Binding Definitions from Event Container (SAP Library

Binding Definitions from Event Container

Use

You can define bindings from the event container to the following containers:

Task container
Workflow container

You can allocate an expression to the elements of the target container, which refers to an element of the event container.

The event may contain information that you want to use in the workflow. If so, you must read this information from the event container for the event. In order for the information that is transported as event parameters in the container for this event to reach the workflow, you can define the binding from the event container to the workflow container in the wait step.

Features

Binding definition to workflow container

This binding can be defined at the following places:

In the definition of the multistep task on the tab page Triggering events
In the Workflow Builder in the basic data of the workflow on the tab page Start
In the Workflow Builder in the step definition of a wait step on the tab page Control

This binding enables you to transfer event parameters of a triggering event or an event for which the workflow waits during execution into the workflow.

You can only use import elements of the workflow container in a binding definition from event parameters of a triggering event to elements of the workflow container.

Binding definition to task container

This binding can be defined in the definition of the task on the tab page Triggering events.

Activities

Assigning the object reference for triggering events

If you want to use the reference to the object whose status change the event reports in the task or workflow, you must assign this reference to an element of the task container or the workflow container.

The object reference is located in the event container under the element ID _Evt_Object .

In the task container, the reference to the object to be processed must always be located in the element _WI_Object_ID .

No element is provided for the object reference in the workflow container as standard. You define this element in the workflow container with a data type reference to the relevant object type and assign it the value of the element _Evt_Object from the event container in the binding definition.

Assigning the event creator for triggering events

If you want to use the information about the user under whose responsibility the event was created in the task or workflow, you must assign this information to an element in the task container or workflow container.

The user name of the employee under whose responsibility the event was created is located in the event container under the element ID _Evt_Creator.

No element is provided for this information in the task container as standard. If applicable, you define this element in the task container with a data type reference to the ABAP Dictionary field WFSYST-AGENT and assign it the value of the element _Evt_Creator from the event container in the binding definition.

The element _WF_Initiator is provided for this information in the workflow container. In the binding definition, you assign this element the value of the element _Evt_Creator from the event container.

For further information, refer to Operation of the Binding Editor.