Abrupt stop in workflow execution

[Alon Raskin]

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Alon Raskin
 
3i-consulting Group
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of =
Parag
Joshi
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:19 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Abrupt stop in workflow execution
 
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Folks,
 
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I had a unusual situation.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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I have never faced such situation before...anybody has?
 
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Thanks.
 
Parag Joshi.
 
SAP Workflow Consultant.