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Permalink Reply by Toots Sarcos on March 10, 2010 at 2:00pm

Last time I looked, Peopletools 8.49.22 and above has 3 versions of Workflow. The latest is the Approval Workflow Engine (AWE) which runs in ePro and other processes. I still see Virtual Approval run some of the non-Self Service SCM apps like the standard Requisition, PO Workbenches,etc. The old PS Workflow with the Business Process Maps are mostly disabled and are just there for reference for most of the apps. I am not sure which functionalities in FS still use it.

For the AWE for ePro, you just need to turn it on and configure the rules (called Criteria in AWE) and develop (code) the routings (called Paths in AWE) if your approval process is not role-based.

If you are porting functionalities where there is no PS-delivered AWE and therefore working from scratch, you will need a developer to extend Application Package classes into your specific application to start and go through the process of Registering, Configuring your new workflow structure. That would be like a whole new implementation type of work.

The code set to implement AWE is different for Peopletools 8.49.21 and below.

Permalink Reply by Miriam Moore on March 10, 2010 at 2:20pm

Thanks for the feedback. Just to clarify - we actually use a pretty sophisticated workflow (PS 8.8, PT 8.46) already, but the business side wants to determine from a business process perspective if the workflow process we have is the most effective. We're looking to compare what others do with what others do.