Previewing and Submitting a Request
To submit a new request, go to in add mode. You must select the appropriate request type and then enter the desired parameter values, if applicable.
After entering the parameters, the following actions are possible:
- Click Save to submit the request.
- Click Cancel to cancel the request.
- Click Preview to see a sample of records that satisfy the selection criteria for this request. This information is displayed in a separate map. In addition, the map displays the total number of records that will be processed when the request is submitted. From this map you can click Save to submit the request, Back to adjust the parameters, or Cancel to cancel the request.
When a request is saved, the job is not immediately submitted for real time processing. The record is saved with the status Pending and a monitor process for this record's business object is responsible for transitioning the record to Complete.
As long as the record is still Pending, it may be edited to adjust the parameters. The preview logic described above may be repeated when editing a record.
The actual work of the request, such as generating an email, is performed when transitioning to Complete (using an enter processing algorithm for the business object).