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The ProcessStep entity allows you to use the step details.

Attributes and Filters

You can use the attributes from the following table to request the process step details from an SAP Business Suite system.

Note

You can use the StepDefinitionName, StepDefinitionShortDescription, and Status attributes as filters in the following cases only:

  • When you use the StepDefinitionName, StepDefinitionShortDescription, or Status attribute in conjunction with the ProcessFamilyID attribute

  • When you access the ProcessStep entity by navigating from another entity

Attribute

Description

Filter Operators

Example

ProcessStepID

ID used to uniquely identify a process step in a system

EQ

$Filter = ProcessStepID EQ '02C4244F53C2B642E10000000A428CC8'

ProcessFamilyID

ID used to uniquely identify a process family

EQ

$Filter = ProcessFamilyID EQ 'SALES ORDER PROCESS'

StepDefinitionName

Name of a process step definition

SubStringOf

$Filter = SUBSTRINGOF(‘SALES’, StepDefinitionName)

StartsWith

$Filter = STARTSWITH(StepDefinitionName, ‘SALES’)

EndsWith

$Filter = ENDSWITH(StepDefinitionName, ‘ORDER’)

StepDefinitionShortDescription

Additional information related to a process step definition

SubStringOf

$Filter = SUBSTRINGOF(‘Sales’,StepDefinitionShortDescription)

EndsWith

$Filter = STARTSWITH(StepDefinitionShortDescription, ‘Sales’)

EndsWith

$Filter = ENDSWITH(StepDefinitionShortDescription, ‘Order’)

Status

Status of a process step

EQ

$Filter = Status EQ '3'

BusinessObjectReference

Business object instance created for a process step

Not applicable

Not applicable

StepType

Type of a process step

Not applicable

Not applicable

ProcessID

ID used to uniquely identify a process in a system

Not applicable

Not applicable

ProcessStepDefinitionID

ID used to uniquely identify a process step definition in a system

Not applicable

Not applicable

Navigation

From the ProcessStep entity, you can navigate to other related entities (see below) and retrieve the required details:

  • StepDefinition

  • Process

  • ProcessStep

  • ProcessLog

  • KPI