Creating a Task (Inbound Processing Using Workflow) (SAP Library - IDoc Interface/Electronic Data Interchange (BC-SRV-EDI))

Creating a Task (Inbound Processing Using Workflow)

In this step, you create a task for inbound processing which is processed in the background. The task refers to your new object method. Alternatively, you can define a workflow.

Prerequisites

You must have completed the required steps in Defining and Using a Basic Type.

Creating a Task

Choose Development ® Business Workflow ® Definition Tools ® Tasks ® Create (task type standard task). Enter a task abbreviation.

Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text and save in the connection.

When saving, assign the task to the same package as your other development objects (basic type, function group and so on).

Assign possible agents to the task: Choose Additional data ® Agent assignment ® Maintain. You only have to carry out this step if you do not set the Background processing indicator.

You can maintain the task as a general task by selecting Attributes.

Enter the object type and method and set an indicator for the task according to the processing type (for example, for background processing). Change the release status to implemented. Save your entries.

Example

Make the following entries for the example:

Task abbreviation	TEST _ INPUT
Method	InputBackgroundTest
Object type	IDOCTEST
Execution	Background processing
Agent assignment	None (there are no agents for background tasks)