Where can I access workflow attachments?

Learn where to access workflow attachments using a particular function module from expert Alon Raskin.

I have an approval workflow. Some approval person attached a remark with a Doc file. Where does SAP keep the information regarding those kinds of attachments? In which tables? Who inserted the attachment? I want to show the attachment information later in a dialog or in a portal.

Hi Yaniv,

To be completely honest, I do not really know which tables the attachments are kept. The good news is that it doesn't...

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really matter. If you want to get access to the workflow attachments you can use Function Module SAP_WAPI_GET_ATTACHMENTS. This will return all the attachments of a work item.

The multi-line parameter attachments will have an instance(s) of SOFM. You can loop through those and display the created user ID and more.

This was last published in October 2006

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