"Workflow
for SAP S/4HANA (SAP PRESS)"
by Sven Denecken
(Author), Jan Musil (Author), Srivatsan Santhanam (Author).
Whether you're running on-premise SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud, get the tools you need to automate your business processes with workflows! Build methods and tasks, define workflows and triggering events, and create notifications with SAP Business Workflow. Walk step-by-step through standard and custom workflow development using SAP S/4HANA's flexible workflows. Design and deploy cloud-ready workflows with SAP Business Application Studio and SAP Build Process Automation. This is the only workflow guide you need!
Develop, design, deploy, and manage workflows for SAP S/4HANA
- Use the SAP Business Workflow engine and flexible workflow frameworks
- Develop cloud-based workflows with SAP Build Process Automation
- Tasks, methods, steps, triggering events, agent determination rules, notifications—get all the information you need to create the building blocks of workflows.
- Then learn to administer and monitor workflows, automate ALE processes, integrate with external applications, migrate SAP ERP workflows to SAP S/4HANA, and more.
- Set up standard flexible workflows with the Manage Workflow app.
- For custom workflows, walk through developing classes and interfaces, maintaining business objects, and transferring workflow scenarios across different landscapes.
- Design, build, and deploy workflows with SAP Build Process Automation and SAP Business Application Studio.
- Set up automation scenarios, implement process visibility, and perform task processing.
- SAP Business Workflow
- Flexible workflows
- Tasks, methods, and steps
- Business rules
- Notifications
- SAP Business Application Studio
- SAP Master Data Governance
- BRFplus
- Migration
- Administration
- Integration
The objective of this book is to provide you with a thorough and practical manual that equips you with the knowledge and skills required to design, implement, and optimize successful and effective workflow solutions within the SAP environment. The book aims to accomplish the following objectives:
Understanding Workflow Concepts in SAP
The book introduces you to the fundamental concepts of workflow in SAP and delves deep into various workflow options available in SAP, such as classical workflow, flexible workflow, SAP Workflow Management (soon to be retired), and the latest option, SAP Build Process Automation. It explores the architecture, terminology, and components of each option, helping you understand their usage.
Workflow Design and Configuration
The book guides you through designing and configuring workflows in each of the aforementioned options. It covers workflow templates, steps, tasks, and decision logic, empowering you to create workflows tailored to your specific business processes.
SAP Business Workflow
For technical readers, the book explores the development aspects of SAP Business Workflow, covering ABAP coding, user exits, event triggers, and integrating custom functionality with workflows.
Flexible Workflow
The book dives into the concept of flexible workflow introduced in SAP S/4HANA, explaining how it differs from SAP Business Workflow, why it is called flexible workflow, the value it offers to business users, and its applications.
SAP Build Process Automation
For those interested in process automation, the book explores automation techniques and best practices, using SAP Build Process Automation as a tool to streamline and optimize business processes.
Workflow Integration with SAP Applications
The book demonstrates how to integrate SAP Business Workflow with various SAP applications, such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, and SAP BTP, to enable seamless end-to-end business processes. It also covers advanced topics such as parallel processing, escalation handling, dynamic decision routing, and event-driven workflows to address complex workflow scenarios.
Best Practices and Optimization
The book provides best practices to ensure efficient workflow design, performance optimization, and tips for troubleshooting and error handling.
Latest Trends and Innovations
To keep you up-to-date, the book covers
the latest trends, innovations, and future roadmap for the different variants
of workflow technology in SAP, including cloud-based workflows and integration
with emerging technologies such as machine learning.
| Author's background and qualifications
Sabyasachi Dutta is a senior SAP application architect and consultant with more than 17 years of experience in the SAP technical domain. At IBM, he serves as a product lead for ABAP. He has held various technical roles in end-to-end SAP implementation projects for global clients from a range of industries. Sabyasachi has played a key role in building the SAP HANA technical competency at CIC India. Nilay Ghosh is a globally acknowledged technical leader for the SAP practice at IBM Consulting. He has more than 20 years of experience working with SAP’s technology stack, including SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, and other on-premise and cloud products. He has held several technical leadership roles at IBM for both global client projects and internal strategic programs. Kousik Goon is a globally acknowledged technical leader in the SAP practice at IBM Consulting. He has more than 18 years of experience working with SAP’s technology stack, including SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, and other on-premise and cloud products. He has held several technical leadership roles at IBM for both global client projects and internal strategic programs. Sandip Jana is a global technical leader for the SAP practice area at IBM Consulting. He has more than 22 years of experience with enterprise architecture, system landscape design, and simplifications for different SAP technology platforms, both on-premise and in the cloud. He has led various IBM strategic offerings to help customers embark on their SAP S/4HANA journey. He has been the lead architect for global SAP transformation projects. Arindam Mukherjee is a senior technical architect and consultant who has worked for IBM for more than 17 years, specializing in SAP Business Workflow, ABAP, ABAP on SAP HANA, OData, and SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics. Srinivas Rao is an application architect for the SAP practice at IBM with more than 16 years of consulting experience. He is passionate about clean core solutions and has extensive expertise with them. He holds SAP certifications for SAP Cloud Platform extensions and SAP Cloud Platform integration. Yogeendar Rao is a senior SAP S/4HANA technical consultant working for IBM India. He has more than 10 years of global SAP consulting experience, with expertise in ABAP on SAP HANA, SAP Business Workflow, flexible workflows, OData, and SAP Conversational AI. Yogesh Sane is a subject matter expert and a senior consultant at IBM with more than 20 years of experience in implementing SAP solutions, including SAP R/3, SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and Business Technology Platform, for clients in multiple regions and industries. Yogesh leads the master data governance delivery center at IBM India and has implemented SAP Master Data Governance for a number of clients. Naveen Veshala is a senior SAP application architect and consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the SAP technical domain. He has worked for IBM for close to 18 years, specializing in SAP S/4HANA, SAP Gateway, SAP Fiori, flexible workflows, ABAP, and SAP ERP. Naveen is an established subject matter expert within IBM’s SAP practice, where his main focus is SAP S/4HANA, flexible workflows, and OData. Kiran Viswanathan is a technical
architect and senior consultant with more than 21 years of extensive experience
in SAP user experience, mobility, SAP Business Technology Platform, orchestration,
and integration. He has experience as a user experience and extensibility
solution consultant and as a technical delivery manager for multiple clients
across numerous industries for their SAP S/4HANA implementations.
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