Workflow Notifications not sending for AdHoc Role

Question

Hi,
I am trying to send my workflow to multiple dynamic users, using the call createAdHocRole.
Here is my code (I currently am using 2 user names for testing. This will be eventually be a variable) :
+-- create role --+
apps.wf_directory.createAdHocRole(v_role_name   -- role name
+, v_role_name -- role display name+
+, null -- language+
+, null -- territory+
+, null -- role description+
+, null -- notification preference+
+, 'JEHANSEN,DCDRIGGS' -- role users+
+, null -- email addresses+
+, null -- fax+
+, 'ACTIVE' -- status+
+, trunc(sysdate) + C_PURGE);+
When I run the workflow, it runs with no errors, but I am not receiving any emails. I can view the workflow in the Status Monitor and I see the Notification being created and it shows my new role as the performer. Both usernames that I am using for the Role Users are setup as Users and Employees in the environment.
I've queried the WF_USER_ROLES_ASSIGNMENTS table and I see my new role there, and both usernames are in the table. Both users are also in WF_USERS with email addresses, and also in WF_LOCAL_USER_ROLES. When I query WF_NOTIFICATIONS, I see the notification being created there, with a status of OPEN, receipient_role being my new role, mail_Status is blank, responder is blank, original_recipient is my new role, from_user is the supplier, and to_user is my role name .
Can anyone see what I am missing? I thought if I create the role with a null email_address it then sends email to all users in that role? It probably doesn't matter, but these are being submitted upon the change of a PO in iSupplier (Oracle Apps).
Thanks,
Janel

Answer 1

Hi,
Once you have created the role, they can be referenced in your Workflow process in the same way as an other role. For example, create an ad-hoc role "MYTEST123" using the standard WF_DIRECTORY API. Then you can use this as the notification recipient in your process.
If you are creating the roles dynamically within a process, then once the role has been created, set an item attribute (e.g. attribute NTF_RECIPIENT) to the name of the new adhoc role, and then have the notification recipient set to the value of the item attribute.
HTH,
Matt
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