Workflow-Integration for Business Processes (SAP Library - Activity-Based Costing (CO-OM-ABC))

Workflow-Integration for Business Processes

Use

Within the context of workflows, you can reproduce business work steps in the SAP System. The workflow serves as an interface between organization and controlling.

To do this, you can plan a workflow in which you describe and set the individual tasks of a business process.

You can assign such workflow definitions to business processes. This enables you to create allocation systems that calculate the data of various business processes and/or cost centers/activity types.

Activities

You must complete the following:

create or choose a workflow definition with the business process steps, and assign the workflow to a business process

assign cost data to the individual tasks

create a template in environment SBP

assign the template to the business process

Creating or choosing a workflow definition / assigning bus. processes

Choose a business process that you want to change (see Business processes).

Go to the register Organization.

Create of choose a task.

In field Task type, choose WS/Workflow template. Use the Workflow Builder to create the necessary steps, and/or insert existing tasks (for procedures, see Workflow Builder and Tasks and Tasks Groups) or

choose an existing task in field Task

Save the changed business process.

assign cost data to the individual tasks

For procedures, see: Maintaining Task Costs

create a template in environment SBP

Create a template in environment SBP (for procedures, see Maintaining templates and Template for business processes/cost centers).

Enter the following data:

Business process category	Object	Plan: Qty. factor	Actual: Qty. factor
Cost center / activity type	in the selection editor, choose: as comparison operand 1: SEND_COST_CTR_ATYP_OBJECT_NO as comparison operand 2: WORKFLOW_SEND_CCTR_AT_OBJECT	In the quantity editor, choose Function : WORKFLOW_STANDARD_QTY_CCTR_AT	In the quantity editor, choose: AS_PLAN_QUANTITY_FACTOR
Business process	in the selection editor, choose: as comparison operand 1: SEND_PROCESS_OBJECT_NUMBER as comparison operand 2: WORKFLOW_SEND_BUS_PROC_OBJ	In the quantity editor, choose: WORKFLOW_STD_QTY_BUS_PROC	AS_PLAN_QUANTITY_FACTOR

assign the template to the business process

Assign the template to the business process (for procedures, see Assigning templates for processes/cost centers).

See also:

Example: Workflow Integration