JR50842: AUTO-FLOW FEATURE FOR FIRST TASK IN FLOW STOPS WORKING WHEN CONFIG OPTION "ENABLE-START-BPD-FROM-UCA" IS SET TO TRUE

Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 6 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• In IBM Business Process Manager (BPM), you can  assign a task
  automatically to a particular user and open the user interface
  for that task automatically by using the auto-flow feature.
  However, when you switch the configuration parameter
  "enable-start-bpd-from-uca" to "true", which is set to "false"
  by default in 99Local.xml, the auto-flow feature no longer works
  for the first task in a business process definition (BPD). For
  tasks other than the first one, the auto-flow feature is not
  affected by the "enable-start-bpd-from-uca" parameter.
  You can verify that the malfunction in the auto-flow feature is
  really caused by this error. For this, set the
  "enable-start-bpd-from-uca" parameter temporarily to  false  and
  check whether after server restart the auto-flow feature works
  as expected. If not, you might want to double-check the BPD
  details instead.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• This issue occurs because a thread switch inside the workflow
  engine disables the auto-flow feature when the
  "enable-start-bpd-from-uca"parameter is set to ?true?.
  
  A fix that changes the workflow engine to separate the start
  BPD, the UCA functionality, and the auto-flow feature will be
  incorporated into a later release.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

• Not applicable
  

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels

• R751 PSN

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