SAP ABAP Data Element POC_RELATIONSHIP (Relationship of Activities)
Hierarchy
SAP_BS_FND (Software Component) SAP Business Suite Foundation
   CA-EPT-POC (Application Component) Process Orchestration for Built-In Processes
     BS_POC_MODEL (Package) Process Orchestration - Process and Facade Definitions
Basic Data
Data Element POC_RELATIONSHIP
Short Description Relationship of Activities  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type TEXT60    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 60    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 60    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Relation. 
Medium 20 Relationship 
Long 40 Relationship of the Related Activities 
Heading 20 Relationship 
Documentation

Definition

Indicates the kind of relationship that related activities have.

Activities can have the following relationships:

  • Predecessor
  • Successor
  • Inbound
  • Outbound

Use

Dependencies

Example

In system S1, you configure the Purchase Order Processing process.

In system S2, you configure the following sequence of activities for the Sales Order Processing process:

  1. Create Inquiry
  2. Create Quotation
  3. Create Sales Order
  4. Create Outbound Delivery

The following Relationship of Activities settings exist in system S2 for the Create Sales Order activity:

  • Create Quotation is the Predecessor activity
  • Create Outbound Delivery is the Successor activity

The following Relationship of Activities settings exist:

  • S1 and S2 are part of the federation scenario, the Release Purchase Order activity in S1 triggers the Create Sales Order activity in S2.
  • Create Sales Order is the Outbound activity for the Release Purchase Order in system S1.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130604 
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