Workflow for SAP S/4HANA

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4932-2428-9
Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 686 Seiten, Format (B × H): 186 mm x 259 mm, Gewicht: 1600 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS: englisch

Whether you’re running on-premise SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud, get the tools you need to automate your business processes with workflows! Build methods and tasks, define workflows and triggering events, and create notifications with SAP Business Workflow. Walk step by step through standard and custom workflow development using SAP S/4HANA’s flexible workflows. Design and deploy cloud-ready workflows with SAP Business Application Studio and SAP Build Process Automation. This is the only workflow guide you need!

Highlights include:

1) SAP Business Workflow
2) SAP Build Process Automation
3) Flexible workflows
4) Tasks, methods, and steps
5) Business rules
6) Notifications
7) SAP Business Application Studio
8) SAP Master Data Governance
9) BRFplus
10) Migration
11) Administration
12) Integration

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dutta, Sabyasachi

Ghosh, Nilay

Goon, Kousik

Jana, Sandip

Mukherjee, Arindam

Rao, Srinivas

Rao, Yogeendar

Sane, Yogesh

Veshala, Naveen

Viswanathan, Kiran

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP

Inhaltsverzeichnis

. Preface. 19

. Target Audience. 19

. Objective of This Book. 20

. How to Read This Book. 21

1. Getting Started. 23

1.1. Workflows in SAP S/4HANA. 23

1.2. Workflows in SAP Business Technology Platform. 32

1.3. Workflow Development Tools. 34

1.4. Identity and Access Management. 45

1.5. Summary. 48

Part I. SAP Business Workflow for SAP S/4HANA. 49

2. Introduction to Classical Workflows. 51

2.1. Evolution of Classical Workflows. 51

2.2. Standard Workflows. 53

2.3. Configuring the SAP Business Workflow System. 56

2.4. Activating and Deactivating Standard Workflows. 70

2.5. Configuring Agents for Standard Workflows. 72

2.6. When to Develop a Custom Workflow. 73

2.7. Summary. 75

3. Building Methods and Tasks. 77

3.1. Business Object Repository Approach. 78

3.2. ABAP Class Approach. 116

3.3. Task Definition. 130

3.4. Summary. 137

4. Defining Workflows and Adding Steps. 139

4.1. Workflow Builder. 139

4.2. Common Workflow Steps. 144

4.3. Adding Tasks. 154

4.4. Containers and Bindings. 160

4.5. Multiline Elements and Dynamic Parallel Processing. 167

4.6. Deadline Definition. 169

4.7. Summary. 176

5. Defining and Triggering Events. 177

5.1. Event Triggering Techniques. 178

5.2. Event Creators, Receivers, and Event Linkage. 198

5.3. Start Conditions in Workflows. 203

5.4. Terminating Events and Instance Linkage. 207

5.5. Check Function Module and Receiver Function Module for Events. 210

5.6. Summary. 212

6. Agent Determination. 213

6.1. Different Types of Agents in Workflow. 214

6.2. Agent Determination Rules. 220

6.3. Possible Agents in Tasks and Default Rules. 234

6.4. Organizational Structure Definition and Linking to Workflow Agents. 237

6.5. Summary. 239

7. Email Notifications and Other Runtime Jobs. 241

7.1. Prerequisites for Setting Up Email Notifications in Workflow. 241

7.2. Classical Work Item Email Notifications via Program RSWUWFML2. 244

7.3. Extended Notification Configuration with Program SWNCONFIG. 252

7.4. Adding Inbox and Work Item URL Links to Workflow Work Item Notifications. 262

7.5. Additional Workflow Runtime Jobs. 264

7.6. Summary. 265

8. Workflow Administration, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting. 267

8.1. Workflow Log. 268

8.2. Workflow Administration. 274

8.3. Workflow Error Diagnosis and Resolution. 279

8.4. Workflow Inbox and Features. 283

8.5. Substitution and Automatic Forwarding. 289

8.6. Display Dynamic Labels for Tasks to Display in Business Workplace. 299

8.7. Event Trace and Event Queue Administration. 301

8.8. Process Incoming Documents with ArchiveLink. 305

8.9. Summary. 310

9. Application Link Enabling and Reporting. 313

9.1. Error Handling during IDoc Processing. 314

9.2. Active Monitoring. 327

9.3. Common Workflow Data Tables. 329

9.4. Common Workflow Application Programming Interfaces. 330

9.5. Workflow Reporting. 331

9.6. Implementing Program Exits to Capture Data from Workflow Steps. 335

9.7. Summary. 339

10. BRFplus. 341

10.1. Introduction to BRFplus. 341

10.2. Integrating BRFplus Applications in SAP Business Workflow. 347

10.3. Summary. 356

11. Integrating Workflows with User Interface Applications and External Applications. 357

11.1. My Inbox App Overview. 357

11.2. Workflow Task Integration with User Interface Applications. 359

11.3. Email Templates in SAP S/4HANA. 373

11.4. Integrating External Applications with SAP Business Workflow. 373

11.5. Summary. 374

12. Migrating SAP ERP Workflows to SAP S/4HANA. 375

12.1. Migration Options from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA. 376

12.2. Conversion Projects (Brownfield). 378

12.3. New Implementation Projects (Greenfield) and Selective Data Transition. 384

12.4. Summary. 389

13. Workflow in SAP Master Data Governance. 391

13.1. Introduction to SAP Master Data Governance. 392

13.2. Business Partner Workflows. 419

13.3. Finance Workflows. 431

13.4. Material Workflows. 436

13.5. Summary. 437

Part II. Flexible Workflow in SAP S/4HANA. 439

14. Introduction to Flexible Workflow. 441

14.1. Authorizations and SAP Fiori Applications Required for Development. 442

14.2. Flexible Workflow Scenarios. 443

14.3. Migrating to Flexible Workflows. 446

14.4. Setting Up a Standard Flexible Workflow Scenario. 447

14.5. Extending the Standard Flexible Scenario. 460

14.6. Summary. 461

15. Custom Scenario Development. 463

15.1. Workflow Class Development. 463

15.2. Business Objects. 470

15.3. Scenario Development. 473

15.4. Create a Workflow Template Using the Manage Workflows App. 490

15.5. Initiating the Custom Flexible Workflow. 497

15.6. My Inbox Integration. 498

15.7. Troubleshooting. 501

15.8. Summary. 504

16. SAP Fiori Applications for Flexible Workflow. 505

16.1. Adaptation Transport Organizer Setup. 505

16.2. Maintain Email Templates App. 507

16.3. Notification Features. 510

16.4. Manage Teams and Responsibilities App. 514

16.5. Transporting Extensions. 515

16.6. Summary. 520

Part III. Workflows with SAP Business Technology Platform. 521

17. Introduction to SAP Build Process Automation. 523

17.1. Overview. 523

17.2. Typical Use Cases for SAP S/4HANA. 524

17.3. System and Service Requirements. 525

17.4. Setting Up the Required Services. 526

17.5. Working with the Workflow Cockpit. 532

17.6. Security. 535

17.7. Troubleshooting. 536

17.8. Summary. 537

18. Process Development. 539

18.1. Workflow Design Techniques. 540

18.2. Creating a Workflow Using SAP Business Application Studio. 541

18.3. Creating a Workflow Using Process Builder. 567

18.4. Building and Deploying the Project. 595

18.5. Destination Configuration with Authentication. 598

18.6. Transport Management. 602

18.7. Using APIs for SAP Build Process Automation. 605

18.8. Design a Process/Workflow for the Use Case. 607

18.9. Summary. 634

19. Process Visibility. 635

19.1. Configuring Process Visibility. 636

19.2. Testing the Process Visibility Scenario. 652

19.3. Process Monitoring and Real-Time Insights. 653

19.4. Add Workflow Actions to the Dashboard. 654

19.5. Using Application Programming Interfaces for Process Visibility. 660

19.6. Summary. 662

20. Task Processing with My Inbox. 663

20.1. My Inbox for SAP Business Technology Platform. 664

20.2. SAP Task Center. 670

20.3. Summary. 673

. The Authors. 675

. Index. 679

Über Autor(innen)

Goon, Kousik
Kousik Goon is globally acknowledged technical leader in the SAP practice at IBM Consulting. He has more than 18 years of experience working in the SAP technology stack, where he started from SAP R/3 and progressed to SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, and other SAP on-premise and cloud solutions.
He has held several technical leadership roles in IBM, both for global client projects and internal strategic programs. He was instrumental in setting up SAP UX/Mobile and SAP BTP practice in IBM’s largest global delivery center in India. In addition to his role as integration and extension architect in a large, global SAP S/4HANA transformation program, Kousik is the key subject matter expert for SAP S/4HANA extensions and integrations at IBM. A core member of IBM’s SAP Global CTO Network, and a frequent speaker, he can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kousikgoon.

Sane, Yogesh
Yogesh Sane

Mukherjee, Arindam
Arindam Mukherjee is a senior technical architect and consultant working with IBM for close to 17 years. He specializes in in SAP Business Workflow, ABAP, ABAP development for SAP HANA, OData, and SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics technologies. Arindam is an established subject matter expert in SAP Business Workflow space, implementing workflow solutions for several global SAP customers, as well as driving the growth of the workflow competency and knowledge base content for classic workflows at IBM. Arindam is also an expert in flexible workflow with SAP S/4HANA., SAP Fiori, and OData integration, and has led multiple SAP S/4HANA implementations by engaging in end-to-end solution design, development, and support.

Rao, Srinivas
Srinivas Rao is an application architect with the SAP practice at IBM, with more than 16 years of consulting experience. He is passionate about and has extension expertise in clean core solutions. He is certified in SAP BTP extensions and integration. He has extensive experience in delivering complex SAP S/4HANA implementations projects with varied experience in solution, build, and delivery. He is also passionate about automations and has won an SAP Workflow Management Hack2Build. He can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-rao-58275311/

Jana, Sandip
Sandip Jana is a global technical leader in the SAP practice at IBM Consulting. He has more than 22 years of experience in enterprise architecture, system landscape design, and simplification across different SAP technology platforms, both on-premise and in the cloud. He has led different IBM strategic offerings, helping customers embark on their SAP S/4HANA journey.
He has held the lead architect role in different SAP transformation projects, in several global template and country roll out programs. Sandip is currently leading the SAP technical practice at the IBM global delivery center in India and is responsible for capability building in new dimensional technical areas. He leads IBM’s unique offering SAP Hana Impact Assessment, which guides customers on their SAP S/4HANA transformation journey. He is also the global lead of IBM’s unique SAP S/4HANA transformation offering, IBM Rapid Move. A core member of IBM’s SAP Global CTO Network, and a frequent speaker, he can be reached at www.linkedin.com/in/sandip-jana.

Ghosh, Nilay
Nilay Ghosh is a globally-acknowledged technical leader in the SAP practice at IBM Consulting. He has more than 20 years of experience working in the SAP technology stack, where he started from SAP R/3 and progressed to SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, and numerous other SAP on-premise and cloud solutions.
He has held several technical leadership roles in IBM, both for global client projects and internal strategic programs. He set up the SAP eSOA, SAP UX/Mobile, and SAP BTP practice in IBM’s largest global delivery center in India. In addition to his role as lead architect in a large, global SAP S/4HANA transformation program, Nilay is the currently chief architect for all intelligent workflows developed under the strategic Evolution Program between SAP and IBM. A core member of IBM’s SAP Global CTO Network, and a frequent speaker with a few patents on his name, he can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilay-ghosh/.

Viswanathan, Kiran
Kiran Viswanathan is a technical architect and senior consultant with more than 21 years of extensive experience in sap user experience, mobility, and sap business technology platform. He has played the roles of user experience and extensibility solution consultant, and technical delivery manager for multiple client engagement across industries in their sap s/4hana implementations. He leads and manages the SAP UX, mobility, and SAP BTP practice at the IBM India global delivery center. In addition, he is an architect and the realization lead in IBM’s strategic Evolution Program for developing intelligent workflows for several industry use cases. He can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiran-viswanathan/

Rao, Yogeendar
Yogeendar Rao is a senior SAP S/4HANA technical consultant at IBM India. He has more than 10 years of global SAP consulting experience, with expertise in ABAP development for SAP HANA, SAP Business Workflow, flexible workflows, SAP HR with ABAP, OData, and SAP Conversational AI. He has worked on different enterprise digital transformation projects and delivered technical use cases for various global SAP customers, with his proficiency in ABAP development for SAP HANA and SAP Business Workflow. He is an expert in flexible workflow and its integration with SAP Fiori applications and has designed and extended flexible workflows in many SAP S/4HANA implementations. Yogeendar can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogeendar-rao/.

Veshala, Naveen
Naveen Veshala is a senior SAP application architect and consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the SAP technical domain. He has worked at IBM for close to 18 years, where he specializes in SAP S/4HANA, SAP Gateway, SAP Fiori, flexible workflow, ABAP, and SAP ERP. Naveen is an established subject matter expert in IBM’s SAP practice, where his focus in SAP S/4HANA, flexible workflow, and OData. He has contributed to the SAP Community, where he publishes blog posts about flexible workflow in SAP S/4HANA. He has led multiple SAP S/4HANA implementations by engaging in end-to-end solution design, development, and support. Naveen can be reached at LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/naveenveshala.