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Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

SRM_APF_IMPR_1

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available As Of

SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP SRM 7.0

Technical Usage

SRM

Application Component

Workflow (SRM-EBP-WFL)

Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

Not relevant

You can use this business function to accelerate your approval processes and optimize them when you use the process-controlled workflow.

Note Note

You can revert this business function. To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. Check whether there are limitations at Customizing switch level. You can find this information in the business function description and in the documentation of the Customizing switch in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management. If there are no limitations, deactivate the Customizing switch or switches in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management.

  2. Run transaction Switch Framework Customizing (SFW5), select the business function, and deselect the Revertible checkbox. To do this, you need special authorizations.

  3. Save and activate your changes.

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Note Note

If you do not deactivate all the Customizing switches assigned to a business function, a warning is issued.

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Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

Type of Component

Component

Is Needed Only for the Following Features

Software Component

SRM_SERVER 701

Features

Asynchronous Processing of Workflow in Final Step

The system can process the final step of a workflow template asynchronously. You can use this function to process documents with a very large number of items more efficiently.

To enhance this function, activate the Customizing switch Asynchronous Processing of Workflow in Final Step (SRM_701_APF_ASYNC_PRC_FINISH) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under:   SRM Server   Cross-Application Basic Settings   Business Workflow   Activate Asynchronous Processing of Workflow  .

Note Note

The Customizing switch Asynchronous Processing of Workflow in Final Step (SRM_701_APF_ASYNC_PRC_FINISH) is compatible with Procurement for Public Sector (PPS) and can be reverted.

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Parallel Approval with Overlapping Responsibility

Two or more agents approving a particular item can now receive the workflow work items in parallel at the same process level. This new function optimizes the approval process, as each agent receives a work item and can process it at any time. If all agents approve a work item, the document moves to the next approval level. If an agent rejects the work item, the approval process is reset and has to be restarted.

Note Note

You can use this function for all purchasing documents.

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To enhance this function, activate the Customizing switch Parallel Approval with Overlapping Responsibility (SRM_701_APF_IN_PARALLEL) in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under:  SRM Server   Cross-Application Basic Settings   Business Workflow   Activate Parallel Approval with Overlapping Responsibility  .

For more information, see Agent Determination.

Note Note

The Customizing switch Parallel Approval with Overlapping Responsibility (SRM_701_APF_IN_PARALLEL) is compatible with Procurement for Public Sector (PPS) and can be reverted.

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