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 Design Time for Processes and Forms

Use

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.

Features

The following graphic is a schematic representation of the screen areas that Design Time for processes and forms is subdivided into:

Object Selection Area

This area contains a dropdown list box that you can use to select the following objects:

Object Hierarchy Area

This area gives an overview of the configuration options for the selected object, in a tree structure.

Object Processing Area

This area displays the detailed configuration options for a node selected in the object hierarchy area.

Activities

You can navigate within Design Time in the following ways:

Object Selection Area

  • 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.

Object Hierarchy Area

  • 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 Example

    You edit process P1. The form scenarios F1 and F2 are assigned to this process.

    In the object hierarchy area, you choose Start of the navigation path P1 Next navigation step <Validity Period> Next navigation step Form Scenarios -> F1 End of the navigation path ,and double-click 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.

    End of the example.

  • To navigate between the settings that you have made, choose the arrow keys ( Previous Object or Next Object ).

    Example 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.

    End of the example.
Object Processing Area

  • In many fields you can double-click to access the Customizing view for creating or editing an object.

    Example Example

    Under Start of the navigation path <Process Name> Next navigation step Reference Number for Process End of the navigation path , double-clicking takes you to the Template ID field in the Customizing view Defining Template for Reference Numbers of Processes (V_T5ASRRFNUMPAID).

    End of the example.

  • You can use the structure symbol to access the linked IMG activities.