Maintenance of Conditions (SAP Library

Maintenance of Conditions

Use

You use a condition in a workflow definition if:

At execution time, only one of two possible alternatives can be processed during the workflow, from a business point of view.

The workflow system can make a decision based on the contents of the workflow container without user interaction.

In the workflow definition a condition is represented with the symbol .

Features

A condition is a branching in your workflow definition. The workflow system evaluates the condition comparing elements of the workflow container with constants, system fields or other fields. You define conditions in the condition editor, in which you can also define complex conditions.

The evaluation of a condition can result in the values true or false.

Activities

You maintain conditions on the screen Create step: Condition. Here you have to assign a step name, define the condition and determine names for the outcomes true and false. These names are used to label the two outcomes of the condition in the workflow definition.

The currently valid condition is displayed on this screen. To change this or create a new condition, you must go to the condition editor by double-clicking.

Result

The system inserts a step of the type condition into the workflow definition. For both outcomes, 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.