Issuing Approvals in the Universal Worklist

Use

Managers use this function in the Universal Worklist iView to issue approvals based on SAP Business Workflow. Depending on the managerial level to which a manager belongs, he or she approves the requests of employees in his or her area of responsibility, or approves the requests of other managers.

Integration

This function is integrated with the following applications:

Prerequisites

In Customizing for SAP NetWeaver , you have made the general settings for SAP Business Workflow.
If necessary, you have made specific customizing settings for the workflow of the individual approval scenarios in the appropriate sections of the Implementation Guide (IMG). For more information, see the documentation for the approval scenarios.

Features

The standard configuration of the universal worklist supports the following approval scenarios for managers:

Caution Caution

This list only comprises the approval scenarios included in the standard system that are based on SAP Business Workflow. The universal worklist for managers can also comprise further approval scenarios.

End of the caution.

Working Time
- Approving leave requests
  
  The following workflow template and standard tasks exist:
  - Workflow Template WS12300111 (General Workflow for Documents)
  - Standard Task TS12300097 (Approval Process)
    
    For more information, see Approving Leave Requests and General Workflow for Documents .
- Approval of working times
  
  The standard task TS31000007: CATS Approval by Supervisor exists for this purpose.
  
  For more information, see Approve Working Times and Workflow: Approve Working Times (CATS) .
Travel Planning and Expense Reports/Travel Expenses
- Approval of travel requests
  
  The following workflow template and standard tasks exist:
  - Workflow Template WS20000050 (Approve Travel Request)
  - Standard Task TS20000118 (Approve Travel Request)
- Approval of travel plans
  
  The following workflow template and standard tasks exist:
  - Workflow Template WS01000087 (Approve Travel Plan)
  - Standard Task TS01000124 (Approve Travel Plan)
- Approval of expense reports/travel expenses
  
  The following workflow template and standard tasks exist:
  - Workflow Template WS20000040 (Approve Trip)
  - Standard Task TS20000135 (Check Trip Facts)
  - Standard Task TS20000131 (Approve Trip Facts)
    
    For more information, see Workflow Scenarios in Travel Management .
    
    Alternatively, you can use the personal object worklist (POWL) for approving managers. For more information, see Approval of Trips and Expenses .
Approval of Personnel Change Requests

The following workflow template and standard tasks exist:
- Workflow template WS50000042 (Process Change Request (0)) without approval step
- Workflow template WS50000041 (Process Change Request (1)) with an approval step
- Workflow template WS50000031 (Process Change Request (2)) with two approval steps
- Standard task TS50000075 (Process Change Request (Web))
  
  For more information, see Workflow Templates .
Approval of Recruitment Requisition Requests

The following workflow templates exist:
- Workflow template WS12200021 (E-Recruiting (1)) with one approval step
- Workflow template WS12200022 (E-Recruiting (2)) with two approval steps
- Standard task TS21300098 (Process Requisition Request (Web))
  
  For more information, see Workflow Templates .
Approval of Internal Service Requests

The following workflow template and standard tasks exist:
- Standard task TS31000022 (Approve Request)
- Workflow template WS31000009 (ISR: Control) with one approval step
  
  To issue the approval, managers call the Service Request: Form for Approval iView. For more information, see Internal Service Request (ISR) .