Definition of a Workflow

Use

Possible scenarios whereby you can create a workflow for their execution are:

You want to support a business process that includes more than one step or more than one agent and for which no SAP Workflow exists.
You want to extend or change a SAP workflow.

Note

The process description below assumes that you are creating a completely new workflow definition. Logically, it also applies if you are processing or displaying an existing workflow definition.

If you only want to change responsible agents and deadlines for a SAP workflow, you can configure the workflow definition.

Prerequisites

Before defining a workflow, you must do the following:

Create an analysis of the content of the process to be modeled.
Check whether the objects involved and the methods they require are defined.

The tasks you want to use in the steps of the workflow definition do not necessarily have to be defined beforehand. You can also define these tasks from the workflow definition.

Process

You start the Workflow Builder. You can start processing the workflow definition directly and create the required container elements of the workflow container in the container area. When saving for the first time you determine the abbreviation and the name. The multistep task necessary for the workflow is automatically created by the workflow system.

For more information, see Calling the Workflow Builder.
If you want to start the workflow automatically with triggering events or support the start with a form transaction, you go to the basic data of the workflow. You define this including the binding definition required and the possible start conditions here.

For more information, see Definition of Options for Starting a Workflow.
You check, save, and activate the workflow to conclude your work.

For more information, see Workflow Builder Operation.