Tutorial 1–Step 13: Configuring Autopost

You can select to autopost data through Designer, instead of autoposting through the Winshuttle Central's built-in workflows.

On this page

• Configuring your environment
• Configuring the Autopost plug-in
• How to use Autopost

 

Configuring your environment for autoposting

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Before you can autopost data, the current Workflow admin site URL must be added to CENTRAL. A CENTRAL administrator may need to do this.

Configuring the Workflow Administration site for Winshuttle Central

1. In CENTRAL, click Winshuttle CENTRAL Administration.
2. Under Site, click Workflow Configurations.
3. In the Workflow admin site URL box, add the URL. Click Save or click Update.

To autopost TRANSACTION data through Designer, the workflow for data files must be removed from CENTRAL. Workflows are required to be removed only once, and not every time autopost detail is changed. Ensure that you remove workflows only for data files. A CENTRAL administrator may need to do this.

Removing Winshuttle Central data file workflows

1. In Winshuttle Central, click the data file library.

   

2. Click Workflow Settings. Delete the workflow, if present.
3. Click Library Settings and remove the workflow by doing the following:
   1. Under Content type, select the data file doc.
   2. Click Workflow Settings.
   3. To remove the workflow, click Remove workflow.

Configuring the Autopost plug-in

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1. In Designer, create your workflow.

   

2. In the right-hand Properties pane, under Publishing, click SharePointList. Click Data Files.

   

3. Click SharePointSite and add the value of the URL for the SharePoint site.
4. On the Designer toolbar, click the Plug-in button and drag to the appropriate swimlane.

   A Swim Lane is a functional role within a workflow. For example, a Swim Lane could represent a functional manager role, a QA role, or a team role.

   

   This sample workflow has 2 Swim Lanes: One for the process Originator, and one for the approving Manager.

5. With the plug-in node selected, in the Properties pane, next to PlugInName, click the arrow, and then select Winshuttle Autopost.

   A Node is a single step in a workflow. For example, a node could represent a task assigned to a user, or an action, such as sending a notification or setting of a value. Think of Nodes as the 'building blocks' of a Workflow.

   

6. In the Properties pane, next to Sync, click the arrow, and then click False.

   When Sync is set to false, the workflow pauses until the autopost job is complete.

   

7. In the Properties pane, next to ValuePairs, click the […] button.

   The Valuepair Collection Editor appears.

8. Click Add.
9. Under Arguments, click Name and then click the arrow. Select a parameter.
10. Under Arguments, click Values, and then click the […] button.

    The Edit Value dialog box appears.

11. Enter the values you want and click OK.
12. Repeat steps 8 - 11 for each value that you want to add.

    Value Pair	Description	Values
    centralsiteurl	The CENTRAL site URL	Type in the CENTRAL site URL. This must be http:// or https://.
    istransaction	Specifies that TRANSACTION will be used to autopost.	True
    validate	Use to validate or autopost data	True, if validating data; false, if autoposting data

13. On the File menu, click Publish Workflow.

    The workflow is added to your SharePoint site and is available for use.

How to use Autopost

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1. In TRANSACTION, create a data template and submit it to CENTRAL. It should appear in the data file library.
2. With RUNNER for TRANSACTION, users can add data to a data file and submit it for posting to SAP through CENTRAL. With the correct configuration in Winshuttle Central, data should be posted automatically within 5 minutes.