WF not restartable after rule failure!

[Michael Pokraka]

Hi,
Thought I'd post an update for those who've encountered this problem. It'=
s on
6.20 releases and note 705985 has now solved it.
Thanks to all who contributed.
Cheers
Mike
 
Bakker, Paul wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
>   I saw that exact same message on a recent workflow course. It
> even perplexed the instructor....!
>
> He discovered later that you cannot restart a workflow in which agent
> determination fails on the *first* step. This is because no WorkItem
> is created and therefore no data is held in the database tables.
>
> 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]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:39
>> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>> Subject: WF not restartable after rule failure!
>>
>>
>> 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
>> fix the cause, but then cannot restart the workflow. If I try
>> restart it simply logs an error saying 'Workflow instance
>> data not in database', the long text of which contains scary
>> terminology like 'serious inconsistency in the database'...
>>
>> I'm logging this with OSS as well, but would be interested to
>> know if anyone on the list has bumped into this one.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mike
>>
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