| workflow system administrator |
Person responsible for the workflow definition from a technical point of view.
The workflow system administrator can be set globally in the administration data of the Workflow Builder, or individually for each workflow definition in its basic data. The maintenance of the global workflow system administrator is part of Workflow Customizing.
A workflow system administrator is assigned to each workflow at runtime. The entry in the basic data is evaluated for this. Only if this is blank is the entry in the administration data evaluated.
The system administrator of a subworkflow is derived automatically from the data of the superordinate workflow. This also applies if another system administrator is maintained in the basic data of the subworkflow.
Neither changes to the basic data or the Customizing settings nor organizational reassignments have any effect on workflows that have already been started.
The workflow system administrator should be able to repair errors in workflows. If a workflow that has been started assumes the error status, the workflow system administrator receives a mail in their Business Workplace inbox. The workflow log can be used to perform analyses and remove errors.
If a workflow fails to start, only the workflow system administrator entered in the Workflow Builder is notified.
Information about the workflow system administrator is available as an attribute in the workflow container element _Workitem.