Technical Name of Business Function |
|
Type of Business Function |
Enterprise Business Function |
Available As Of |
SAP Enhancement Package 2 for BS Foundation |
Technical Usage |
Any Stack including BS_FND |
Application Component |
Suite Inbox (CA-EPT-IBO) |
Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition |
Not relevant |
You can use this business function to process work items from multiple back-end systems, for example, SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) and SAP ERP, in a single POWL-based inbox. With a single inbox, you have a better overview of all the work items you need to process.
Note
If you deactivate this business function, the data stored in Customizing is not deleted and you can reuse it if you decide to activate the business function again.
Note
When you activate/deactivate the business function, you must do the following:
Log off from the system and log on again.
Restart the inbox.
Only then the activation/deactivation of the business function is taken into account.
You have installed the following software components as of the version mentioned: SAP_BS_FND 702, SAP_ABA 702, and SAP_BASIS 702.
You have performed the following activities in Customizing under
:Define Exceptions
Assign Connected Back-End Systems to Inbox
You have assigned the following roles to your users:
Workflow Inbox APIs: End User for Workflow Functionality (SAP_BC_BMT_WFM_INB_API_END_USR)
This enables users to receive work items from a remote system via the workflow Application Programming Interface (API).
Workflow Inbox APIs: Service User for Remote Accesses (SAP_BC_BMT_WFM_INB_API_SRV_USR)
This enables the workflow Application Programming Interface (API) to handle work items of users to which this role has been assigned via remote function calls.
You must assign the above roles to the users if you want them to receive work items from the back-end systems. If you omit this step, the users does not receive any work items from the back-end systems.
You can do the following:
You use a single inbox for multiple back-end systems.
You can deploy the inbox with or without SAP NetWeaver Portal.
For more information, see Inbox (CA-EPT-IBO).