Workflow Step ‘Approving the Notification of Absence’ 

Use

Now view the activity ‘Approve notification of absence’ of the workflow definition in more detail. An activity is a workflow step in which a task is called from the process structure and given data, dates and an agent. When the workflow is performed, a work item which can be executed at the push of a button is created from these details and it appears in the inbox of the selected agent. Any results of this work item that are needed later in the workflow are copied into the workflow data container.

Procedure

  1. If the screen header is not to be Workflow Builder: Display ‘AF_process’ [active, saved, choose Extras ® Options.
  2. Choose in the Options dialog box.
  3. Go to the Approve notification of absence step and double-click on .
  4. This activity calls the standard task TS30000016 ‘Approve notification of absence’.
  5. The agent for activity 0000168 is displayed in the Person Responsible field in the Agent section of the Control tab.

    6. The appropriate agent is selected via the role ‘Superior of...’.

  6. Choose Data flow exists in the Agent section. The role determines the superior of the workflow initiator.
  7. Confirm the dialog box with .
  8. Choose the Latest Start tab. The initiator is informed if the workflow execution deadline is exceeded (container element _WF_INITIATOR).

    9. The Latest Start value specifies that the superior must start processing this activity no more than 5 minutes after the creation of the work item (for demo purposes). The initiator is informed if this deadline is exceeded in this example.

  9. Select the Control tab to display the basic data of this activity again.