Dead line block is not getting executed

Question

Hi,
I configured BPM scenario to collect messages from one interface and create IDOCs in ECC.i configured with following steps
Start
Block(start of Block)
Loop(While 1=1)
receive
container step(to create multiline container)
endloop
Exception branch
Deadline branch(time 1 minute with control step)
End block
Transformation
send.
But deadline branch is not getting executed.its going to endless loop.
anybody got idea about the problem?

Answer 1

Make sure that:
1. your deadline branch has a control step raising the exception (and this exception branch could be empty, since it will only end the block; you can create another exception handler for specific application exceptions);
2. all the exception handlers are defined in Block step;
3. your correlation container is properly started and used by receive step (with the right fields being used for each correlation string).
And as best practices, make sure that:
1. your correlation is defined as local correlation in the Block step;
2. your loop step contains only the receive step (which starts process) and a container operation of type append, which appends the received message into a multiline container (do all mappings after the loop is complete).
Finally, save and activate your changes, go into SXI_CACHE transaction and check the returncode your BPM; it should be zero. Otherwise, there is something wrong with it.
Regards,
Henrique.