JR56510: YOU RECEIVE AN EXCEPTION WHEN YOU ENABLE OR START AN AD HOC ACTIVITY

bpm.8570.cf2016.09.delta.repository.1of2
bpm.8570.cf2016.09.delta.repository.2of2
Downloading IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2016.09

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In a business process definition (BPD) or a process, you can
  define activities to run even though they don't have an inbound
  flow. Those activities are also called "ad hoc activities".
  
  If you define an ad hoc activity to be manual, it must be
  started by a user or by using an API. If you start the ad hoc
  activity by using the JavaScript API within a service that is
  the implementation of an undercover agent (UCA) and the ad hoc
  activity is implemented by a subprocess or linked process that
  has a system task, the API call fails. In the SystemOut.log file
  of the server, you see an exception like this:
  
  [8/3/16 14:03:31:084 SAST] 000002e3  E UOW=null source=WLE.wle
  org=null prod=null component=null
  thread=[WorkManager.bpm-em-workmanager : 4]
            CWLLG2229E: An exception occurred in an EJB call.
  Error: Task with ID Task.3328 not found.
            com.lombardisoftware.core.TeamWorksException: Task
  with ID Task.3328 not found.
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.persistence.CommonDAO.assertNotN
  ull(CommonDAO.java:65)
  ...
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.client.persistence.TaskFactory.findByPrimar
  yKey(TaskFactory.java:137)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.workflow.EJBWorkflowManagerBean$
  13.doInTransaction(EJBWorkflowManagerBean.java:2686)
  ...
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.workflow.EJBWorkflowManagerBean.
  getTask(EJBWorkflowManagerBean.java:2690)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.workflow.EJBWorkflowManagerBean.
  doResumeWorkflowEngine(EJBWorkflowManagerBean.java:765)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.workflow.EJBWorkflowManagerBean.
  doResumeWorkflowEngine(EJBWorkflowManagerBean.java:678)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.workflow.EJBWorkflowManagerBean.
  resumeTask(EJBWorkflowManagerBean.java:362)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.workflow.EJBWorkflowManagerBean.
  resumeTask(EJBWorkflowManagerBean.java:326)
  ...
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.bpd.runtime.engine.quartz.ExecuteSystemLane
  ActivityTask$1.run(ExecuteSystemLaneActivityTask.java:86)
  ...
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.bpd.runtime.engine.quartz.ExecuteSystemLane
  ActivityTask.execute(ExecuteSystemLaneActivityTask.java:100)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.scheduler.Engine.execute(Engine.java
  :1013)
  ...
  
  If you define an ad hoc activity to be required, it must be
  completed for the process to complete. In an exceptional
  situation, an administrator might decide to overrule this
  process completion by disabling an activity. A disabled activity
  can be enabled again. If the ad hoc activity has a pre-condition
  based on a variable expression, an exception occurs if this
  condition is true while the ad hoc activity is disabled.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED
  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix will be included in IBM BPM V8.5.7 cumulative fix 2016.09
  that ensures the start ad hoc activity API works correctly from
  a UCA service implementation and that pre-conditions are
  correctly evaluated when an activity is enabled.
  
  To determine whether the cumulative fix is available and
  download it if it is, complete the following steps on Fix
  Central:
  
  1. Select IBM Business Process Manager with your edition from
  the product selector, the installed version to the fix pack
  level, and your platform, and then click Continue.
  2. Select Text, enter ?cumulative fix?, and click Continue.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels