Approval Process Overview tab?

[Former Member]

Hello,

I'm trying to work out how to populate the approver list table on the Approval Process Overview tab.

We are on SRM7.0 SP7 using a custom application controlled workflow.

The approvers are determined correctly but the approver preview list is not populated.

I have created a container element Approver_List (type BBP_WFL_APPROVAL_TABLE) and populated with approvers like the N-step BADI does but this is not being displayed.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
John

[ramki_maley]

Hello John,

Is this a brand new SRM implementation or an upgrade?

• If this is an upgrade, you should take a look at one of the existing approval workflow templates and see how agents are assigned to the approval tasks. It's been ages since I used ACWF. If I remember right, the agent assignment container element has to be a BOR object type AAGENT. You will need to create your own BOR object by copying the standard AAGENT and implement the agent determination logic.
• If this is a brand new implementation, can you say why you decided on ACWF rather than using the PCWF? You should still be able to find a standard ACWF and look at  the agent determination logic.

Cheers,

Ramki.

[Former Member]

Hello Ramki,

I'm able to determine the agents correctly, and the dialog workitems are going to the approval agents but the approval process overview tab (approval preview) is not being populated when creating the shopping cart.

Thanks

John

[ramki_maley]

Hello John,

I did understand that your workflow is working as expected but the preview is not. For the Approval Preview to work, you need to implement a process similar to the standard in SRM as Approval Preview is available in SRM but not in ECC. As stated in my initial reply, please review a standard SAP  SRM approval workflow and compare the properties of the Agent assignment of the approval tasks. Please paste the following from the standard and the custom workflow for the approval task.

Cheers,

Ramki.

[Former Member]

Hello Ramki,

The custom approval task looks like:

and the custom actual agent looks like:

And the standard task looks like:

and the standard agent looks like:

Thanks for your assistance.

John

[ramki_maley]

Hello John,

I don't think the standard task & standard agent you shown above is actually part of standard approval workflow template.

Workflow Template WS10000031 is standard application controlled Two-step approval for shopping cart. The below screen shot is from a SRM 7.01 system (this hasn't changed from SRM 3). Please note the agent assignment expression properties. The element AGENTS is an attribute of BOR object ASBMANOFMA and the agent determination logic is in the attribute implementation. You will need to create your own BOR object by copying the standard and implementing the agent logic appropriately.

Good Luck!

Ramki.

PS: I still like to know why you decided on ACWF rather than using the PCWF?

[Former Member]

Hello Rami,

The standard tasks above are from the N-Step BADI tasks (WS14000133). I will check the approval task in the workflow WS10000031 and compare.

The customer decided on using ACWF - they have other ACWFs and the skills to support ACWFs.

Thanks

John

[ramki_maley]

Hi John,

Does your custom workflow also use the N-Step BAdI? The preview process might be dealing with the BAdI differently.

Cheers,

Ramki.