Abrupt stop in workflow execution

[Becker, Stephan]

Joshi,
 
Check the RFC log (sm58) and see if there was a temporary RFC layer overload
or something funny like that..
 
Cheers,
Stephan
 
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Parag Joshi [mailto:parag at sra3s.com]
Enviado el: 14 October 2003 22:19
Para: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Asunto: Abrupt stop in workflow execution
 
Folks,
 
I had a unusual situation.
 
Workflow execution suddenly stopped during runtime. System was supposed
to create a dialog workitem and it didn't. Workflow graphical log shows
that is  stopped just before creating the dialog workitem. No errors logged.
I somehow re-started the workflow with "restart workflows after system
crash"
and it started, though it ended in error after the dialog workitem was
executed.
 Then I used "restart after error" to get the workflow in track.
 
Again, there was no system crash, everything was working perfectly fine.
Workflow has been functional for long time, dialog task is a old recurring
task. No authorizations were changed. Funnier part, I am not able to
recreate
the situation. I am having hard time locating the culprit and convincing
the users the it won't happen again.
 
In my design, I am calling sub-workflows in loop, loops can eventually get
quiet deep, typically 8 levels. I am not sure if this loops causes hiccups
for the system to keep track of.
 
 
I have never faced such situation before...anybody has?
 
Thanks.
Parag Joshi.
SAP Workflow Consultant.