Maintenance of a Web Activity 

Purpose

You use this step type to send an XML document from the workflow to another system. The recipient can process the XML document according to their requirements. This XML document can start a workflow in another system for example.

If the receiver is also a SAP System, a service is available, which can be used to start a Business Workflow automatically.

In the workflow definition such a step type is represented with the symbol .

Prerequisites

The SAP System must be appropriately configured for a workflow containing this step type to be executed. For further information, refer to Defining the Web Server.

Process Flow

The maintenance is spread across several tab pages. You can process properties on them, such as:

The order of the tab pages defines the recommended sequence of processing. To create an executable Web activity, you only have to process the tab page Call.

Result

The system inserts a step of the type Web activity into the workflow definition. To ensure the consistency of the workflow definition, all active outcomes are inserted with the actual step. For each outcome, the system adds a branch in the workflow definition and puts an undefined step into this branch. To ensure the consistency of the block structure, all branches created are brought together before the next step of the workflow definition.