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When inserting a step, you have the following options:

  • Step: Describes a process step. A step is composed of one or more activities, or of sub-steps.

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    You can compose automatic steps of automatic activities only.

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  • Sub-step: Allows you to group steps and define sub-procedures. The superordinate step can have the status Perforned only if all sub-steps have the status Performed.

  • Complete Step: At runtime, the system displays an overview of all steps performed by the user, and their status. In a Complete step, you can only add help text explaining this overview.

    You can add a Complete step only at the end of the guided procedure. If a nested guided procedure also contains a complete step, it is hidden at the runtime of the guided procedure in which it is nested.

  • Nested Guided Procedure: You integrate an existing guided procedure. This allows you to compose guided procedures of reusable modules.

When specifying the type of a step, you have the following content options:

  • To insert standard views and content, use the Plugin type. You have the following options:

    • Note implementation: To allow the user to download, for example, a correction note and start the SAP Note assistant to implement it. At runtime, the system automatically informs the user whether an updated SAP Note is available for download.

    • OS Command: to run OS commands on all hosts defined in monitored objects

    • Prerequisite Checks: to perform pre-requisite checks on monitored objects

    • System Message: to send an ABAP system message to a technical system of type ABAP

    • Send Notification: to send a notification to a recipient list (via e-mail or SMS)

  • Automatic: You have the following options:

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    You can compose automatic steps of automatic activities only.

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  • Manual: You have the following options:

    • Add an activity which is to be performed manually, for example by performing a transaction.

    • Select a custom developed class, for example to redirect the user to a certain UI.

  • Custom: You integrate a custom Web Dynpro screen component you have created, or reuse an existing step.

  • Mixed

    • Auto & Manual: You compose a step of both automatic and manual activities.

    • Custom & Auto: If you have created a custom Web Dynpro screen component, add an automatic activity to be performed using the custom Web Dynpro screen component.

    • Custom & Manual: If you have created a custom Web Dynpro screen component, add a manual activity to be performed using the custom Web Dynpro screen component.

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Guided Procedure Authoring allows you to reuse SAP-delivered Web Dynpro screen components and activities. Due to the large amount of objects, there is no catalog in which to look up the technical name of an object to use in a certain use case. To identify the technical name of an object you want to reuse, contact the SAP support team.

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