1.    Introduction

The VSS Communication Framework is part of the VSS suite that offers triggering customizable notification internally or externally based on VSS events. The framework offers a notification system as a service to various VSS apps or VSS business event, both internally and externally. The framework utilizes SAP FIORI Notification as the “carrier” for communicating messages. The framework is also customizable by the customer or project implementation to feed the business needs.

On the other hand, the framework offers the functionality to design task processing steps for a VSS business objects. Task can be created and assigned with sets of process steps. These sets of process steps can be designed to be executed one after another with each steps updating task related information such as task status, task priority, task action, and task validity. History of each steps execution is recorded in task history for audit trail and monitoring purpose.

VSS Task Center FIORI application is also introduced as part of the framework to monitor the progress of the task and take necessary action to expedite the task processing. The Task Center also support attachment upload and download with playback capability.