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Configure Flexible Workflow for Purchase Requisition
The flexible workflow is a general function that allows you to define condition-based workflows for approval processes. The flexible workflow for purchase requisitions allows you to define one-step or multi-step approval processes for purchase requisitions according to your requirements. Approvers can then approve or reject corresponding work items in the app My Inbox.
You can do the following with App Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions:
· Define preconditions for a workflow. The preconditions that you can select are determined based on whether the workflow is for the overall release or item-level release of a purchase requisition.
Note: The document type NB is for item level approval and document type NBS is for header level approval. These settings can be changed in the Activate Flexible Workflow for Purchase Requisitions app under the Manage Your Solution app.
· Determine the approver of the workflow, for example, the manager of the last approver, or directly assign a specific user.
· Add new workflows, copy existing ones or modify them according to your requirements.
· Define the order in which the preconditions of existing workflows are checked.
· Activate or deactivate a workflow.
· The app Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions – Obsolete as of 2005 is planned to be deprecated with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2005, so we recommended that you use app Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions New.
· Currently PR comes from MRP Lives will not trigger flexible workflow.
· Purchase Requisition doesn’t allow to edit if the status of PR is Rejected.
Import Employees
The employee data for PR creator and approval must be existed in system.
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What to do |
When importing employees into your system, you can also import the relationships of managers and employees. Doing this is a mandatory prerequisite if you want to use recipient determination rules such as “Manager of Workflow Initiator”, “Manager of Last Approver” and “Manager of Workflow Initiator‘s Manager” for your workflows. This is not required if you use Accounting Object Responsible to determine the recipient. |
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Where to do it |
In the app Import Employees, before you import the employee data. |
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Required role |
Administrator (SAP_BR_ADMINISTRATOR) |
PR Related APP:
Manage Purchase Requisitions – Professional
Create Purchase Requisition-Advanced
Business Case1:
The purchase requisition only for Self-Service Procurement needs flexible workflow process, and no approval process is needed for others like direct procurement case.
Ø Total net amount of purchase requisition is smaller than 500 EUR, then the PR approved automatically.
Ø Total net amount of purchase requisition is equal to or greater than 500 EUR and smaller than to 6000 EUR, then the PR needs to be approved by the
manager of PR creator.
Ø Total net amount of purchase requisition is equal to or greater than 6000 EUR, then the PR needs to be approved by the manager of manager of PR creator.
The following release condition for purchasing approval is carried out for Self-Service Procurement:
Overview Table
The documentation consists of configuration steps provided in the table below.
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App |
Business Role |
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Configure Flexible Workflow for Purchase Requisitions |
Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions New |
SAP_BR_ BPC_EXPERT |
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Approval Purchase requisition |
My Inbox |
SAP_BR_MANAGER_PROCUREMENT |
Procedure
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Test Step # |
Test Step Name |
Instruction |
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1 |
Log onto Fiori Launchpad |
Log onto the SAP Fiori launchpad using the Configuration Expert role. |
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Access the App |
Open Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions New
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Check Automatic Release of Purchase Requisitions |
Choose Workflows: Overall Release of Purchase Requisition, make sure workflow Automatic Release of PR is in active status.
The Automatic Release of PR is delivered by SAP. By default, this workflow is activated.
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Create Flexible Workflow |
On the screen Manage Workflows, choose Add to create Flexible Workflow. |
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Create step 1 |
On the New Workflow screen, make the following entries: Name: Test Workflow for SSPPR In the PRECONDITIONS area, select Company Code of purchase requisition is 1010. Choose Add another condition, then select Creation indicator of Purchase Requisition is S. In STEP SEQUENCE area, choose Add. On the New Step screen, make the following entries: Name : PR 1-500 EUR Type: Automatic Release of Purchase Requisition.
In the PRECONDITIONS area, choose Total net amount of purchase requisition is equal or greater than 1 EUR
Choose Add and go back to the New Workflow screen. |
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Create step 2 |
In STEP SEQUENCE area, choose Add. On the New Step screen, make the following entries: Name : PR 501-6000 EUR Type: Release Purchase requisition
Go to the RECIPIENTS area: Assignment By: Role User: Select User with Manager of Workflow Initiator. Step to be completed by: One of the recipients. In the PRECONDITIONS area, choose Total net amount of purchase requisition is equal or greater than 500 EUR
Choose Add and go back to the New Workflow screen. |
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Create step 3 |
In STEP SEQUENCE area, choose Add. On the New Step screen, make the following entries: Name : PR >6000 EUR Type: Release Purchase requisition
Go to the RECIPIENTS area: Assignment By: Role User: Select User with Manager of Workflow Initiator’s Manager Step to be completed by: One of the recipients. In the PRECONDITIONS area, choose Total net amount of purchase requisition is equal or greater than 6000 EUR
Choose Add and go back to the New Workflow screen. |
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Save Manage Workflow |
Choose Save. |
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Activate Workflow Item |
Choose Activate on the top right of the screen. |
Business case2:
A group company has two subsidiary companies, one is company 1010, and another is company 1020.
For company 1010, all purchase orders should have the approval process. No approval process is needed for company 1020.
Ø Total net amount of purchase requisition is smaller than 500 EUR, then the PR needs the approval of the purchasing manager.
Ø Total net amount of purchase requisition is equal to or greater than 500 EUR and smaller than to 6000 EUR, then the PR needs to be approved by the purchasing manager, project manager
Ø Total net amount of purchase requisition is equal to or greater than 6000 EUR, then the PR needs to be approved by purchasing manager and project manager and manager.
The following release condition for purchasing approval is carried out for Company Code 1010:
Overview Table
The documentation consists of configuration steps provided in the table below.
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Step |
App |
Business Role |
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Configure Flexible Workflow for Purchase Requisitions |
Manage Workflows for Purchase Requisitions New |
SAP_BR_ BPC_EXPERT |
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Approval Purchase requisition |
My Inbox |
SAP_BR_MANAGER_PROCUREMENT |
Procedure
Useful content! Thanks Former Member
Great article Former Member - Would you know if there is way we can get a report from S/4 to view all configured PR workflow with its steps, recipients and pre-conditions/values? So far, I could not find any CDS views to view this and it's very manual to go to every single workflow to check the conditions and link to the teams responsible.
Helpful Article.
But Value conditions are represented incorrectly.
2. 6000<value<=500 instead of 6000>value>=500.