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Purpose

You can use SAPMiniAppLauncher to launch an SAP ITS MiniApp. This launcher should be used only for back-end systems with ITS versions <6.40.  For ITS versions 6.40 and above you should use the SAPIACLauncher (see SAP note 825464).

Provider specific Information

SAPMiniAppLauncher is provider agnostic. Items may belong to any connector.

Supported Actions

Action name can be anything.

Properties

SAPMiniAppLauncher expects one of the following properties:

      Template (mandatory)

A template of the ITS MiniApp

      ApplicationParameter (optional)

An ApplicationParameter passed to the MiniApp. 

Default is URL encoded string ~okcode=cont&wi_id=${item.externalId}.

All other properties will be passed as name=URL encoded value to the MiniApp.

Example

Following is the definition of an action that launches a MiniApp BWWF_WI_DECI:

<Action name="launchMiniApp" handler="SAPMiniAppLauncher">

  <Properties>

  <Property name="Template" value="BWWF_WI_DECI"/>

  </Properties>

 </Action>

Details

If ApplicationParameter is not specified then parameters passed on to the launched MiniApp are:  wi_id (work item ID in the provider system) and  ~okcode=cont.

Note

The ITS MiniApp is launched in the system where the work item originated.

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