Introducing SAP Task Center

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe SAP Task Center and integration considerations

Introduction

The SAP Task Center is an infrastructure kernel service that integrates with multiple SAP applications and provides a unified inbox for the end users to access their approval tasks. The tasks can be accessed by end users in the following two ways: 

Read more about SAP Task Center in the help documentation.

Benefits

Watch the following video to learn about the benefits of SAP Task Center:

SAP Task Center Integration Within SAP Mobile Start

Once the SAP Task Center is set up and a user has access to it, it is automatically available as a native integration within SAP Mobile Start. The following section outlines what it looks like and the main features available.

Collection of Phone screenshots showing the native Task Center integrations on the Phones Lock screen, the Start, To-Do Screen and Task Details Screen inside the SAP Mobile Start app. 
Collection of Smartwatch screenshots showing the capabilities to manage To Dos via the Watch Companion app. 

The main features of the app can be summarized as follows:

  • Use the lock screen to view open To Dos: On iOS 14 and above, users can add the To Do and SAP S/4HANA business widgets to the lock screen to stay on top of business updates.
  • View all assigned tasks: End users can access tasks (To Dos) within the dedicated screens on the app and process them with just one tap.
  • Use quick actions to quickly process task: Tapping the three dots on the top-right corner of the chosen task opens the quick action menu. You can process a task with only one tap, which then removes the task from your To Do screen.
  • Access task information and available actions in details: Tapping on a task opens the Details screen, which shows more information and available actions. If the information shown is not sufficient, the task can be opened directly in the target SAP application by choosing the Open action button.
  • Voice Comments: Use your voice to add comments to your To Dos.
  • Use of the Watch companion app to view and process tasks: Users can filter on to do types, drill into the details, and take action. Watch complications additionally allows users to monitor the number of open to dos on the watch face.

SAP Task Center Setup

SAP Task Center is activated per subaccount on SAP BTP. Refer to the help page to see how SAP Task Center service can be activated using a booster/guided procedure to accelerate the configuration and to integrate it with SAP applications.

The SAP Task Center Web application can be integrated into a site created in SAP Build Work Zone, standard edition as described on the help page. SAP Mobile Start app, which connects to this site, will display the To Dos (Tasks) as described in the previous section. 

Another good resource for a guided setup are the Missions available on the SAP Discovery Center. These Missions will guide you through the setup steps of e.g. setting up SAP Task Center itself or connecting it to different supported SAP LoB solutions. See the list of available missions here. ​

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