SAP ABAP IMG Activity DMS_BADI_SWITCH_TOWF (BAdI: Switch Conversion to Workflow)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ LO-PDM (Application Component) Product Data Management
     ⤷ CONV (Package) Conversion of original application files
IMG Activity
ID DMS_BADI_SWITCH_TOWF BAdI: Switch Conversion to Workflow  
Transaction Code S_AC0_52000647   (empty) 
Created on 20050308    
Customizing Attributes DMS_BADI_SWITCH_TOWF   BAdI: Switch Conversion to Workflow 
Customizing Activity DMS_BADI_SWITCH_TOWF   BAdI: Switch Conversion to Workflow 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name CONV_SWITCH_TO_WF    

Use

You can call this Business Add-In (BAdI) when converting original application files for document info records. This activates processing with workflow.

If this BAdI is active with implementation I_CONV_SWITCH_TO_WF, the system uses workflow processing instead of the job logic for converting original application files.

This means that the job queue is no longer blocked by conversion jobs, and the load on the conversion servers is optimized.

You can monitor the conversion entries in database table CONV_FILE.

Requirements

If you want to implement this BAdI, the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:

  • You have defined the Customizing settings for Conversion in Customizing for Document Management under Conversion of Original Application Files.
  • You have defined the Customizing settings for Workflow in Customizing for SAP Web Application Server Customizing under Business Management -> SAP Business Workflow.
  • The tasks of the three workflows (see SAP Note 687 199) must be classified as general tasks (transaction SWDD).

Standard settings

  • As standard, this Business Add-In is not active.
  • This BAdI can be used multiple times.
  • The BAdI is not filter dependent.
  • Standard implementation I_CONV_SWITCH_TO_WF is delivered for the BAdI.

Activities

After you call the IMG activity, the system displays a dialog box where you enter a name for the implementation.

If implementations of this Business Add-In have already been created, the system displays them in a dialog box. You then choose one of them by choosing Create, and continue as follows:

  1. In the dialog box, enter a name for the implementation of the Add-In and choose Create.
    The system displays the initial screen for creating Business Add-In implementations.
  2. On this screen, enter a short description for your implementation in the Implementation Short Text field.
  3. If you choose the Interface tab, you will notice that the system has populated the Name of the Implementing Class field automatically, by assigning a class name based on the name of your implementation.
  4. Save your entries and assign the Add-In to a package.
  5. To edit a method, double-click its name.
  6. Enter your implementation code between the method <Interface Name>~<Name of Method>. and endmethod. statements.
  7. Save and activate your code. Navigate back to the Change Implementation screen.
    Note: You can also create an implementation for an Add-In and not activate it until later. If you want to do this, do not perform the following step:
  8. Choose Activate.
    When the application program is executed, the code you created is run through.

Example

See also:

Methods

Activate Workflow

SAP Note

687199

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 257   Create User Exits 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type E   Business Add-In - Definition 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050308 
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