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Defining Custom Rules for use in SAP Workflow

ByRaghavaVakada,MouriTechSolutions

IwouldliketoexplainaboutcreatingcustomrulesinSAPWorkflow.Therulescanbecreatedor
changedusingthestandardSAPtransactionPFAC.Oncetherulesarecreatedyoucancallthese
rulesinanyworkflowviatherulecontainer.
InthisarticleIamcreatingarule,whichwillfindtheusersbasedonPositionid.Ihavecreateda
custom function module ZWF_FIND_USERS which will return me back a position under Asset
Analyst(HRP1001SOBID).Thecustomfunctioncreatedshouldhavethesameinterfaceasthat
oftheSAPstandardfunctionmoduleRH_GET_ACTORS.Thefollowingtableparametershaveto
existinthecustomfunctionmodule.
ACTOR_TABSTRUCTURESWHACTOR
AC_CONTAINERSTRUCTURESWCONT
Followingisthefunctionmodulecode:
FUNCTIONZWF_FIND_USERS.
*"
*"*"LocalInterface:
*"TABLES
*"ACTOR_TABSTRUCTURESWHACTOR
*"AC_CONTAINERSTRUCTURESWCONT
*"EXCEPTIONS
*"NOAGENT_FOUND
*"
INCLUDE<CNTN01>.
DATA:POSITION_IDLIKEZBUSAREAOBJID,
LT_HOLDERSTYPESTANDARDTABLEOFSWHACTOR,
LWA_HOLDERSTYPESWHACTOR,
LWA_USERSTYPESTANDARDTABLEOFHRP1001,
WA_USERSTYPEHRP1001,
NUM_LINESTYPEI.
*Readvaluesassignedtotherulecriteria
SWC_GET_ELEMENTAC_CONTAINER'POSITION_ID'POSITION_ID.
SELECT*FROMHRP1001INTOtableLWA_USERS
WHEREOBJID=POSITION_ID.
IFNOTLWA_USERSISINITIAL.
REFRESHLT_HOLDERS[].
loopatLWA_USERSintoWA_USERS.
CondenseWA_USERSSOBID.
LWA_HOLDERSOTYPE='US'.
LWA_HOLDERSOBJID=WA_USERSSOBID.
APPENDLWA_HOLDERSTOLT_HOLDERS.
APPENDLINESOFLT_HOLDERSTOACTOR_TAB.
endloop.
ENDIF.
DESCRIBETABLEACTOR_TABLINESNUM_LINES.
IFNUM_LINESISINITIAL.
RAISENOAGENT_FOUND.
ENDIF.
ENDFUNCTION.

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Gotothe"ContainerTab"andcreateacontainerelementforthePositionidwhichwillbepassed
tothefunctionmodule

Our rule is created now. You can test the rule within the PFAC transaction by clicking the
"Simulation" button on the application toolbar. Now this rule is ready to be used in any workflow
accordingtoyourrequirementviatherulecontaineroftheworkflow.

EnterthePositionId,whichiscreatedin(PPOCW)

ItdisplaysAssetAnalysts(users)intheRuleresolutionresult

Nowyoucanusethisruleinanyofyourworkflowdefinitions.

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