What is workflow

[Former Member]

Hi

Can u plz explain about Workflow?

What are adnatages?

Where we use this?

One example with steps

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi

The following may help u in understanding the concept of Workflows.

SAP Business Workflow is a cross-application tool that makes it possible to integrate business tasks across departments, applications and system boundaries.

Tool that automates business processes in a flexible and transparent way. Assigns the individual tasks to the users, that force the user to complete the task.

Flow of Right Information to Right People at Right Time

Extremely useful when a business process is executed Repeatedly

Integrates tasks across departments, applications and system boundaries.

Sequence of steps executed either by people / system.

Streamline the business process

Push Mechanism

Why Workflow ?

Speed

Consistency

Quality

Errors and Exceptions

Reduced cycle time

Deadline handling & Escalation mechanism

When ?

Are different people involved in the

process?

Is the process time critical?

Is the process audit critical?

Is the process consistency critical?

Helps the end user

The system performs administrative activities for the employee

Relevant information is immediately available

Processes are more transparent and easier to follow.

Helps the Management

Business processes are checked and controlled.

Automatic notification deadlines are exceeded.

Analyses using the Workflow Information System.

Workflow project

Standard Workflow

SAP has provided standard Workflows in every module.

If it matches the customer requirement, activation needs to be done

Custom workflows can be developed as per the client requirement.

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_02/helpdata/en/a1/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm

Workflow Enhancement (Custom workflow)

SAP allows to change the standard one

It is not advisable to enhance the standard one.

Copy the standard WF into a custom one and enhance it.

Treat this as a custom workflow.

During upgrade WF will b overwritten, so be cautious in changing the standard workflows.

Deadline Monitoring:

Deadline types enable you to remind employees to process tasks with important deadlines, such as activities after the probationary period has expired, performance appraisals, and HR master data updates. The deadline and date are both stored in the system.

The data required for monitoring deadlines is entered in infotype 0019 within Personnel Administration.

You can write a simple program to evaluate infotype 0019, and then trigger workflows to remind employees of their deadlines at the appropriate time. If certain deadlines are not met, superiors are informed.

Custom workflow:

Workflow Builder (SWDD)

The Workflow Builder is the main Business Workflow tool for creating, displaying and processing Workflow Definitions.

Graphical modeling view and a tree view of the workflow definition.

Made up steps in a modular fashion.

Step types exist

Steps that relate to business activities: Activity, user decision, document from template, Web activity

Steps for internal process control and monitoring: Condition, multiple condition, loop, fork, container operation, event creator, wait step.

The processing sequence of the steps depends on the result of the respective preceding step.

Thanks,

Anon

[Former Member]

Hi,

The following can help understanding workflow there are also simple example

[http://www.workflowing.com/]

Regards

[Former Member]

Go through the following link for better understanding:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/92/bc26a6ec2b11d2b4b5006094b9ea0d/frameset.htm

Thanks,

Anon

[Former Member]

Hi,

I would say workflow is a tool which SAP provides to implement business processes. It uses business objects and methods to achieve the business functionality.

The existing functions of the ERP System can be combined to form new

business processes with SAP Business Workflow. The workflow system takes over control of the

business processes. From SAP Organizational Management the solution uses the organizational

structure to have the relevant agents carry out the individual activities. It is implemented 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.

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 ERP 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.

The end user receives information about the activities they are to carry out in their Business Workplace.

This provides them with a central overview of all the activities that they are authorized to carry out. They can commence the activities from here.

Several tools are available to the workflow system administrator, with which they can control and analyze the current workflows. The workflow system administrator is notified of problems automatically by the system.

Refer to the below link for more details about workflows.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/92/bc26a6ec2b11d2b4b5006094b9ea0d/frameset.htm

Thanks and Regards,

Lakshmi.

[ak_upadhyay]

Hi Narendra,

Plz give ur E-mail ID. I have some documents.

Regards

AK

[Former Member]

Hi

Plz send documents to mnpssATyahoo.com

Thanks