SAP Workflow approval using Mobile

[Former Member]

Hi All,

This is the requirement.

Currently the PO approval is done using the SAP Workflows and the users have to login to the system everytime to approve it.Instead they would like do the approvals from Mobile Handheld device ( iPhones,iPads,Blackberry).

So can this be achieved?

We would like the users to get their email in their handheld device and perform the approval process using the mobile apps instead.

Do we have any existing Mobile applications already in use for this or do we need to develop using NWDS and then deploy in Mobile engine?

Or do we need to think some other components like Duet to achieve this ?

Please let me know your thoughts on this.Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Collins

[Former Member]

Dear All,

any update on this?

Many thanks and Regards

Bob

[Mark_Teichmann]

Hi Bob,

currently I am developing a solution for even this scenario. I use the standard workflow for PR approval. I then use some logic to make the workflows available via a REST interface (using a service in ICF that I created) and consume it via Rhomobile.

Here are some blogs that shed some light on the architecture of my solution:

At first you need to build a RESTful webservice (you can find help also on CodeExchange for this):

[RESTful webservices in ABAP using a generic controller|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/14592]

Here you can see how I consume the service (this can be done in many different ways, e.g. you can consume the webservice directly on your mobile device or use Sybase SUP or whatever you like)

[Building a Cross-Platform Mobile App with rhomobile|https://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/27976]

There might be ready to use mobile apps available but the SAP apps need SUP to be installed.

The whole ABAP code for this solution can be developed in a few days. For the mobile part it depends on your required target devices and on the used infrastructure.

Good luck,

Mark

[Former Member]

Hi Mark,

thank you very much for your explanation.

Best Regards

Bob