Transport leads to "Inconsistent workflow definition"

Mark Pyc mark.pyc at gmail.com
Wed Mar 23 13:15:56 EST 2005


Thanks Partha, but no joy with that I'm affraid.


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:47:31 -0600, Chatterjee, Partha (US - San
Ramon) <pchatterjee at deloitte.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> I remember running into a similar problem in 4.6.  Mine used to keep saying something 'Workflow not available in version 0'
> 
> For this problem, I used to go into the Workflow Builder screen and just hit the Check button and come back out.  Once I went back in workflow would function correctly.
> 
> You may have already tried this but it was just a thought.
> 
> With regards,
> Partha
> 
> ________________________________
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> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of Mark Pyc
> Sent: Wed 3/23/2005 9:59 AM
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> Subject: Transport leads to "Inconsistent workflow definition"
> 
> 
> G'day Wugers,
> 
> Version 6.20 patch 41.
> 
> I'm also raising this with OSS, but I'm open to any suggestions.
> 
> I have a Workflow which is working in Dev but when transported to QA
> is giving me grief. Initially when the transports went in the first
> subflow to be called (either a 1 or 2 stage approval subflow) would
> fail with message "Inconsistent workflow definition: Node/step number
> 1 is not available". The long text of error WL377 says to look at the
> runtime structure and try Block Correction and to look at the contents
> of tables SWD_STEPS and SWD_NODES. Without really knowing what I'm
> expecting to see in these tables this gives me no joy (block
> correction says 'No Probs').
> 
> I tried a simple reimport of the transports which resulted in the main
> Workflow suffering exactly the same issue "Inconsistent workflow
> definition: Node/step number 1 is not available".
> 
> I next tried generating a new version of each Main and Subflow in Dev
> and retransporting. This had the effect of fixing the main flow, but
> again the subflows now fail with the same message.
> 
> This indicates to me that I'm facing a transport issue. The note
> 686297 (already mentioned today) has been applied.
> 
> The long text of WL377 also says to raise an OSS message - so that's
> just what I'll do.
> 
> Any takers?
> 
> Have fun,
> Mark
> 
> (what did I say about needing to allow for OSS note application in
> Development quotes???)
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