Workflow Initiator Details

Hi Gurus,
Can some one please let me know where can i find the workflow initiator details/query. like who initiated the workflow in the workflow tables
Thanks
Raghava

Depends on how a specific WF is created. Some are done online realtime, others offline. For example:
I create a sales order line. The form creates workflow runtime data for the order line by calling the appropriate WF API's. To find the info you want, go back to the order line to see who created the order line.

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Hi David,
To reproduce this issue, Could you give me your detailed process and code?
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SharePoint 2010 Enterprise.
Outlook 2013 with MS Exchange
Document approval workflow.
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I've tried the regedit fix and the hive fix and resetting IE that some of the other people have said that works and it doesn't.
When I go the site, and connect the task list to Outlook, I can complete the task that way.
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Hi, workflow gurus.
Question is about workflow initiator definition in a local workflow.
In my workflow there are, for this moment, two event creators (callers), each of them calls for the same local generic workflow and passes event specific parameters, for instance, the user name of a current step approver. I use a local workflow in order to increase reuse and make approve process more generic.
My local workflow contains from a user decision, if user approves the decision, we returned to the main workflow and continue process approve execution, otherwise we send a message to WF inbox to the main workflow initiator, who ran the workflow. This email should contain the following text: «Dear, &_Wf_Initiator_&, the process you had launched has been declined by %_Current_Approver_Uname%». Such as if John executed the main WF and Andrew declined it, thus John will get the following message: «Dear, USJohn, the process you had launched has been declined by USAndrew».
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Short form of this question may be expressed as: Is the following statement is correct
localWF._WFInitiator = mainWF._WFInitiator.
2. Why in my case local WF initiator has the same value, as a current approver, which has been passed via binding (the only value, that was binded)? I got «Dear, USAndrew, the process you had launched has been declined by USAndrew» instead of «Dear, USJohn, the process you had launched has been declined by USAndrew»?
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Hi, Ronen
I'll check the binding implementation more properly.
What I paid attention for is that, when I define &_Wf_Initiator_& as message receiver of a local WF it sends the message to the main WF initiator (e.g. USJohn), but when I want to print the value of the same &_Wf_Initiator_& inside of this message I got the different value (e.g. USAndrew). So how it can be that using the same variable we have two different values?
One more theoretical question, does main workflow container is completely encapsulated from a local workflow or main WF's container is kind of a global container and accessible from local WF without binding via local event binding?

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Using an approval workflow. when the task has been assigned to the person he is getting an email but when clicking on the edit this task button ,the pop window with the
"workflow task details are being retrieved from the server"
error is getting. SharePoint site 2007 and Microsoft Outlook is 2010.

I have a similar issue with my version of SharePoint.
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise.
Outlook 2013 with MS Exchange
Document approval workflow.
When you open the document approval email that comes from SharePoint and click on "Open this task" the popup window flashes across "workflow tasks details are being retrieved from the server ".
I've tried the regedit fix and the hive fix and resetting IE that some of the other people have said that works and it doesn't.
When I go the site, and connect the task list to Outlook, I can complete the task that way.
I also created a new approval workflow in SharePoint designer and it behaves the same way.
Anything else I should try?
== Steve Morley MedIT, Dalhousie University

Workflow initiator problem

Hi friends,
In my workflow, I have created one activity for reason for rejection and I am using task(TS20000139) for sending short message with reason and in binding I am passing wofkflow initiator(&_WF_INITIATOR&) to receiver(&RECEIVER&). But the problem is workflow initiator is not pickingup exact user name. If the username is 'STEVE' it is picking 'USSTEVE', because of this it is showing an error that user does not exists. If I remove that 'US' my problem will get solved. Plz suggest me.
Regards,
Steve.

hi,
when u create an activity step, double click on the step.
in the "task" section, click on the dropdown, then click on create task option.
this will take you to the task creation screen.
ih the object method section, select object category as "BOR object type", object type as your BO name (eg: BUS2012), and method as the name of the method that you created in your BO.
you can create your custom method in a custom BO.
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enter the BO name and change button.
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give a name to the method and dont forget to uncheck the "dialog" property of the method.
save it.
click on the newly created method and click on parameters button. specify the input and output parameter.
again click on the newly created method and click on program. here you can perform the string operation.
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then click on the generate button. (red and white coloured button).

How to set LocaleId for DateTimeControl on workflow initiation form

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The workflow initiation form somehow shows a english date format.
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Hi ,
From your description, my understanding is that the date picker displayed English format in a workflow initiation form when the language of your site collection was Dutch.
I did a test: the language of my site collection was English, and I set the site’s locale is Chinese. Then I created a initiation form parameter using Date & Time type, after I published the workflow and started it on an item, the data picker displayed
Chinese format.
So, for your issue, please go to your site collection, and click Site Actions->Site Settings->Regional settings, change your Locale to Dutch.
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Assign workflow initiator dynamically

Hi all
Yesterday i posted same issue but it is not that much clear from my side , some of them suggest some solution but i am unable to solve. Please help me in this.
My problem is:
I am passing Workflow Initiator dynamically from BO.
1. here initiator is pernr (this is from HR data not from USER)
till BO i am able to catch pernr value but in workflow it is not passing pernr number.
2. I created attribute for email id in BO and created refernce but i dont know how to call that in workflow.
Please help me in this issue.
Thanks & Regads,
Padma

In binding from workflow to task....
you can bind like this....
suppose yur BO has name : ZHRDATA
&ZHRDATA.USERID& --> &USERID&
&ZHRDATA.EMAILID& --> &EMAIILID&
Make sure that you have created these two(userid and emailid parameters in your method as import parameter
theniside your method...you have access this like below:
Data : lvuserid type.....
swc_get_element container 'I_USERID' lv_userid .

090 client,workitemcontainer : workflow initiator:USOS_WF_BATCH

Hi,
My workflow issue has solved( Attachement). its working fine, from report i have passed the parameters to workflow. everything is working.
i tested it from report also. its working fine.
Now i have one more issue.
I have developed this workflow in client 060, since there is no data available , so i had transfer workflow to 131 client. and 090 client
I had transfred using scc1 transaction.
Now my problem is when i am testing in 131 client, its working fine.(100%).
when i am testing in 090 client , it is working, but with an issue.
If QE (quality engineer) reject/approve the work item , then the mail will be send to workflow initator. But the step is not working, mail has not been recieved by workflow inititor.
This same step is working fine in client 131 perfectly, initiator has recieved the mails here,
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Can you please tell me why is it not coming to initiator in client 090?
I had checked in workitem analysis transaction (SWIA).
it shows diffrent values in diffrent clients, that means,
in 090 client, workitem container :        workflow initiator : USOS_WF_BATCH
in 131 client, workitem container :        workflow initiator : USSHASHIM
in 060 client, workitem container :        workflow initiator : USSHASHIM
SHASHIM is the userid of ME.
why it is taking different values in different clients.
In 090 client, i had tested workflow in workflow builder ,
that time its working perfectly, but when i am executing from the report only its not working that means return mail is not recieved by the initator.
in outbox of workflow initator shows workflow has completed. it shows workitem status is mail sent.
but workflow initator has not recieved the mails. because its taking workflow initiator as: USOS_WF_BATCH
Please give me suitable solution.
Thanks & Regards
Sankar
Message was edited by: sankar surya

Hi Markus
We are facing the exact issue reported in ur mail. Did you manage to get a solution for that?
Regards
Waz

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Hi GB,
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I am trying to trigger a workflow by a RFC function module
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it a bit urgent
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Hello Raj,
In display event trace, i found event 'RELEASESTEPCREATED' Twice with task/workflow number and with
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with task number& Handler action 'SWW_WI_CREATE_VIA_EVENT_IBF'.
In Trans SWEC No "Releasestepcrated " event were found.
In this table i found following entries,Out of this should i delete any?Pls guide........
EINKBELEG   BUS2012    CHANGED
EINKBELEG   QCYBUS2012 CHANGED
EINKBELEG   QCYBUS2012 CREATED
EINKBELEG   FREBUS2012 CREATED
EINKBELEG   FREBUS2012 CHANGED
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