Workflows in the SAP HR environment

Workflows are used to implement processes where severall persons are involved.

A simple example where workflows are used is the leave approval request in HR. This process consists of e.g. three steps where two persons are involved, the employee and its manager.
In the first step the employee requests vacations and sends this request to the manager. The manager receives the request and can now decide if he wants to approve the vacations or decline them. Afterwards the employee receives a notification mail informing him if the vacations were approved or not.

There many pre-delivered SAP HR workflows as for example the afore mentioned leve request workflow. You can use this standard workflows and adapt them to your business needs. But you can also create completely new workflows.

These are examples of how a workflows can be used:
Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP - Workflow
SAP Mobile HR Approvals

Please find here six videos where you can see how to implement SAP workflows:
How to create an SAP workflow - Create Task (Part 1 of 4)
How to create an SAP workflow - Test (Part 2 of 4)
How to create an SAP workflow - Approval (Part 3 of 4)
How to create an SAP workflow - Approval Definition (Part 4 of 4)
How to model looping in SAP workflow (1 of 2)
How to model looping in SAP workflow (2 of 2)

In order to implement the approval processe of workflows you need to set up the organizational structure accordingly. These tutorials can help you with this task:
How to create an Organization Plan for SAP workflow (1 of 2)
How to create an Organization Plan for SAP workflow (2 of 2)


As workflows are component specific each SAP HR component has its own workflow documentation:
E-Recruiting Workflows