HCM Processes and Forms Unable to approve from NWBC HTML

[Former Member]

Dear All,

I have been unable to "Work item can only be executed using the Portal and the UWL "

Work item can only be executed using the Portal and the UWL"

I have added entries in SWFVISU though this needs to be done only incase of portal, but here we are using NWBC.

My question is can NWBC be used for HCM P&F?, if yes then is this a standard issue which should be reported to SAP.

THanks

Raghavendra Prabhu

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks All,

the issue got resolved by maintaind entries in table IBO_C_WF_TTAC.

[learnsap · Accepted solution]

Hello Raghavendra,

Kindly let us know the details of the entry made in the table IBO_C_WF_TTAC. Currently we are facing the same kind of an issue.

Regards,

Ramesh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Ramesh,

Maintain the task number, incase you are using FPM the task numbers start with 3 if I am right.

for example

ASR_PROCESS_EXECUTE_OVP TS33700021   DISPLAYFORM

ASR_PROCESS_EXECUTE_OVP TS33700022   DISPLAYFORM

ASR_PROCESS_EXECUTE_OVP TS33700023   EDITFORM

this should work.

Regards,

Raghav

[Former Member]

Hi Raghavendra,

Please check the below links regarding HCM process and forms and NWBC

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/42/f273461e5132c3e10000000a1553f6/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_06/helpdata/en/82/b6b94278560c31e10000000a1550b0/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/erp_mss_addon10/helpdata/en/2b/262046193047a68470c78d90ac217e/content.htm

The issue is generally observed due to a problem with UWL XML Configuration. You have to add new task created by you and for this task you have to specify which page you want to open. You have to give PCD path of the page that points to WD Application for your task type.

Some additional information:

If the configuration of the backend system is done such that the work items or tasks from the backend system should be displayed in the UWL then you need to check if they are displayed in the UWL Inbox. The most probable path of the UWL Inbox would be Home   > Work   > Universal Worklist. If the items are configured in such a way that the tasks should appear in the UWL and they are not appearing in the UWL Inbox then I would suggest you have to recheck your UWL configuration again. If you have the configuration so that the approval should be displayed in the Emplyee Self-Service/Manager Self_service tabs on the portal then this is not a portal UWL issue. You may have to check your configuration why they are not appearing under these tabs. The message "Work item can only be executed using the portal and the UWL." seems to me that it says that such kind of work items can only be executed on the portal and the UWL, which means the access to these work items can happen only on the portal UWL. In this scenario if you find the work items in the UWL Inbox try to access them and see if they are accessible.

Mu doubt is that the issue could be with the configuration itself. check if you have configured such that these work items are pulled into the portal UWL and if the configuration is already in place check if the work items are available in the portal UWL or not.

The reason might be that for any reason the items picked up from backend are not displayed in

The UWL iView, although they are pulled from the UWL service itself. This might be due to some setting which you have made within the XMLs existing in the UWL with High priority.

You can temporarily remove this XML file from the UWL and clear the UWL cache and check. Most probably the items will show up in the UWL after doing so.

Regards,

[sahirn]

Hi Raghavendra Prabhu,

You should be able to use HCM P&F with NWBC.

From SAP help

Options for Using the HR Administrator Role

  The HR Administrator role is available in the following versions:

• HR Administrator in SAP NetWeaver Business Client
• HR Administrator in SAP NetWeaver Portal

Please refer here for details.

http://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2012_03/helpdata/en/f4/40e2d7a97441f88ca8deb4ff043652/frameset.htm

For setting up the POWL based inbox in NWBC:

Customizing for Personnel Management, you have made the settings under HR Administrative Services HR Administrator Set Up Display in Central Worklist

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Sahir.

[Former Member]

Thanks Sahir,

The problem is in Naviagtion from POWL I beleive there is some configuration missing in Standard SAP system. and to add to my woes there is no documentation by SAP on this. The POWL navigation does not find the target application and then calls the SAP GUI transaction SWNWIEX instead of the WD Component.

Raghavendra Prabhu

[sahirn]

You are welcome Raghavendra Prabhu.

The issue you are facing is due to POWL inbox not being configured properly for the Approve task.

Sagar Gadre has neatly documented all the details about POWL inbox config for MSS role here:

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-31014

In the config ensure that you are pointing to the latest start application ASR_PROCESS_EXECUTE_OVP as mentioned here http://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2012_03/helpdata/en/c3/aa29031e134f15978c019f6943bbd9/content.htm?fr...

Hope you can resolve the issue with this info.

Regards,

Sahir.

[Former Member]

Hi Sahir,

these are my entries in SPRO

Create or Change Actions

ASR_PROCESS_EXECUTE_OVP      DISPLAYFORM      OBJECTNAVIGATIONLAUNCHER

Define Task Properties

ASR_PROCESS_EXECUTE_OVP      TS33700022   DISPLAYFORM

Assign Actions to Tasks

ASR_PROCESS_EXECUTE_OVP TS33700022   DISPLAYFORM

Is there something I am missing, still things dont work and it calls SWNWIEX

[sahirn]

Check if the task you are using is configured in table IBO_C_WF_TAS.

There are many more configurations surrounding this table.

Please check them. You should able to get it working by setting these up correctly.

These settings I guess are already documented for MSS NWBC role here http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-31014 already.

These settings should have been in place if you are using Adobe forms - together the standard tasks. However for FPM based forms SAP might have missed these entries. In that case you can report this issue to SAP. However you can still configure the settings on your own using corresponding BO_C_WF_*C tables.

Regards,

Sahir.