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Use

You are now going to start a workflow in dialog for the first time, which will run according to your workflow definition. This workflow definition only contains a step for creating a notification of absence so far.

For further information on starting workflows, refer to Testing Workflows in the SAP Business Workflow documentation.

Prerequisites

The creation of a notification of absence, which you carry out within your workflow, is reported on a system-wide basis by an event. Other workflows entered as event receivers for this event may therefore be started. The notification of absence created by you (and published by the event) is then also processed with these workflows.

This event is not used in connection with this tutorial.

To ensure that only you work exclusively with the notification of absence, you can deactivate any existing linkages between the event and its receivers. Proceed as follows:

Caution

If you carry out the following steps, you prevent other workflows being started unintentionally by your notification of absence.

However, you may interrupt other workflow demonstrations. Therefore, be careful and speak to the colleagues involved if necessary.
  1. Choose Tools ® Business Workflow ® Development ® Utilities ® Events ® Simulate Event.

    2. The Event Simulation screen is displayed.

  2. Choose BOR Object type as the Object Category.
  3. Enter FORMABSENC in the Object type field.
  4. Enter CREATED in the Event field.
  5. Choose the current date as the Date.
  6. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    7. The system simulates the event FORMABSENC.Created and establishes which workflows would be started.

  7. If you find one or more entries in the Successfully started list under the branch Potential Tasks to be started, position the cursor on an entry and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Event linkage.

    8. The Event linkage: Triggering events dialog box is displayed.

  8. Position the cursor on the entry with the red background for the event and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    9. The linkage between workflow and event is deactivated.

  9. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.
  10. Repeat steps 5 to 7 or repeat the whole simulation as applicable.

Procedure

Starting the workflow and filling out the notification of absence

  1. If you are still in the Workflow Builder, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    2. The Test Workflow screen is then displayed. The number of your workflow is entered.

    If you are no longer in the Workflow Builder, choose Tools ® Business Workflow ® Development ® Runtime Tools ® Test Workflow. Enter your workflow ID or use the F4 input help.

  2. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    3. To handle work processes more quickly, SAP Business Workflow supports advance with immediate dialog. When a workflow is started in dialog, this means that the first work item of the workflow is made available for processing immediately provided that the user who starts the workflow is also one of the recipients of this first work item. This is the case here because you entered the container element _WF_Initiator as the responsible agent in the step definition.

    The Create notification of absence screen, therefore, is displayed immediately where you can see the notification of absence. It is the method Create that is executed with the first work item.

  3. Fill out the notification of absence with entries of your choice.
  4. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    5. The Test Workflow screen is then displayed again.

  5. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text and exit the Workflow Builder if necessary.

Starting a workflow/Business Workplace

Before you extend your workflow definition, carry out the following test. It will familiarize you with the Business Workplace.

  1. Start your workflow in dialog again. Choose Tools ® Business Workflow ® Development ® Runtime Tools ® Start Workflow.

    2. The Start Workflow screen is then displayed.

  2. Select your workflow in the left-hand screen area.

    3. The workflow description is shown on the right.

  3. Choose Start on the right-hand side of the screen.

    4. The notification of absence is then displayed.

  4. Do not make any entries and do not save. Instead, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    5. You have now started the workflow but canceled the processing of its first step. But the processing of the work item is not yet completed. You have only broken the processing chain of advancing with immediate dialog.

  5. Choose Business Workplace.
  6. Choose Inbox ® Workflow.

    7. Your workflow inbox now contains (at least) one work item for processing. This is the work item for creating a notification of absence, the processing of which you canceled previously. This work item has the status In process.

  7. Start the execution by double-clicking on the work item.

    8. You return to the Create notification of absence screen where the notification of absence is displayed.

  8. Fill out the notification of absence and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

    9. The work item disappears from your workflow inbox.

  9. Exit the Business Workplace and the start of the workflow.
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