You use this tool to create processes and the related objects, for example, workflow template, form scenarios, and forms, and make the required settings for them.
The following graphic is a schematic representation of the screen areas that Design Time for processes and forms is subdivided into:
This area contains a dropdown list box that you can use to select the following objects:
Process
For more information, see Creation and Configuration of Processes .
Form Scenario
For more information, see Creation and Configuration of Form Scenarios .
This area gives an overview of the configuration options for the selected object, in a tree structure.
This area displays the detailed configuration options for a node selected in the object hierarchy area.
You can navigate within Design Time in the following ways:
In the dropdown list box, choose
Process
or
Form Scenario
.
The system displays the object that you last displayed or changed, below the dropdown list box. In the object hierarchy area, the system displays the related tree structure.
To adjust the display in the object processing area and the menu for the selected object, choose
Display
or Enter .
To display a different object, use the input help in the field below the dropdown list box to select it, or enter the name of the object and then choose
Display
or Enter .
To create a new object, enter a new object name in the field below the dropdown list box, and then choose
Display
or Enter .
If no object exists with the specified name, the system suggests creating it.
You can access the options for an object in the object processing area from the object hierarchy area and adjust the menu for the selected object in the following ways:
You position the cursor on the relevant node in the tree structure and choose Enter .
You position the cursor on the relevant node in the tree structure and choose
Display
or
Change
in the context menu.
You double-click the node in the tree structure.
To adapt the tree structure in the object hierarchy area to the object that is displayed in the object processing area, choose
Display Object List
.
Example
You edit process P1. The form scenarios F1 and F2 are assigned to this process.
In the object hierarchy area, you choose
Form
. In the object processing area, the relevant settings for the form for form scenario F1 are displayed.
If you now choose
Display Object List
, in the object hierarchy area, the system displays the tree structure for form scenario F1.
To navigate between the settings that you have made, choose the arrow keys (
Previous Object
or
Next Object
).
Example
First you make settings for the workflow template for your process. You then edit the role assignment.
If you now choose
(Previous Object)
, you go back to the settings for the workflow template.
(Next Object)
takes you back to role assignment.
In many fields you can double-click to access the Customizing view for creating or editing an object.
Example
Under
Template ID
field in the Customizing view
Defining Template for Reference Numbers of Processes
(V_T5ASRRFNUMPAID).
You can use the structure symbol to access the linked IMG activities.