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Procedure documentationCreating a Task (Inbound Processing Using Workflow)

 

In this step, you create a task for inbound processing which is processed in the background. The task refers to your new object method. Alternatively, you can define a workflow.

Prerequisites

You must have completed the required steps in Defining and Using a Basic Type.

Procedure

Creating a Task

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path SAP Menu Next navigation step Tools Next navigation step IDoc Interface/ALE Next navigation step Development Next navigation step Business Workflow Development Next navigation step Tasks/Task Groups Next navigation step Create (PFTC_INS) End of the navigation path. Task type: Standard task. Enter a task abbreviation.

    Choose and save.

    When saving, assign the task to the same package as your other development objects (basic type, function group, and so on).

  2. Assign possible agents to the task. Choose Start of the navigation path Additional Data Next navigation step Processor Assignment Next navigation step Maintain End of the navigation path. You only have to carry out this step if you do not set the Background Processing indicator.

    You can maintain the task as a general task under Attributes.

  3. Enter the object type and method and set an indicator for the task according to the processing type (for example, for background processing). Change the release status to implemented. Save your entries.

Example Example

Make the following entries for the example:

End of the example.

Task abbreviation

TEST_INPUT

Method

InputBackgroundTest

Object type

IDOCTEST

Execution

Background processing

Agent assignment

None (there are no agents for background tasks)