UCS Director 5 Workflow Tasks

Hi,
i cloned the task "OVF Import to VMware Cloud" from task library.
if i use this cloned custom task within a workflow, it doesn't deploy a ovf template.
This is the output from a workflow with the original task
==============================================================
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:05 UTC Request submitted
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:07 UTC Executing workflow item number 1
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:07 UTC Completed workflow item number 1, with status Completed
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:13 UTC Executing workflow item number 2
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:13 UTC Trigger context executeWorkFlowStep called
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:13 UTC Executing custom action custom-ovf-deployment (OVF Import to VMware Cloud)
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:13 UTC Executing custom action custom-ovf-deployment (OVF Import to VMware Cloud)
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:13 UTC Initiating OVF content read from URL : file:/opt/infra/uploads/external/public/1407488922913/demo.ovf
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:13 UTC Policy Trace: Populating cluster/hostnode/datastore list for cloud teamix
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:13 UTC Policy Trace: Final Scope includes Host demoesx01
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:13 UTC Policy Trace: Final Scope includes Host demoesx02
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: After applying PrivateCloudComputingPolicy, scope has 2 hosts
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Scope now includes host demoesx01 and it's datastores : 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789,local_ds_demoesx01,5c3a0165a62d338bbbabb6eef9fed97d,demonfs01_demonap,nfsdemo,demonfs02_demonap
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Scope now includes host demoesx02 and it's datastores : 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789,local_ds_demoesx02,5c3a0165a62d338bbbabb6eef9fed97d,demonfs01_demonap,nfsdemo,demonfs02_demonap
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace:
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Filtering storage scope for system disk type started.
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Filtering data stores, ruleType=Include
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Datastores in the include List 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store local_ds_demoesx01, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store 5c3a0165a62d338bbbabb6eef9fed97d, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store demonfs01_demonap, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store nfsdemo, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store demonfs02_demonap, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store local_ds_demoesx02, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store 5c3a0165a62d338bbbabb6eef9fed97d, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store demonfs01_demonap, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store nfsdemo, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Removing Data store demonfs02_demonap, not in the 'Include' list
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Filtering storage scope for system disk type completed.
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace:
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: No additional storage polices defined. Starting datastore filtering for default system type.
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Completed datastore filtering for default system type.
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: After applying PrivateCloudStoragePolicy, scope has 2 hosts
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Scope now includes host demoesx01 and it's datastores : 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Scope now includes host demoesx02 and it's datastores : 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: No Portgroup name specified in the network policy, so no host filtering done
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: After applying PrivateCloudNetworkPolicy, scope has 2 hosts
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Scope now includes host demoesx01 and it's datastores : 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Scope now includes host demoesx02 and it's datastores : 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: After evaluating 0 rules, 2 hosts met the criteria
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Host: demoesx01
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Policy Trace: Host: demoesx02
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Primary Allocated Cluster: ccp-cluster
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Primary Allocated Datastore: 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Primary Allocated ResourcePool: Resources
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC Provisioning on primary host/datastore...
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:14 UTC OVF URL:/opt/infra/uploads/external/public/1407488922913/demo.ovf
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:15 UTC Found data store 73c42fe99cc535fd96e45ab03bacc789 which matched cluster ccp-cluster DC Mordor
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:15 UTC Initiating OVF deployment action.
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:15 UTC Initiating OVF content read from URL : file:/opt/infra/uploads/external/public/1407488922913/demo.ovf
Aug 13, 2014 11:13:17 UTC Initiating VMDK file upload
==============================================================
this is the output from my cloned task:
==============================================================
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:32 UTC Request submitted
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:37 UTC Executing workflow item number 1
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:37 UTC Completed workflow item number 1, with status Completed
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:43 UTC Executing workflow item number 2
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:43 UTC Trigger context executeWorkFlowStep called
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:43 UTC Executing custom action cdot1 (custom_readcDC)
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:43 UTC Executing custom action cdot1 (custom_readcDC)
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:43 UTC Executing custom script for readcDC
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:44 UTC Task #1 (cdot1 (custom_readcDC)) completed successfully in 0 seconds
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:44 UTC Input/Output values for Task #1 (cdot1 (custom_readcDC)):
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:44 UTC [Mapped Input: Select vDC = 2]
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:44 UTC [Mapped Input: OVF File = /opt/infra/uploads/external/public/1407488922913/demo.ovf]
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:44 UTC Completed workflow item number 2, with status Completed
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:49 UTC Executing workflow item number 3
Aug 13, 2014 11:14:49 UTC Completed workflow item number 3, with status Completed
==============================================================
it seems that there is something lost while cloning the task.
Does anybody have an idea what i'm forgot?
regards
Oliver

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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/manage-list-templates-HA010099156.aspx#BMcreate
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/copy-or-move-a-list-by-using-a-list-template-HA101782479.aspx
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How to reassign a workflow task in SharePoint 2013?

How can you reassign a workflow task in SharePoint 2013 (online)? I found some discussions online about how to do this, but I don't see this option using SP2013. Note the "Reassignment" checkbox from this screenshot (which I think is from 2010).

Here is the link
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/fac7eb06-c42e-4f45-bcda-10df28879c1f/in-sharepoint-2013-workflows-can-a-task-be-reassigned?forum=sharepointgeneral
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How to set a custom column in a workflow task.

Hello,
I'm looking for some assistance a bit with how to set a custom column in a Workflow Task.
I have a List Workflow that starts when an item is created in a list. The workflow, platform type SharePoint 2013, starts a new task, Task1, with Content Type 1. This Content Type has a custom column called Age. Once the Task1 is completed a new task, Task2,
with Content Type 2, starts and has the same column Age, as Task1.
How can I populate the Age column in Task2 with the content of the Age column in Task1?
Since I start the task by running "Assign a task to ..." Action I was thinking to copy the Age column from the Task1 to the list item that started Task1, which has a column Age as well, and then in Task2 to start another workflow - which is associated
with the Content Type 2, that would try to read the Age column from the list item that started Task2, which was set once Task1 was competed - I know it's complex but this is how I was thinking.
The problem with this approach is that I can't get a reference to the list item that started Task2 to read the Age from the list item.
Is there a better approach? I use SharePoint Designer 2013 to design all this.
Any assistance is appreciated.
Thank you.

Hello Sebastian,
you can get the Age column from Task 1 and then update the Task 2 Age column with that value. I am not sure why you want to run another workflow on Task 2.
You can perform below steps to set Age column from Task 1 to Task 2.
1. Create Task 1 using Assign a task , wait till the task is completed.
2. Get the Age column value based on Task 1 once the task is completed.
3.Create Task 2 using Assign a task , uncheck wait till the task is completed option.
4. Update the Task 2 with Age column in Task1.
5. Use Wait for the field to equal value , check for Task Status is completed or not.
>>The problem with this approach is that I can't get a reference to the list item that started Task2 to read the Age from the list item.
you can get the related item from task list item to get the main list item.
Other option is, Use Javascript and CSOM in task edit form to get the Age column from Task1 and prepoluate the Age value when Task2 is opened.
Hope this helps.
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Error in transporting WF workflow task

Hello,
I face an error when moving WF workflow task from Dev to QA.
System is 4.0B.
The QA transport log shows (errors in bold):
Subsequent processing RH_ACTIVATE_PDOBJECT_AFTER_IMP for PDWS T started at 20:23:01
Time... 20:23:02 Run time... 00:00:01
Start activation of object WF 91000095 (client: 100) 202302
Error while activating
Time... 20:24:00 Run time... 00:00:58
Errors occurred during post-handling RH_ACTIVATE_PDOBJECT_AFTER_IMP for PDWS T
Post-handling RH_ACTIVATE_PDOBJECT_AFTER_IMP belongs to development class SP00
The errors affect the following R/3 components:
 BC-BMT-OM (Organizational Management)
In QA, the new version of the WF - created and activated in Dev - does not appear at all. I checked OSS Note 138411 - Collective note: PD Transports and OSS Note 88180 - Error during import postprocessing (Org.unit) but they didn`t help.
In Dev, the new version of the WF was saved and activated and manually inserted in a customizing request from tr. PFTC. The transport included object R3TR TDAT PDWS with entries for HRP, HRT and SWD_* tables, with records for the WF task.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks and regards,
Krisztian

Hi Ravi,
WS and TS tasks are recorded in changes, only the WFs and Ts are not. This is because some Personal Development objects are not to be transported, hence automatic transport connection for these is deactivated in IMG. Since WFs and Ts are considered as PD objects, the automatic transport is deactivated for them as well. For WFs and Ts manual transport is available in PFTC.
This is unfortunate but this is how it`s set.
On the other hand, version management is not something that works too well for workflows anyway (at least in 4.0B). You can`t see the differences in two separate versions like you would in a program. And in WFs and Ts you are able to generate versions just like for WSs and TSs for version management. So from my point of view manually transporting WFs and Ts are not the issue. But I may be wrong...
Nevertheless I activated automatic transport connection and did a change in Dev like that. The transport created was moved to Acc, but still same problem...
So I`m running out of clues.. maybe I just overlooked something...
Thanks
Krisz

SharePoint 2013 workflow task gets canceled

Just wanted to share my solution to a problem that I was having when creating a SharePoint 2013 Workflow that includes creating a task and assigning it to a group of people. After publishing the workflow and initiating it you get:
Retrying last request. Next attempt scheduled in less than one minute.
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ResourceNotFoundException: Cannot find resource for the request sp.utilities.utility.ExpandGroupsToPrincipals
An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the workflow instance.
  Exception details: System.ApplicationException: HTTP 404 {"error":{"code":"-1, Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ResourceNotFoundException",
  "message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"Cannot find resource for the request sp.utilities.utility.ExpandGroupsToPrincipals."},
  "innererror":{"message":"Cannot find resource for the request sp.utilities.utility.ExpandGroupsToPrincipals.",
  "type":"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ResourceNotFoundException","stacktrace":" at
  Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestRequestProcessor.GetObjectFromPathRoot(Boolean mainRequestPath, EdmParserNode node, Boolean resourceEndpoint, MethodInformation& methodInfo)\u000d\u000a at
  Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestRequestProcessor.GetObjectFromPath(Boolean mainRequestPath, String path, String pathForErrorMessage)\u000d\u000a at
  Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestRequestProcessor.Process()\u000d\u000a at
  Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestRequestProcessor.ProcessRequest()\u000d\u000a at
  Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestService.ProcessQuery(Stream inputStream, IList`1 pendingDisposableContainer)"}}
  } {"Transfer-Encoding":["chunked"],"X-SharePointHealthScore":["0"],"SPClientServiceRequestDuration":["46"]
  ,"SPRequestGuid":["624f66f8-a70c-81db-bf0d-c042443f5435"],"request-id":["624f66f8-a70c-81db-bf0d-c042443f5435"],
  "X-FRAME-OPTIONS":["SAMEORIGIN"],"MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices":["15.0.0.4569"],"X-Content-Type-Options":["nosniff"],
  "X-MS-InvokeApp":["1; RequireReadOnly"],"Cache-Control":["max-age=0, private"],"Date":["Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:17:23 GMT"],
  "Server":["Microsoft-IIS\/8.0"],"X-AspNet-Version":["4.0.30319"],"X-Powered-By":["ASP.NET"]} at
  Microsoft.Activities.Hosting.Runtime.Subroutine.SubroutineChild.Execute(CodeActivityContext context) at
   System.Activities.CodeActivity.InternalExecute(ActivityInstance instance, ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager) at
   System.Activities.Runtime.ActivityExecutor.ExecuteActivityWorkItem.ExecuteBody(ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager, Location resultLocation)
I was not able to find any answer anywhere, so my solution was:
1. Simply upgrade SharePoint Server 2013 to the latest version which in turn updates Microsoft.Activities.Proxy.dll
2. Clear the SharePoint Designer cache
  Workflow Error - Sharepoint Designer cannot display the item
  http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/154/t/74327.aspx
I hope this is helpful to somebody
Thanks

Hi Amit,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to approve workflow task using web service in SharePoint 2013.
For troubleshooting this issue, please provide the more detailed code.
Here are some similar posts, please check if they are useful:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/b999a417-dce3-4590-9173-89aea91f23a3/complete-workflow-after-approving-all-tasks?forum=sharepointdevelopment
http://www.sharepointblog.in/2013/07/programmatically-approvereject-task-in.html
http://aarebrot.net/blog/2011/10/how-sloppiness-and-spworkflowtask-altertask-could-inadvertantly-lock-your-workflow-task/
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Wendy
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Related Item link is broken in DispForm.aspx for a task in Workflow Tasks list if file name contains " ' " (single quote)

Description:
We have created a custom workflow in Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 and SharePoint 2013. This Workflow is associated with a Document library.
This Workflow starts as soon as any new item is created OR updated in Document library and creates a Task in Workflow Tasks list.
Related Item link is not working in following scenario -
Upload a file that contains “ ' “
in its name, in a document library
Navigate to Workflow Tasks list
Open View Item form (DispForm.aspx ) of Task Created by workflow then click on link in Related Item fields
OUPUT:
Related Item link truncates after “ ' “
Eg.
Original Link: http://<Site URL>/Documents/te'st.txt
Related Item Field: http://<Site URL>/Documents/te
Is this known bug in SharePoint 2013 OR any hotfix available to fix it.

Hi,
As I tested per your description, I can reproduce the issue as well.
From what I have found out, it seems SharePoint resolve single quote into different code in different place. During the test, if I set Task Name to Document Name, single quote will be resolved to ' , if I set some field to Document encoded URL, single
quote will be resolved to %27 . For now, I haven't found out any article talking about this issue.
As workaround, we may find out a way to change the Related Item field. However, it is OOB field in workflow task (SharePoint 2013) content type, and this content type cannot be modified in form.
I'd suggest you add new column to get document url and place in the form in Task content type settings.
Regards,
Rebecca Tu
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Workflow task on UWL does not open in new window

Hi,
Some of the workflow tasks in my UWL do not open up in a new window when i click on them. I notice that these tasks are not even hyperlinked (underlined). Instead, when i click on the line, a small pop up shows to options: Forward and Resubmit. Therefore i am not able to approve / reject these workitems.
Whereas there are some other work items which open up in a new window on click.
Is this problem related to workflow configuarion (perhaps enabling the WF for portal) or is it something to do with UWL configuration?
Appreciate your help.
thanks
zubair

Hi Paul,
I face the same problem, any findings so far?
Thanks!
Best regards,
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