Workflow stopped at background step

[sarath_k]

Hi Experts,

I have a background step in my workflow , when iam testing this workflow from SWUS the workflow is getting stopped at this background step the workflow is not going forward to next step. the workflow log shows ' task started in background'

moreover i did't find any errors in the log for the same.and i checked SM37 there the relevent job is finished. please advice what canbe the problem?

Thanks & Regards,

Sarath.

[Former Member]

HI Sarath ,

Just change yuor task from BAckgroung to foreground. Insert a break point in the code of the function module used in the task and execute your workflow.

Coz you cant debug a background task , you will never come to know wht is happening inside .

By debugging get the problem in the code , rectify it and change the task again to the background .

Hope this will help.

[sarath_k]

Hi Everbody ,

Many thanks for your inputs ,i have done all the checks what you have suggested , but no clue . surprising thing is it is working fine in debug mode but not in background.

Thanks & Regards,

Sarath

[martin_nooteboom]

Hi Sarath,

You didn't do everything, because you didn't say which method from which BOR is used. This could help us solve you problem. Otherwise we can only guess.

Regards,

Martin

[Former Member]

Hi Sarath,

check your settings in SWU3.check whether background job settings been executed(in green) properly.

thanks

Ashok

[Former Member]

Hi Sarath!

Can you please give us some more information on the task/method name where the workflow is getting stopped? Will it be possible for you to execute the method via SWO1 by instantiating the object? In that way, we can find out if the method genuinely is going into error when you execute it separately.

Let us know if you need any further help.

Regards,

Anwar.

[Former Member]

Debug your method by providing the parameters that are passed from the Workflow to the method in SWO1 and analyse accordingly from Wflow Log and ST22.

Thanks

Arghadip

[former_member182466]

Hi Sarath,

if the method in your background step has a runtime error it will look like the workflow just stopped, it will not get the status: ERROR. The main workflow will have a message though: "Execution interupted". There can be many causes for this, some will end up as ABAP dumps, so you can check there. Also just try to run the method in the foreground with the same parameters as passed in the workflow and see what happens.

Hope this helps,

Gert.

[Former Member]

Hi Sarath K,

Always be careful when your using background task.

Since your executing it in SWUS there is no problem, but when your workflow development goes to production it will cause major effects.

Coming to the point, If this is going to be case, Check for the binding between

Workflow-->task

task>method and Method>task

Task--workflow.

Thanks and Regards

Balaji K.