SAP Workflow Course

Section 12-01: Deadline

November, 2001

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Deadlines

Contents:

• Deadline notification

• Simple deadlines

• Modeled deadlines

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Deadlines: Objectives

At the conclusion of this Section, you will be able to:

• Copy a workflow template

• Set up and test a simple deadline

• Set up and test an express work item

• List options for selected agent routings

• Add a deadline to a workflow step

• Insert a modeled deadline into a workflow definition

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Deadlines: Business Scenario

• The total ‘material’ business process may not exceed 7 days

• The display step is most likely to be late

• Options for late activities on the critical path are ‘simple deadline’ or ‘modeled deadline’

• Integrate both solutions into your workflow for testing

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Simple Deadlines

• Deadlines available:

– Requested start

– Requested end

– Latest start

– Latest end

• Each deadline has:

– Individual referencepoint

– Notification agent formissed deadlines(not for requested start)

– Notification text(not for requested start)

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Example for a Simple Deadline Escalation

Change documents

StepDisplay Material

Org-PlanEngineering unit Designer position Holder: Mary Material Manager position Holder: Frank

Workflow

Recipient

Deadline Agent

Time offsetfor latest end

Material: My_part

Old Material:Original_part

New_part

• Send reminder messageEventEventEventEvent

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Modeling Deadline Monitoring

UserUserDecisionDecision

Result 2Result 1 obsolete latest end reached

Set “Deadline reached“ flag

Set work item to obsolete

Flag set

Work item set to obsolete

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• Terminate old work item and start a new one

Example for a Modeled Deadline Escalation

Change documents

Workflow

Recipient

Recipient

Material: My_part

Old Material:Original_part

New_part

Escalation Step

Too lateToo late

Org-PlanEngineering unit Designer position Holder: Mary Material Manager position Holder: Frank

EventEventEventEvent

StepDisplay Material

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Workflow Wizard for Deadlines

• Workflow wizard available for modeled deadlines

• Deadlines available

– Requested end

– Latest start

– Latest end

• After a few wizard steps, complete obsolete branch to finish deadline

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Deadlines: Summary

• Deadline functionality is integrated in SAP Business Workflow

• There are two options:

– simple deadlines

– modelled deadlines

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