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Use

This collection reflects all the user Outbox Business Workflow tasks in the SAP system. Outbox tasks are items that have been started, executed or forwarded by a user.

The collection retrieves the Outbox Workflow task data (status, subject, and so on) along with the association to a specific Workflow item (Workflow Task).

The Outbox task entity contains the following properties:

Property Name

Description

WORKITEM_ID

Workflow item instance ID.

STATUS

Workflow item status.

STATUS_TXT

Workflow item status text.

SUBJECT

Workflow item subject.

TYPE

Workflow item type.

TASK_NAME

Customized or default task name.

ACTUAL_OWNER

User name of the Workflow item's current owner.

ACTUAL_OWNER_NAME

System name of the Workflow item's current owner.

LANGUAGE

Workflow item language.

END_DL

Workflow item deadline.

CREATED_AT

Workflow item creation date.

FOLDER_NAME

SAP system outbox folder name (textual field).

FOLDER_ID

SAP system outbox folder ID (for application use).

  • Supported Operations

    • GET - To retrieve the Outbox Task collection, perform a GET operation on the relevant URL.

      To obtain the URL:

      1. On the SAP Gateway system, go to transaction SPRO, open the SAP Reference IMG and navigate to Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step SAP Gateway Next navigation step OData Channel Next navigation step Administration Next navigation step General Settings Next navigation step Activate and Maintain Services End of the navigation path.

      2. Select the Workflow service.

      3. Choose Call Browser.

      4. Navigate to OutboxTaskCollection.