Template WS20000087 (Approve Travel Plan) (SAP Library - Workflow Scenarios in Travel Management (FI-TV))

Template WS20000087 (Approve Travel Plan)

If a new or changed travel plan is saved/posted, a workflow is started, based on template type PlanApproval.

Workflow Template: WS01000087

Abbreviation: PlanApproval

Name: Approve Travel Plan

Triggering Event of Workflow Template

The event PlanCreated (Travel Plan Created) from object type BUS2089 (Employee Trip) is entered as the triggering event for the workflow template.

Note

This "link" between the event and the workflow template to be started is deactivated in the standard system. If you want to start the workflow template, the link must be activated in Customizing for SAP Business Workflow.

Workflow Container and Binding

The most important information that must be available during workflow is the object reference to the trip to be processed (_Evt_Object), and the name of the person who entered the trip data (_Evt_Creator). This information is available in the form of event parameters in the container for the triggering event, and must be transferred to the workflow container by "binding".

The standard system includes the following binding definition between the triggering event and the workflow container:

Workflow Container		Event Parameter Container
_WF_Initiator	¬	_Evt_Creator
EmployeeTrip	¬	_Evt_Object

In the standard system, the _WF_Initiator element is included in the workflow container. The EmployeeTrip element was created in addition to the existing standard elements.