Event Creator 

Use

You can use an event creator () to trigger an event or a local event. A wait step can be used to wait for an event or local event.

Event

You can use an event for the following purposes:

·        To start other workflows or tasks.

To do so, the event must be entered as a triggering event for the relevant workflow or task.

·        As a terminating event of a task.

·        For internal communication and synchronization.

Local Event

A local event can start a local workflow. You define the local event in the version-dependent basic data of the workflow.

Features

At runtime the system creates an event in accordance with your specifications. The system also caters for the workflow system elements in the event container automatically.

If the event container contains other, non-standard elements, you must define a binding from the workflow container to the event container.

Activities

Enter a name for the step and the outcome on the Control tab page.

Trigger Event

The following fields are available for an event:

·        Container element

This container element of the workflow container must contain an object reference. The referenced object is the object to which the event refers.

If the event is created at runtime, the system writes this object reference into the container element _Evt_Object in the event container.

·        BOR object type or class

In the left screen area, the system displays whether the type of object referred to in the container element is a BOR object type or an ABAP class. The right screen area contains the name of the object type or class.

·        Event

The system creates this event when the workflow is executed. The event must be defined for the object type or class.

Select  to see whether all the receivers you expected were started. For more information, see Event Simulation .

Trigger Local Event

Select the local event to be triggered.