Workflow: Release of Purchasing Documents (MM-PUR-GF)
If the system recognizes that the release code with which a user must next signify approval in accordance with the release strategy is workflow-relevant, a workflow is started. An individual workflow is started for each workflow-relevant release code. A central task of workflow control is to determine the processor (several may be involved) to whom this release code has been assigned.
Request for Quotation (RFQ)
Workflow:
20000080Identifier:
wf_qr_relDescription: Workflow for release of RFQ
Purchase Order (PO)
Workflow:
20000075Identifier:
wf_po_relDescription: Workflow for release of purchase order
Scheduling Agreement
Workflow:
20000078Identifier:
wf_pa_relDescription: Workflow for release of scheduling agreement
Contract
Workflow:
20000079Identifier:
wf_pc_relDescription: Workflow for release of contract
Triggering Event for Workflow
The event
ReleaseStepCreated has been entered as the trigger for the workflow for the relevant object type.
This "linkage" between the event and the workflow to be triggered is deactivated in the standard system and must first be activated in Customizing for SAP Business Workflow if the workflow is actually to be started.
Workflow Container and Data Flow
The most important information that must be available within the course of the workflow comprises the object reference to the document to be processed (
_EVT_Object ) and the release code ( ReleaseCode ), as well as the name of the person who the created the document ( _EVT_Creator ). The information is available as an event parameter in the container of the triggering event and must be passed on from there to the workflow container via data flow.Therefore, the following data flow definition between the triggering event and the workflow container is defined in the standard system:
Workflow container Event container
Initiator
<- _Evt_CreatorIn the standard system, the element Initiator exists in the workflow container. The elements <Document> and ReleaseCode have been created in addition to the standard elements that exist.