Device User Guide

Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP

Business Suite 1.2
iPhone
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LAST REVISED: December 2010
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Contents
CHAPTER 1: Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP
Business Suite.............................................................1
Supported Devices................................................................1
Installation Prerequisites......................................................1
Installing the Mobile Workflow Client on Your iPhone.......2
Installing the Mobile Workflow Client from App Store.....2
Installing the Mobile Workflow Client Using iTunes .........3
Setting Up the Server Connection.......................................3
CHAPTER 2: Using the SAP Workflow Package...........5
Activating the SAP Workflow Package................................5
Processing a Workflow Item.................................................6
CHAPTER 3: Uninstalling the Mobile Workflow
Client .............................................................................9
Index ...........................................................................................11
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CHAPTER 1 Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP
Business Suite
Sybase

Mobile Workflow for SAP

Business Suite (Mobile Workflow) works with Sybase

Unwired Platform to make parts of your company's SAP Workflow available on your mobile
device.
Mobile Workflow lets you submit information to the SAP system and sends you information
submitted from the SAP system. Mobile Workflow makes workflow items from SAP
Workflow available on your mobile device.
Your Sybase Unwired Platform administrator has to set up an account for you, provide
instructions for you to download and install the supporting client software, and enable
download of the Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP applications.
Supported Devices
Your Sybase Unwired Platform system administrator can help ensure that you have a device
with a supported operating system.
Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP can run on these devices running these operating systems.
Apple iPhone and iPod touch 3.1.3 - 4.1
Installation Prerequisites
Perform the installation prerequisites before installing Sybase Mobile Workflow.
If your Sybase Unwired Platform system administrator has already installed the Sybase
Mobile Workflow client on your device, skip these steps.
Before installing Sybase Mobile Workflow, be sure you have at least 40 MB of free storage
space on the device.
See your Sybase Unwired Platform system administrator to ensure that you have an SAP
account and an Unwired Server device messaging account.
For Unwired Server, be sure to note your user name, Unwired Server name, Unwired
Server port number, activation code, and farm ID.
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Installing the Mobile Workflow Client on Your iPhone
Your Sybase Unwired Platform system administrator will direct you to install the Mobile
Workflow client from App Store, or using iTunes.
You obtain the Sybase Mobile Workflow client from the App Store, either directly or through
iTunes.
Your company will choose a method for provisioning the application; meaning, your system
administrator determines how you obtain and install the Mobile Workflow client. The possible
methods include:
Download and install the Mobile Sales & Workflow client directly to your iPhone from the
App Store.
Download the Sybase Mobile Sales & Workflow application from iTunes. Sync your
iPhone with iTunes to install it on your iPhone.
Installing the Mobile Workflow Client from App Store
Install the Mobile Workflow client from App Store if that is your company's policy.
Prerequisites
Review the installation prerequisites.
Task
1. On the iPhone home page, tap App Store.
2. Search for Sybase.
3. When the Sybase Mobile Sales & Workflow results display, tap Free.
4. Tap Free again on the Sybase Mobile Sales & Workflow information page.
Note: The application you are downloading is called Sybase Mobile Sales & Workflow.
After you install it, you can set it up to provide access to Sybase Mobile Workflow, Sybase
Mobile Sales, or both.
5. Tap Install to download the application.
Next
Set up the server connection.
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Installing the Mobile Workflow Client Using iTunes
Install the Mobile Workflow client using iTunes if your company does not provide an App
Store account.
Prerequisites
Review the installation prerequisites.
Task
1. Launch iTunes.
2. Search for "Sybase."
3. When the Sybase Mobile Sales & Workflow results display, click on FREE.
Next
Set up the server connection.
Setting Up the Server Connection
Configure the server connection so that you can connect your device to the server for Sybase
Mobile Workflow.
The server connection settings provide the information needed to connect to server for Sybase
Mobile Workflow.
1. From the Home page, select Settings > Sybase to display the Sybase Connection screen.
2. Enter the server connection settings that your Sybase Unwired Platform system
administrator sent to you.
Server Name
Server Port
Farm ID
User Name
Activation Code
Ignore URL Prefix. The server supplies this value when you connect.
3. At the bottom of the screen, in the Sybase Features section, set the "switches" to support
Sybase Mobile Workflow, with or without Sybase Mobile Sales.
Options Description
Sybase Mobile
Workflow switch
Set to ON position to enable Mobile Workflow.
CHAPTER 1: Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP Business Suite
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Options Description
Sybase Mobile Sales
switch
Set as directed by your Sybase Unwired Platform system
administrator.
Set to OFF position to disable Mobile Sales.
Set to ON position to enable Mobile Sales.
4. Return and close the Settings application.
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CHAPTER 2 Using the SAP Workflow
Package
SAP Workflow package allows you to receive SAP Workflow items from your SAP inbox.
Activating the SAP Workflow Package
You must activate the SAP Workflow package before you can process SAP Workflow items.
Prerequisites
Your Sybase Unwired Platform administrator must register your device for the SAP
Workflow package on Sybase Unwired Server.
The Mobile Workflow client must be installed on your device.
Task
The first time you open the SAP Workflow package, you must enter your Username and
Password in an Activation screen. When your Username and Password are accepted, you are
able to use to the SAP Workflow package.
1. From the Home page, select Sybase, enter your password and select OK.
What happens next depends on whether Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP

is also installed on
your device.
Options Description
Mobile Sales is also
enabled
You go to the Sybase Mobile Sales screen.
1. Select the More icon at the bottom of the screen.
2. Select the Workflow icon at the bottom of the screen to proceed to
the Workflows screen.
Mobile Sales is not
enabled
You go directly to the Workflows screen.
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2. Open the SAP Workflow package.
The Welcome screen appears.
3. On the Welcome screen, click Activate.
The Activation screen appears.
4. Enter your Username and Password.
5. Select Activate.
If your Username and Password are accepted, the Activation Successful screen appears.
6. Select Close.
Processing a Workflow Item
A workflow item requires you to approve or reject a request.
Prerequisites
You have activated the SAP Workflow package.
Task
A workflow item comes to you when someone you manage submits a request that you must
either approve or reject. Workflow items come to your mobile device messaging inbox.
1. Go to Workflow Messages folder and locate the workflow item.
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2. Open the workflow item and review the information on the SAP Workflow screen.
The SAP Workflow screen provides all the information submitted in the request.
3. Under Choose Decision, select Approve or Reject.
4. (Optional) Add a Comment.
For example, give the reason why you reject a request.
5. Select Save to complete the processing of the request; after processing by SAP, it will be
automatically deleted from your inbox.
If you want to come back to process this workflow item later, select Cancel.
Note: With Travel Request workflow items, the approval may be sent to several managers.
As soon as one manager approves the Travel Request, the workflow item is automatically
deleted from the other managers' inboxes.
6. If your login information has changed, another message will automatically be sent to you.
Open that message and enter your current Password in the Change Credentials screen that
appears.
Contact your SAP system administrator if you do not know your Password.
Note: If your login has changed, the workflow item is not processed until you supply your
new login.
CHAPTER 2: Using the SAP Workflow Package
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CHAPTER 3 Uninstalling the Mobile Workflow
Client
Uninstall the Mobile Workflow client when you no longer need to use it.
1. Hold your finger on the Sybase icon on your home screen until it begins to shake or wiggle.
2. Select the X in the upper left-hand corner of the application icon.
3. Ask your Unwired Platform administrator to unassign the workflow from your device.
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Index
A
activating SAP Workflow package 5
E
enabling Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP 3
enabling Sybase Mobile Workflow 3
I
installation prerequisites 1
installing client 2
using iTunes 3
installing from App Store 2
M
Mobile Workflow 1
S
setting up server connection 3
supported devices 1
Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP
disabling 3
enabling 3
Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP Business Suite
1
enabling 3
U
uninstalling client 9
using SAP Workflow package 5
W
workflow item 6
Index
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