WF Builder gives "Illegal node-id in Nodevalue-Table..."

[Michael Pokraka]

Thanks, good point but have tried that (never seen that actually fix
anything). We've just carefully rebuilt a 30+ node workflow (ignoring the
message, then testing the loop still works - no prob so far). Somewhere n=
ear
the end another step was added and the loop stopped working.
 
Not good when a project is cruising at 300mph to try to meet deadlines..
anyway, we've logged it with OSS once again!
 
Cheers
Mike
 
 
Dart, Jocelyn wrote:
> There are a couple of "correction" options e.g. "block correction", in =
the
> menu paths of the builder (extras menu I think but they have moved arou=
nd
> from release to release). Worth trying before you resort to rebuilding.
> Regards,
> Jocelyn
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Michael Pokraka
> Sent: Tuesday,9 November 2004 9:38 PM
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: WF Builder gives "Illegal node-id in Nodevalue-Table..."
>
> Hi Jocelyn,
>
> The corruption was not immediately apparent, but only happened in flows=
 that
> encountered this builder 'feature' (Dan is also quite familiar with thi=
s
> one). SWUD and everything else checks out 100% and once the flow is run=
 we'd
> get 'No successor defined for node nnnnn' and the flow would not enter =
the
> loop (the exact point at which the builder spat out the 'Illegal...'
> message). No way to recover or restart. The only way out (apart from ed=
iting
> the tables directly) is to rebuild the flow from scratch.
>
> If nothing else, perhaps it is prudent advice to test that particular p=
art
> of the flow before continuing build.
>
> Interestingly enough we'd applied some hotpacks and the problem went aw=
ay.
> Then we recently went up to patch 44 (620 system) and it seems to be ba=
ck
> with a vengeance.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> Dart, Jocelyn wrote:
>> Mike,
>> Never had it do any damage - just save and restart the builder and all=
 is
>> fine.
>> But report it to OSS - nothing to do with workflow corruption, it's a
>> builder bug.
>> Jocelyn
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Michael Pokraka
>> Sent: Tuesday,9 November 2004 7:00 AM
>> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>> Subject: WF Builder gives "Illegal node-id in Nodevalue-Table..."
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Yep, the subject says it all, and I suspect I may have posted about th=
is
>> one
>> before (6.20/4.7 system).
>>
>> We get the above message when saving a while loop in the workflow buil=
der
>> -
>> usually repeated three times in the same dialog box with a number next=
 to
>> it.
>> Does anyone get this and/or have any light to shed on it?
>>
>> I've logged this with OSS before, and the official answer was that thi=
s
>> would take too much time to get to the bottom of. The problem is that =
it
>> _sometimes_ causes a workflow corruption (50%?) but the corruption can=
not
>> be
>> reliably reproduced and we should just ignore the message. They kindly
>> offered to connect in and fix any resulting corrupt workflows when it
>> happens... but honestly, who has time to log a call and wait for SAP t=
o
>> respond to something logged on a DEV system when all you want/need is =
to
>> get
>> a workflow built sometime in the next day or 2.
>>
>> Anyway, rebuilding workflows can get rather frustrating so I thought I=
'd
>> ask
>> here once more ... clutching at straws ... any info appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
>