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Use

You define the activity to be executed with a task by specifying an object type method.

Activities

You determine the reference to the method on the tab page Basic data by specifying object type and method. The object type must be activated and defined with the method in the Business Object Builder.

The system takes the following from the definition of the object method, as applicable:

You cannot change these.

If method parameters are defined for the object method, the system gives you the option of creating relevant container elements automatically in the task container. The names of these container elements are then identical in the task container and the method container. You should make use of this option.

For more information, see Binding Definition from Method Container and Binding Definitions from Task Container.

If the task is executed as a SAPforms form task, you can specify a method as an alternative. You enter this method on the tab page Alternative methods in the line Form task. The alternative method must have the same interface as the method entered on the tab page Basic data.

Note

The alternative method ProcessExternally should be entered for SAPforms form tasks that use the method Process. The alternative method is used if the execution is not started form the Business Workplace in SAP GUI for Windows.

The alternative method entry is deleted automatically is you enter another method on the tab page Basic data.

Note

The specifications in the lines WEB METHOD and MASS PROCESSING (IN R/3) are not currently evaluated.

Navigation

By double-clicking on the object type ID or method ID entered, you can go to the relevant object type in the Business Object Builder and process it.

Caution

For technical reasons, the workflow system can only process method parameters when using the persistence profiles structure persistence or compatibility mode that were created with a data type reference to a structure or a table under the following circumstances:

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