Triggering a worklow from abap

[Sandra_Rossi]

Hi All ,

I have a requirement where i have to trigger a workflow form my custom program ,such that after creating purchase document the creator hast to send mail with attachments to all the vendors who are related to collective number which we are giving as input and after the approval it has to trigger a smart form , well my concern is how do i pass the data from the program to workflow , how will the binding happen and How can I Trigger workflow from my selection screen

. Your suggestion will be very helpful to me .

[Sandra_Rossi]

"Triggering a worklow from abap" is a good start for searching the web!

[RaymondGiuseppi]

First try to search with keywords like abap trigger workflow (There are already dozens of wiki and hundreds of thread) You should also search in online help, look for SWE_EVENT_CREATE or SAP_WAPI_CREATE_EVENT (seems you missed the EVENT concept)

Regards,
Raymond