Starting wflow template via a report

[Parag Joshi]

Swami,
 
Probably FM is being executed under foreground user,
while it is expecting background user or vice versa.
Check the import flag "CALLED_IN_BACKGROUND".
 
Regards,
Parag.
--- Swami Bala <swam_in at hotmail.com> wrote:
 
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to trigger workflow template using
> standard fmodule like
> SAP_WAPI_START_WORKFLOW & other fmodule like
> SWU_START_WORKFLOW. Though I
> donot have any problem triggering wflow template
> using SWU_START_WORKFLOW, I
> get an error message 'User cannot start task' when i
> tried to use the wapi
> function module. I have passed all the mandatory
> parameters and I have all
> authorization. I could not figure out the rationale
> behind the
> wapi function module in erroring out. Is it the one
> should I use or there is
> something I am missing here ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Swami Bala
>