Configure your organization in F&O - Work with workflows in F&O (Section 5)

Question 1

Workflow?

Answer 1

Represents a business process. It defines how a document flows through the system by showing who must complete a task, make a decision, or approve document

Question 2

In F&O how is workflow defined?

Answer 2

Workflow as a System

Workflow as a Business Process

Question 3

Workflow as a System?

Answer 3

System provides functionality that can be sued to create individual workflows or business processes

Question 4

Workflow as a Business process?

Answer 4

Defines how a document flows through the system by displaying who must process and approve it.

Question 5

One place to create new workflow?

Answer 5

General ledger -> Journal setup -> General ledger workflows page

Question 6

Workflow elements?

Answer 6

Tasks - Unit of work
Approval processes - consists of separate steps
Line-item - to process either documents or line items
Flow-control elements - manual and conditional decisions in addition to parallel activity and sub-workflow

Question 7

Manual task?

Answer 7

Unit of work that must be performed by a user. Eg:

• Review the receipts that are submitted together with an expense report
• Call an employee’s manager

Question 8

Automated task?

Answer 8

Unit of work that must be performed by a system

Question 9

What does Approval processes contain?

Answer 9

Approve the document
Reject the document
Request a change to the document
Assign the document to another user for approval