Unreliable workflow builder?

[Mike Pokraka]

G'Day,
Thanks all, sounds like I'm not the only one having odd troubles.
Short update: I've done some further investigation in order to log this
properly with OSS (done), and I've managed to reproduce most of the
oddities using the alphanumeric editor, so it's not all in the GUI.
Also, I've experienced almost the same issues on different sites, with
completely different GUI versions.
Cheers
Mike

Chatterjee, Partha (US - San Ramon) wrote:
> Hi Ramki,
>
> I am on gui 6.40 and I am still getting odd errors.  They have not
> impacted functionality as of yet so I have not followed up with OSS ...
> The error I am getting is 'Illegal value for not specified item in input
> stream ...'.  This occurs after I enter the Workflow Builder the second
> and subsequent times.  The first time I enter I do not get the error.
>
> I have not investigated but I suspect it is an issue with the gui.
>
> With regards,
> Partha
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of Workflow99 at aol.com
> Sent: Wed 6/29/2005 6:23 PM
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Unreliable workflow builder?
>
>
> Yes Mike, went through all those about two and half years ago right after
> our upgrade. All the things you mentioned as well as container elements
> suddenly disappearing and causing binding errors. LIke you said, because
> of the tight schedules I did not really pursue it with OSS. What I did in
> some extreme cases was to rebuild the WF step mby step from scratch. Some
> of these errors seem to have gone away after applying some support packs.
>
>
> Regards,
> Ramki Maley
> Workflow Developer, USCBP.
> 248-613-1287 (C)
>
> In a message dated 6/29/2005 1:49:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> wug.replies at workflowconnections.com writes:
>
> 	Greetings folks,
>
> 	Is anyone else finding the WF builder on 6.20 bl**dy unreliable? I'm
> 	logging the same/related problems with OSS for the third time now, things
> 	like:
>
> 	* Adding a while loop produces "Illegal node-id in Nodevalue-Table" (and
> 	lets you continue building)
> 	* Copy/paste: Some steps/blocks can no longer be copied, it either gives
> 	message "Binding direction 123 with index". (I was very happy to find a
> 	note 853498 that addresses this one, only to find out it just 'corrects'
> 	the error message to "Function not permitted on selected node")
> 	* Random corruptions that reappear some time later - I have 'hidden'
> steps
> 	in my navigation area that are no longer in my flow (deleted). Or I
> delete
> 	something and it deletes the whole loop that it's in.
> 	I have a strong suspicion that much of it is related somewhere....
>
> 	The reason I'm asking here is that I'd like to hear any techniques or
> 	experiences others may have had. Have you dealt with OSS on this one? Any
> 	useful feedback? I've had a note which fixed it at one client and now at
> 	another I'm encountering the same problems even though the note is
> 	applied.
>
> 	The problem with reporting these things to OSS is the usual consultants
> 	dilemma: Whilst OSS may be very helpful, my client will not sponsor the
> 	time for me to sort this out. More so the case on short-term projects to
> 	implement one WF process in a very ambitious timeframe.
>
> 	Anyway.. enough ranting, any input of similar experiences would be
> 	appreciated,
> 	Cheers
> 	Mike Pokraka
> 	Senior Consultant
> 	Workflow Connections Ltd.
> 	Mobile: +44 (0)7786 910 855
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Mike Pokraka
Senior Consultant
Workflow Connections Ltd.
Mobile: +44 (0)7786 910 855