WF not restartable after rule failure!

[Bakker, Paul]

Hi Michael,
 
  I saw that exact same message on a recent workflow course. It=0D
even perplexed the instructor....!
 
He discovered later that you cannot restart a workflow in which agent=0D
determination fails on the *first* step. This is because no WorkItem=0D
is created and therefore no data is held in the database tables.=0D
 
I suppose you just need to start a new workflow instance.
 
regards
Paul (who's glad to finally contribute an answer to WUG!)
 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]=0D
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:39
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: WF not restartable after rule failure!
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> Hi all,
> I have a slightly nasty one (basis 6.20, 4.7 Enterprise):
> A rule is set to 'terminate if no result' and fails. I can=0D
> fix the cause, but then cannot restart the workflow. If I try=0D
> restart it simply logs an error saying 'Workflow instance=0D
> data not in database', the long text of which contains scary=0D
> terminology like 'serious inconsistency in the database'...
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> I'm logging this with OSS as well, but would be interested to=0D
> know if anyone on the list has bumped into this one.
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> Cheers
> Mike
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