ProcessStepDefinition

The ProcessStepDefinition entity allows you to use the details of a process step definition.

Attributes and Filters

You can use the attributes from the following table to request the details of process step definitions from an SAP Business Suite system.

Note

You can use the Name and ShortDescription attributes as filters in the following cases only:

When you use the Name or ShortDescription attribute in conjunction with the ProcessFamilyID attribute
When you access the ProcessStepDefinition entity by navigating from another entity

Attribute	Description	Filter Operators	Example
ProcessStepDefinitionID	ID used to uniquely identify a process step definition in a system	EQ	`$Filter = ProcessStepDefinitionID EQ ‘SALES_ORDER_PROCESS~001~CREAT’`
Name	Name of a process step definition	SubStringOf	`$Filter = SUBSTRINGOF(‘SALES’, Name)`
		StartsWith	`$Filter = STARTSWITH(Name, ‘SALES’)`
		EndsWith	`$Filter = ENDSWITH(Name, ‘ORDER’)`
ProcessFamilyID	ID used to uniquely identify a process family	EQ	`$Filter = ProcessFamilyID`
ShortDescription	Additional information of a process step definition	SubStringOf	`$Filter = SUBSTRINGOF(‘Sales’, ShortDescription)`
		StartsWith	`$Filter = STARTSWITH(ShortDescription, ‘Sales’)`
		EndsWith	`$Filter = ENDSWITH(ShortDescription, ‘Order’)`
StepType	Step type of a process	Not applicable	Not applicable
SupportedLogEvents	Supported log events for a process step definition. System provides log events whenever a new log entry is created.	Not applicable	Not applicable
SupportedStepStatusValues	Status value of a process step	Not applicable	Not applicable
ProcessDefinitionID	ID used to uniquely identify a process definition within a process platform. It is unique across process definition versions	Not applicable	Not applicable

Navigation

From the ProcessStepDefinition entity, you can navigate to other related entities (see below) and retrieve the required details: