Definition of Events for Object Types 

Use

You define events for an object type, if a status change in an object of this type is to be published across the system. Potential event receivers can then react to this event.

You use an event in a workflow under the following circumstances:

• In a task definition or in the version-independent basic data of a workflow as a triggering event

• In a task definition as a terminating event

Events are published without the creating application knowing whether a receiver reacts to them. The workflow system creates type linkages or instance linkages for potential receivers in the SAP Business Workflow/WebFlow environment. These are evaluated by the event manager. For more information, see Using Events.

Every event has an event container that contains data about the context of its creation. The data is passed to the task or workflow using a binding. For more information, see Binding Definitions from Event Container.

Before creating a new event, check whether the event is already defined in an interface. If so, include this interface in the definition of your object type.

Assign an event instance, a name and a short description. Keep in mind the rules for naming object type components.

The workflow system elements are in the event container as standard. If the event container is to contain other container elements, you must define parameters for this event. For more information, see Definition of Event Parameters.