SAP Workflow Developer

Position

SAP Workflow Developer / SAP ABAP Workflow Consultant

Experience

35 Years

Job Type

Full-Time | SAP Technical Development

Role Overview

We are looking for an SAP Workflow Developer with 35 years of hands-on experience in SAP Business Workflow and ABAP development. The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, troubleshooting, and supporting SAP workflows across SAP ECC/S/4HANA environments.

The candidate should have strong knowledge of SAP Business Workflow, ABAP, BOR, Classes/Objects, Events, Tasks, Workflows, Approvals, Agent Determination, and workflow monitoring. Knowledge of S/4HANA, Fiori/My Inbox, OData and Clean Core will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

1. SAP Workflow Development

- Design and develop SAP Business Workflows based on functional requirements.

- Create and configure

- Workflow Templates

- Workflow Tasks
- Single-step Tasks

- Multistep Workflows

- Approval Workflows

- Events

- Outcomes

- Conditions

- Containers

- Bindings
- Configure agent determination and approval hierarchies.
- Develop workflows for procurement, finance, sales, HR and other business processes.
- Configure workflow start conditions and event linkage.

2. ABAP Development

- Develop ABAP objects required for workflow processing.

- Work with

- ABAP Classes and Methods

- Function Modules

- BAPIs

- Enhancement Framework

- BADIs

- User Exits

- Reports

- Interfaces
- Develop custom logic for workflow validations and approval determination.
- Debug ABAP code associated with workflow execution.

3. Workflow Events & Objects

Strong understanding of

- BOR Objects
- Business Objects
- Object Types
- Events
- Methods
- Attributes
- Delegation
- Event linkage
- Class-based workflow objects
- ABAP OO concepts

Experience in triggering workflows through:
- Business object events
- Class-based events
- Change documents
- Application transactions
- Custom ABAP programs

4. Workflow Monitoring & Troubleshooting Hands-on experience with workflow monitoring and troubleshooting using:

Transaction

Purpose

SWI1

Workflow work item analysis

SWIA

Workflow administrator

SWI2_DIAG

Workflow diagnosis

SWEL

Event log

SWELS

Event trace activation

SWU3

Workflow runtime configuration





SWDD

Workflow Builder

PFTC

Task maintenance

SWETYPV

Event linkage

SWU_OBUF

Refresh workflow buffers

SWPR

Workflow error/restart processing

SWI2_ADM1

Work item administration

Candidate should be able to analyze:

- Workflow stuck issues
- Incorrect agent determination
- Missing work items
- Workflow not triggering
- Workflow errors
- Incorrect container values
- Binding issues
- Event linkage problems
- Approval escalation issues

5. Integration with SAP Applications Experience integrating workflows with standard SAP processes such as:

- Purchase Requisition
- Purchase Order
- Service Entry Sheet
- Invoice
- Vendor/Business Partner
- Material Master
- Sales Order
- Customer Master
- Finance documents
- Leave/HR processes
- Custom business transactions

Knowledge of BAPI, RFC, IDoc and APIs is desirable. 6. S/4HANA & Fiori Workflow

Candidate should have basic understanding of workflow capabilities in SAP S/4HANA.

Knowledge of the following is preferred:

- SAP Fiori
- My Inbox
- OData
- Fiori Elements
- S/4HANA Flexible Workflow
- Workflow-related Fiori applications
- Business Partner workflows
- Purchase Order Flexible Workflow
- Purchase Requisition Flexible Workflow

Experience with S/4HANA Flexible Workflow will be an advantage. 7. Support / AMS Responsibilities For AMS projects, candidate should be able to:

- Analyze workflow incidents.
- Perform RCA (Root Cause Analysis).
- Identify workaround vs. permanent fix.
- Handle workflow production issues.
- Perform impact analysis.
- Coordinate with Functional, Basis and Security teams.
- Prepare technical specifications.
- Perform unit testing and defect fixing.
- Support SIT/UAT/Production deployment.
- Prepare KT and technical documentation.
- Follow change/release management processes.

Mandatory Technical Skills

SAP Workflow

- SAP Business Workflow
- Workflow Builder
- Tasks
- Workflow Templates




- Events
- Containers
- Bindings
- Agent Determination
- Approval Workflow
- Deadline Monitoring
- Workflow Troubleshooting

ABAP

- Core ABAP
- ABAP OO
- Classes & Methods
- Function Modules
- BAPIs
- Enhancements/BAdIs
- Debugging
- Internal Tables
- Open SQL
- Reports

Workflow Transactions

Strong working knowledge of

SWDD, PFTC, SWI1, SWIA, SWEL, SWELS, SWU3, SWETYPV, SWU_OBUF and SWPR

Good-to-Have Skills

- SAP S/4HANA
- S/4HANA Flexible Workflow
- SAP Fiori
- My Inbox
- OData
- Fiori Elements
- CDS Views
- SAP BTP
- REST APIs
- Integration Suite
- Clean Core
- ATC
- SAP Cloud ALM
- Git/Eclipse/ADT

Education

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent.
- SAP Workflow/ABAP certification is an advantage but not mandatory.

Behavioral & Soft Skills

- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting capability.
- Good communication with Functional and Business teams.
- Ability to independently handle workflow incidents.
- Good documentation skills.
- Ability to work in an AMS/support workplace.
- Good understanding of SDLC and change management.
- Ability to work with offshore/onshore teams.

Experience Matrix 35 Years

Skill Area

Expected Level

SAP Business Workflow

Strong

Workflow Builder

Strong

Workflow Troubleshooting

Strong

Agent Determination

Strong

Events & Event Linkage

Strong

Workflow Containers/Binding

Strong

ABAP

Strong

ABAP OO

Good

BAPI/Function Modules

Good

Enhancements/BAdI

Good

S/4HANA

Good

Flexible Workflow

BasicGood

Fiori/My Inbox

Basic–Good

OData

Basic

BTP

Awareness

Clean Core

Awareness

AMS/Production Support

Good

Ideal Candidate Profile A 3–5 year candidate should not be evaluated only on whether they can create a workflow in SWDD. The ideal candidate should demonstrate end-to-end ownership:

Requirement Functional Understanding Workflow Design ABAP Development Agent Determination Event Configuration Unit Testing Debugging SIT/UAT Production Deployment Monitoring RCA For an S/4HANA-focused position, I would additionally make Flexible Workflow + Fiori/My Inbox + ABAP OO mandatory/preferred rather than hiring purely for classic ECC Workflow skills.

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