Need help on Wait for Event.

Hello all.
I faced an issue with wait for event step,Which goes like this.
For a workflow one of the fork branches there is a wait for event step(wait for manual release) . On development server when ever that event is fired (manual release) , the wait for event is capturing and completing the workflow ( This is the correct process).(PO release procedure)
On production system, this event is not been caught(after manual release is done) and and the workflow is not complete and still in progress. (even po is released manually) Which should not happen.
So what all the things i need to verify in the production to fix this. I cannot simulate any kind of event on production ryt. so please suggest.
please suggest.
Cheers
PRASAD.

Hi Prasad
i doubt that in Production the event trace would be on. Check SWELS to see if you see the "OFF" button (this means the trace is on). If it is On, check SWEL to see if any event is there for rejection. You will have to ask example of the PO and search using the Key (PO number).
Also, check the workflow instance which is supposed to complete when the rejection happens (which did not complete). Check the technical WF log. Look for the Business Object container element which should hold the runtime instance. Check if it has a value and the same is bound from the event to the workflow in the wait for event step's binding. (_EVT_OBJECT to Workflow Container element of same type). This WF container element should have an instance and should not be empty for the wait step to work.
Regards,
Modak

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