Technical background of shopping cart transfer after approval.

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This blog post is a common answer to the questions, like in the Technical background of SC to PO conversion?

Application controlled workflow

As example an item based Workflow will be taken. As you may know, workflow template for item-based process is WS14500015.

Check here: Defining Conditions for Workflow in SAP SRM - Supplier Relationship Management - SCN Wiki, at  the end of the article.

Let's check, how the workflow looks like in Workflow Builder (Transaction SWDD).

At the end there is a step, called No Approval Required, make a double click on it. You'll see, it is a subworkflow WS10400051.

Make a double click on workflow id. A new window is opened with Workflow structure.

Here You'll see a number of brunches, depending on shopping cart/workflow status. You need a brunch Approval, make a double click on the first element.

You'll see the workflow task TS10007991.

Double click on it, you'll jump to transaction PFTC - workflow task overview.

Now you see, that the method SETRELEASED of Business Object BUS2121 is called.

Make a double click on SETRELEASED to just into Business Object Maintenance transaction (SWO1).

Select method SetReleased and click on "Program" button - You'll jump to method implementation.

In the method implementation you can see, that the function module BBP_PD_SC_STATUS_CHANGE_WF is called. Jump into.

In this function module two other function modules called in a queue: BBP_PD_SC_STATUS_CHANGE and BBP_PD_SC_SAVE.

First sets the status to released, and the second saves the changes and triggers the transfer. Let's see how.

Navigate to: BBP_PD_SC_SAVE=>BBP_PROCDOC_SAVE=>PERFORM procdoc_save=>PERFORM procdoc_ev_and_output_create.

In this form routine you can find following lines of code:

CASE p_object_type.

     WHEN c_shop.

*   - Start transfer if shopping cart has been now released

*   - status released can also be set several times during update for

*     external demands in BAPI or while changing a SC which is already

*     in the SOCO by an employee

*   - transfr should not start if the SC is changed by the purchaser in

*     the SOCO

       IF l_sc_released_active EQ c_on AND

          l_deleted_active     EQ c_off.

         IF l_old_sc_released_active EQ c_off OR

            ( iv_usertype EQ c_wf_employee

               AND iv_subtype NE c_subtype_er ) OR

            ( iv_usertype EQ c_wf_extreq_bapi

               AND iv_subtype EQ c_subtype_er ).

           CLEAR ls_xitem.

           IF x_itmigp[] IS NOT INITIAL.

             READ TABLE x_itmigp INTO ls_xitem INDEX 1.

           ENDIF.

*   check if RFQ will be created in eSOA

           IF ls_xitem-source_rel_ind <> gc_rfq_from_sc_esoa.

*   released active for shopping cart?

             CALL FUNCTION 'BBP_PROCDOC_TRANSFER'

               EXPORTING

                 i_guid        = p_guid

                 i_object_type = p_object_type

                 i_no_commit   = c_on.

           ENDIF.

         ENDIF.

       ENDIF.

So, here is the function module BBP_PROCDOC_TRANSFER is called. This function module moves shopping cart further.

Process Controlled Workflow

Process controlled workflow uses a workflow template WS40000014. Let's check it via SWDD.

Almost at the end of workflow you'll see a workflow task, named "Handle Process Finish". Make a double click on it.

You'll see workflow task TS40007947 - jump into it.

Here you see the handler: /SAPSRM/CL_WF_PROCESS_MGR_SBWF->FINISH_PROCESS.

Then you go through:

/SAPSRM/CL_WF_PROCESS_MGR_SBWF->FINISH_PROCESS

/SAPSRM/CL_WF_PROCESS_MANAGER->FINISH_PROCESS

There you can find th call

"------ Delegate handling of finished process to PDO Facade.

   io_wf_pdo->handle_process_finished(

     iv_process_status = iv_process_status

     iv_agent_id       = lv_agent_id

   ).

In case of shopping cart it should be the class /SAPSRM/CL_WF_PDO_SC, check the implementation of the method HANDLE_PROCESS_FINISHED of the class /SAPSRM/CL_WF_PDO.

It will be not the /SAPSRM/CL_WF_PDO_SC, because it has no own implementation and the parent implementation of the /SAPSRM/CL_WF_PDO is called.

In the implementation, you'll find the call

*     Delegate handling of process finish to pdo_adv

       lo_pdo_adv->handle_process_finished(

         iv_username        = iv_agent_id

         iv_process_status  = iv_process_status

       ).

For the shopping cart the lo_pdo_adv will be /SAPSRM/CL_PDO_BO_SC_ADV.

Check the implementation /SAPSRM/CL_PDO_BO_SC_ADV->/SAPSRM/IF_PDO_ADV_BASE~HANDLE_PROCESS_FINISHED

RELEASE nethod calls the function modules BBP_PROCDOC_STATUS_CHANGE and BBP_PROCDOC_SAVE in a queue.

Then you have following queue: BBP_PROCDOC_SAVE=>PERFORM procdoc_save=>PERFORM procdoc_ev_and_output_create.

And further the logic works the same way as for application controlled workflow.

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