Workflow for SAP S/4HANA

Whether you’re running on-premise SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud, get the tools you need to automate your business processes with workflows! Build methods and tasks, define workflows and triggering events, and create notifications with SAP Business Workflow. Walk step by step through standard and custom workflow development using SAP S/4HANA’s flexible workflows. Design and deploy cloud-ready workflows with SAP Business Application Studio and SAP Build Process Automation. This is the only workflow guide you need!

• Develop, design, deploy, and manage workflows for SAP S/4HANA
• Use the SAP Business Workflow engine and flexible workflow frameworks
• Develop cloud-based workflows with SAP Build Process Automation

About the Author

Sabyasachi Dutta is a senior SAP application architect and consultant with more than 17 years of experience in the SAP technical domain. At IBM, he is a product lead for ABAP. He served in various technical roles in end-to-end SAP implementation projects for global clients from a number of different industries. Sabyasachi has played a key role in building the SAP HANA technical competency at CIC India. He is also highly involved in developing different technical assets, providing training, and establishing process, methods, and tools for SAP technical delivery. To do so, he uses his knowledge of the code review process, ABAP, SAP BTP, the ABAP programming model for SAP Fiori, the ABAP RESTful application programming model, in-app extensions, workflows, DevOps, and GenAI. Sabyasachi can be reached at www.linkedin.com/in/sabyasachi-dutta-s4arch.

Nilay Ghosh is globally acknowledged technical leader for the SAP practice at IBM Consulting. He has more than 20 years of experience working with the SAP’s technology stack of SAP, including SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, and other on-premise and cloud products. He has had several technical leadership roles at IBM for both global client projects and internal strategic programs. He also set up the SAP eSOA, SAP UX/mobile, and SAP BTP practices at IBM’s largest global delivery center in India. In addition to being a lead architect for the global SAP S/4HANA transformation program, Nilay is the currently the chief architect for the all the intelligent workflows developed under the strategic Evolution Program between SAP and IBM. A core member of IBM’s SAP Global CTO Network, and a frequent speaker with a few patents to his name, he can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilay-ghosh/.

Kousik Goon is globally acknowledged technical leader in the SAP practice at IBM Consulting. He has more than 18 years of experience working in SAP’s technology stack, including SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, and other on-premise and cloud products. He has held several technical leadership roles in IBM—both for global client projects and internal strategic programs. He was instrumental in setting up the SAP UX/mobile and SAP BTP practices at IBM’s largest global delivery center in India. In addition to his role as an integration/extension architect for a global SAP S/4HANA transformation program, Kousik is the key SME at IBM Consulting for SAP S/4HANA extensions and integration. A core member of IBM’s SAP Global CTO Network, and a frequent speaker, he can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kousikgoon.

Sandip Jana is a global technical leader for the SAP practice area at IBM Consulting. He has more than 22 years of experience with enterprise architecture, system landscape design, and simplifications for different SAP technology platforms, both on-premise and in the cloud. He has led different IBM strategic offerings helping customers to embark on their SAP S/4HANA journey. He has been the lead architect for global SAP transformation projects. Sandip is currently leading the SAP technical practice at the IBM global delivery center in India and is responsible for building capabilities in new technical areas. He leads IBM’s SAP HANA impact assessment that guides customers on their SAP S/4HANA transformation journey. He also leads IBM’s global SAP S/4HANA transformation offering: IBM Rapid Move. A core member of IBM’s SAP Global CTO Network, and a frequent speaker, he can be reached at www.linkedin.com/in/sandip-jana.

Arindam Mukherjee is a senior technical architect and consultant who has worked for IBM for more than 17 years, specializing in SAP Business Workflow, ABAP, ABAP on SAP HANA, OData, and SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics. Arindam is an established subject matter expert in the SAP Business Workflow space, implementing workflow solutions for several global SAP customers as well as driving the growth of workflow competency and the knowledge base content for classical workflows at IBM. Arindam has also expanded his skills to include flexible workflows with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, and OData integration and has led multiple SAP S/4HANA Implementations by engaging in end-to-end solution design, development, and support.

Srinivas Rao is an application architect for the SAP practice at IBM with more than 16 years of consulting experience. He is passionate about clean core solutions and has extensive expertise with them. He has the SAP certifications for SAP Cloud Platform extensions and SAP Cloud Platform integration. He has extensive experience in delivering complex SAP S/4HANA implementations projects with varied experience in building and delivering solutions. He is also passionate about automation and was the winner of one of the SAP Workflow Management Hack2Build events. He can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-rao-58275311/.

Yogeendar Rao is a senior SAP S/4HANA technical consultant working for IBM India. He has more than 10 years of global SAP consulting experience, with expertise in ABAP on SAP HANA, SAP Business Workflow, flexible workflows, OData, and SAP Conversational AI. He has worked on enterprise digital transformations and delivered technical use cases for global SAP customers using his proficiency in ABAP on SAP HANA and SAP Business Workflow. He has mastered flexible workflows and their integration with SAP Fiori applications, doing work on solutioning, designing, and extending the flexible workflows in many SAP S/4HANA implementations. Yogeendar can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogeendar-rao/.

Yogesh Sane is a subject matter expert and a senior consultant at IBM with more than 20 years of experience in implementing SAP solutions, including SAP R/3, SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and Business Technology Platform, for clients in multiple regions and industries. Yogesh leads the master data governance delivery center at IBM India and has implemented SAP Master Data Governance for a number of clients. He set up an internal training program on SAP Master Data Governance and has trained hundreds of SAP consultants. He has also set up a center of excellence to perform design reviews and troubleshoot implementation issues for SAP MDG implementation projects delivered by IBM. Yogesh has created several assets to benefit clients by harnessing the experience and knowledge of the entire SAP MDG practice.

Naveen Veshala is a senior SAP application architect and consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the SAP technical domain. He was worked for IBM for close to 18 years, specializing in SAP S/4HANA, SAP Gateway, SAP Fiori, flexible workflows, ABAP, and SAP ERP. Naveen is an established subject matter expert within IBM’s SAP practice where his main focus is SAP S/4HANA, flexible workflows, and OData. He also contributed to SAP Community and published blogs on flexible workflows. He has led multiple SAP S/4HANA implementations by engaging in end-to-end solution design, development, and support. Naveen can be reached at www.linkedin.com/in/naveenveshala.

Kiran Viswanathan is a technical architect and senior consultant with more than 21 years of extensive experience in SAP user experience, mobility, SAP Business Technology Platform, orchestration, and integration. He has experience as a user experience and extensibility solution consultant and as a technical delivery manager for multiple clients across numerous industries for their SAP S/4HANA implementations. He also leads and manages the SAP UX, mobility, and SAP BTP practice area for the IBM India global delivery center. Additionally, he is an architect and realization lead in IBM’s strategic Evolution Program for developing intelligent workflows for several industry use cases. He can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiran-viswanathan/.