Abrupt stop in workflow execution

[Parag Joshi]

Mike,
 
Thanks for your input.
 
I think I had checked TRFCs on the day it failed, no trace. SM13 does not=
 
show any update failures for the date.
 
You are right, this might be one of those unexplainable blips.
 
Regards,
Parag Joshi.
 
 
 
 
>-- Original Message --
>Date:         Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:26:17 +0100
>Reply-To:     SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>From:         Michael Pokraka <workflow at quirky.me.uk>
>Subject: Re: Abrupt stop in workflow execution
>To:           SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>
>
>'last week' sounds a bit long ago. Check whether there are _any_ entries=
 
>for that day. Especially TRFC's aren't usually retained more than a coup=
le
>of days.
>SM13 update failures are also a possible culprit.
>
>I've seem similar behaviour and almost all 'unexplained' phenomena like
this
>have been traced back to a basis-type problem.
>The technical term used here is a 'blip' which everyone seems to accept
as
>a perfectly reasonable explanation for anything odd that hasn't happened=
 
>before.
>
>Cheers
>Mike
>
>On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:03:46AM -0400, Parag Joshi wrote:
>> Hi Alon,
>>
>> Thanks for your input.
>>
>> Checked the short dumps for past few days(This had happened few days
ago,
>> last week), nothing under WF-Batch.
>>
>> Any other suggestion?
>>
>>
>> >-- Original Message --
>> >Date:         Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:19:59 +0100
>> >Reply-To:     SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>> >From:         Alon Raskin <araskin at 3i-consulting.com>
>> >Subject: Re: Abrupt stop in workflow execution
>> >To:           SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>> >
>> >
>> >Did you check for short dumps by WF-BATCH?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Alon Raskin
>> >
>> >3i-consulting Group
>> >
>> >e: araskin at 3i-consulting.com
>> >
>> >w: http://www.3i-consulting.com <http://www.3i-consulting.com/>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >-----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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Folks,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >I had a unusual situation.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Workflow execution suddenly stopped during runtime. System was suppos=
ed
>> >
>> >to create a dialog workitem and it didn't. Workflow graphical log sho=
ws
>> >
>> >that is  stopped just before creating the dialog workitem. No errors
logged.
>> >
>> >I somehow re-started the workflow with "restart workflows after syste=
m
>> >crash"
>> >
>> >and it started, though it ended in error after the dialog workitem wa=
s
>> >executed.
>> >
>> > Then I used "restart after error" to get the workflow in track.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Again, there was no system crash, everything was working perfectly fi=
ne.
>> >
>> >Workflow has been functional for long time, dialog task is a old recu=
rring
>> >
>> >task. No authorizations were changed. Funnier part, I am not able to
>> >recreate
>> >
>> >the situation. I am having hard time locating the culprit and convinc=
ing
>> >
>> >the users the it won't happen again.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >In my design, I am calling sub-workflows in loop, loops can eventuall=
y
>> get
>> >
>> >quiet deep, typically 8 levels. I am not sure if this loops causes hi=
ccups
>> >
>> >for the system to keep track of.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >I have never faced such situation before...anybody has?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>> >
>> >Parag Joshi.
>> >
>> >SAP Workflow Consultant.