In this interactive course, the participants will learn how to use the workflow tools, and to define and implement their your own workflows. The knowledge will deepened in several hands-on. Course based on software release: SAP ERP Central Component 6.0, EHP 8
This course will prepare you to use workflow tools and to define and implement your own workflows.
Introduction
Describe the workflow architecture
Name the steps involved in a workflow project
Describe the general procedure for design and implementation
List the different options for using organizational units in a workflow
Create an organizational unit with positions
Describe the different ways of assigning possible agents to units in the organizational model
Workflow Definition in the Workflow Builder
Create a workflow template with a workflow definition
List the possible step types in a workflow
Use the Workflow Builder
Business Objects and Business Object Repository (BOR)
Describe the use of the Business Object Repository
Explain the difference between an object and an object type
Describe the use of object types in workflow
Create a subtype for a standard object type in the system
Delegate the subtype, thus making it available in the standard system
Extend the subtype by adding attributes, methods, and events
Task Structure and Use in Workflows
Define a task
Name the components of a task that you always have to maintain
Understand the different ways in which synchronous and asynchronous methods are processed
Integrate a standard task into a workflow step
Create and maintain task groups
Use the Business Workflow Explorer as an administration tool
Container – Interfaces in the Workflow
Name the various containers of the Workflow Engine.
Describe the possible binding directions between the containers
Explain the example binding in the notification of absence workflow.
Create a workflow container element
Create a task container element
Understand and check container bindings
Create container bindings when required
Determination of Recipients of Work Items
Name the different ways of restricting possible agents
Describe the rule types that can be defined
Explain example for the application of rules
Define a rule with responsibilities
Use this rule in a workflow
Ensure that a workflow step never has the status "No agent found".
Describe how the system determines the recipients of a work item.
Explain what happens if the system cannot find an intersection between possible and responsible agents
Ad Hoc Processing Options
Determine agents dynamically at runtime
Define tasks for a business process step dynamically at runtime
Use the ad hoc anchor step type to extend the workflow definition by adding an additional workflow
Monitoring Steps in Business Processes
Define and test a simple deadline for a workflow step
Insert a modeled deadline into a workflow definition
Events and Workflow
Explain the logic behind how events generated by applications and find the workflows or tasks that use them
Name the steps that you have to carry out in order to work with events
Define an event as a triggering event for a workflow
Activate the event linkage
Trigger the event on a test basis in the system, to check whether the workflow starts and runs correctly
Name the options for triggering events in the different applications
Use different methods to trigger events
Define additional start conditions for workflows
Explain the event queue
Use transaction SWU0 to check the event linkage
Use the transaction SWUE to test the triggering of events in the system without using the application
Use the transactions SWELS and SWEL to activate and display the event log
Develop a procedure for testing workflows
Special Step Types and Methods of Processing
Use the step types Fork and Document from Template
Process multiline attributes of an object type
Use the step types loop and form
Enter conditions affecting the start and end of a work item in the
Workflow Builder
Using the step type BLOCK
Options for assessing the SWITCH construct
Wizards
Use wizards to define complete workflows for approval and circulation procedures
Create a workflow that calls the Customizing transaction or tables in a prescribed order
Use wizards that model missed deadlines
Call reports
Dynamically assign agents
Generate object references
Tutorial
Define a workflow with all its components
Trigger a workflow using events
Test a workflow process
Further Topics (Optional)
Explain technical settings
Explore transaction codes, menu paths, and the data sheet
