Abrupt stop in workflow execution

[Becker, Stephan]

Hi Joshi,
 
Make sure you deselect your own user in the selection screen on sm58, and
select the right date range..
 
Greetings,
Stephan
 
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Parag Joshi [mailto:parag at sra3s.com]
Enviado el: 15 October 2003 15:01
Para: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Asunto: Re: Abrupt stop in workflow execution
 
Hi Stephan,
 
Thanks for your input.
 
This had happened few days ago last week, so I am checking the system
logs/traces
pertaining to that date.
 
I checked SM38 -> "No queues to display".
Transactional RFC log -> "Nothing was selected".
 
 
 
>-- Original Message --
>Date:         Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:25:49 +0200
>Reply-To:     SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>From:         "Becker, Stephan" <stephan_becker.ext at siemens.com>
>Subject: Re: Abrupt stop in workflow execution
>To:           SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>
>
>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.