Symptom
- The email template for the Purchase Order (PO) workflow deadline lacks a URL.
- The email template for the Supplier Invoice has a URL to directly access the Invoice, but the PO template does not.
- The email template for the Purchase requisition has a URL to directly access the PR task, but many other documents does not have the variable Workflow: Workflow Task URL in the respective email templates.
or
- Fields not found while trying to add them to email notification template either to body or title.
Environment
Cause
The absence of a URL in the PO deadline email template(or any other email template) is due to the lack of Variable in the pre-delivered template's data source.
So if a desired variable is not available in the template, it is considered a new requirement and therefore a new feature request.
Resolution
To check what all variables can be added to template follow below steps:
- Open the APP "Maintain email template"
- Select and open respective pre delivered template
- Click on the Data source link
- List of all available variables that can be added to templates will be visible
As per below customer influence forum Request,
Improvement Request Details - Customer Influence (sap.com)
Variable "Workflow: Workflow Task URL "is added In Data source of only few objects currently like SIV and PR and for rest of them kindly follow work around to add the URL of the Inbox in the template.
Keywords
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