Managing Activities

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to review and manage contingent worker activity items in SAP Fieldglass.

Activity Items

Activity Items are assigned to users who must perform certain actions that are part of an organization's procurement workflow. Really, Activity Items can consist of almost any activity necessary for ensuring that the procurement workflow is operating effectively, and can be assigned to any user, including buyer users, suppliers, and workers.

After a work order is created, activities may require completion if the buyer has configured them to be part of the onboarding and activation process. These elements may require review by the buyer, manual completion of a check in the application, or other activation and submission steps as defined in their setup.

The Activity Items tab on a work order displays any activities that must be completed. As illustrated here, the activities must be completed by the supplier before the worker can be onboarded.

The Activity Items tab of a work order displaying a list of tasks that must be completed. Each listed task includes information of the status of the task, the action, who is responsible for completing it, and the due date. Complete tasks are indicated by a green check mark.

The activation step is an ideal time for the program team to review the work order and any required on-boarding tasks and validate that the work order is ready to be activated.

View and Manage Activity Items

Melanie, the manager of the finance department at WorkingNet Networking, Inc., a global manufacturer of data networking equipment, created a job posting to procure an accounting clerk for a six-month period at their Atlanta office. The job posting she created was approved, Gabriel was chosen as the accounting clerk, and a work order was created to procure him.

Melanie now needs to review the Activity items for Gabriel, one of the workers she's hired. Follow along as she does that.

Summary

Activity Items are tasks assigned to users as part of an organization's procurement workflow, ranging from buyer users to suppliers and workers.

Key Points:

  • Work Order Onboarding: After a work order is created, certain activities may be required for completion, based on buyer configurations.
  • Activity Items Tab: Located on a work order, this tab displays activities that must be completed, often by the supplier before worker onboarding.
  • Activation Step Importance: This is a critical time for the program team to review work orders and onboarding tasks to ensure readiness for activation.