -> Workflow RFC monitor

SWU3 Customizing consistency check Utilities -> Customizing

SWU4 Consistency check for standard tasks Utilities -> Consistency check -> Task -> Standard task

SWU5 Consistency check for customer tasks Utilities -> Consistency check -> Task -> Customer task

SWU6 Consistency check for workflow tasks Utilities -> Consistency check -> Task -> Workflow task

SWU7 Consistency check for workflow templates Utilities -> Consistency check -> Task -> Workflow template

SWU8 Switch technical trace on/off Utilities -> Technical trace -> On/off

SWU9 Display technical trace Utilities -> Technical trace -> Display

SWUD Diagnostic tools Utilities -> Diagnosis

SWUE Trigger event Utilities -> Events -> Generate event

SWUF Runtime system administration Administration -> Runtime system

SWUG Workflow start transactions Definition tools -> Workflow start transactions

SWUI Start workflows From the R/3 initial screen, choose Office -> Start Workflow

SWUS Start tasks Runtime tools -> Start workflow

SWUY Wizard for message linkage to workflow Definition tools -> Wizards -> Create "Call workflow from message"

SWX1 Create notification of absence

SWX2 Change notification of absence

SWX3 Display notification of absence

SWX4 Approve notification of absence

SWXF Form applications: Access point Environment -> Demo examples -> Fill out form

Reports

RSWWWIDE – Delete work items

RHSOBJCH to fix PD Control Tables

Tables

SWW_OUTBOX - Lists Workflows in outbox together with status

SWW_CONT - Container Contents for Work Item Data Container

SWW_CONTOB- Container Cont. for Work Item Data Container (Only Objects)

SWWLOGHIST- History of a work item

SWWORGTASK- Assignment of WIs to Org.Units and Tasks

SWWUSERWI - Current Work Items Assigned to a User

SWWWIHEAD - Header Table for all Work Item Types

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SAP Business Workflow uses the existing transactions and functions of the R/3 System and does not change the functions. You can combine the existing functions of the R/3 System to form new business processes with SAP Business Workflow. The workflow system takes over control of the business processes. If you are already using SAP Organizational Management, you can use the organizational structure created there to have the relevant agents carry out the individual activities. It is possible to have an activity carried out by a position. This ensures that the respective occupiers of the position can carry out the individual activities during execution of the workflow. This means that personnel changes in your organization are taken into account immediately in the execution of a workflow.

The TCODE used to Analyse work flow is as follows

st03 - Workflow Analysis

SAP Workflow

SAP Workflow provides you with the infrastructure and tools that enable you to manage your business’s processes efficiently. It gets the data quickly to the right person - even if that person is in a different office or location, and makes it easy for approvers to deal with the transaction and send it on to the next step.

Workflow enables you to define business processes according to your company-specific rules, models or organizational standards. You can monitor the Workflow and view information on the current status of a task or work item at any point. You can see who is doing what and check workload distribution, identifying capacity problems or work overload before it becomes a problem. With SAP Workflow, approvers can indicate total or partial approval of transactions in the same approval process.

Employees are integrated in the automated processes, eliminating the need to perform redundant, manual functions. Up-to-date information and access to required documents at any time increases employee productivity. SAP Workflow capitalizes on the investment made in the SAP System and exploits the capabilities and benefits of the architecture, services, and integrated applications to facilitate the automation of business processes.

Whenever you make a change to your organization, the changes are automatically reflected in Workflow. And since SAP Workflow is position-based, instead of person-based, you don't have to update your Workflow routes every time an employee changes jobs.

SAP Workflow:

• Accelerates the Workflow across applications, functional areas, organizational units, and time periods.

• Supplements the integrated management of processes in the SAP System with individually tailored options for automating and actively controlling business and communication processes.

• Combines integrated organizational management with flexible assignment of tasks and responsibilities to locations, positions, jobs, groups, or individuals,

• Actively supports a quick implementation of Workflow technologies through predefined Workflow templates, Workflow Wizards and flexible adjustment options,

• Integrates every employee in the value chain by providing a versatile integrated inbox ("universal inbox") at their work centers that can be configured individually,

• Provides a Workflow Information System that is the foundation for process change management and continuous business engineering,

• Simplifies continuous business engineering and process change management with user-friendly tools for defining and dynamically changing Workflow tasks,

• Conforms to the Workflow standards of the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC)

What can a Workflow Management System do?

A Workflow Management System facilitates the electronic processing of structured processes according to a predefined model which:

1)Include a range of activities

2)Always occur in a similar or identical form

3)Involve several people or departments and

4)Require a high degree of coordination

Workflow is NOT...

1)Simply document administration and imaging;

Workflow uses both

2)Standard E-mail and groupware:

Workflow uses these

3)Data distribution across multiple systems: EDI / ALE is used for this purpose, but Workflow can support this option

4)Screen sequence management within a transaction

5)Management of temporary data

6)Management of unique processes

7)Repetitive work of a single type, e. g. goods movements

General notes

1)Workflow is based out of the SAP inbox

2)Can use organizational chart to identify managers, etc.

3)Allows for routings and approvals / rejections

4)Can use for reporting - for example, how long a process took from start to end and how long it took for an individual to process their piece

5)Helps reduce multiple inputs of data

Workflow adds value if

1)There are multiple steps to be executed

2)The steps occur in a similar way each time

3)The steps involve several people or departments

4)The steps require a high degree of coordination

Users get:

1)All the data in one place (inbox)

2)All work to be done is there

3)Transactions / menu paths are not needed

4)A task is any step in a workflow

5)Each task can go to another person

6)There is dynamic task distribution which means that as one person accepts a work task and processes it, it disappears from others’ inboxes.

7)Can upload and use PC documents, WORD, EXCEL, etc.

8)You can receive notification of errors through ALE

9)Workflow can interface to e-mail, lotus notes and Exchange

There can be multiple triggers which start a workflow.

You can set up workflows using the graphical editor. By drilling down, you can assign tasks to users, add tasks, etc. As you are making the changes to the graphical editor, ABAP code is being written in the background

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