Background task in process BUS0050 FM

[Former Member]

I have a workflow based on BUS0050.PREPOSTEDDOCCREATED. Post is disabled and is done automatically after approval of the budget document. The posting works fine in most instances but we have some special budget documents with Funded Program 3000.050000X000. The background post step stays in process for any document created with this funded program.

After manually posting a couple of these documents I noticed a popup warning that is apparently stopping the background task from completing. The warning message is a threshold for budget exhaustion and I just continue through it but it does stop the background task.

I haven't included any deadline processing but checking for in process items everyday and manually completing them will get to be quite a job. Is this type of situation normally handled with deadlines?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Find my different suggestions in the following prority

1. Firsr try to correct the problem/inconsistency with your 3000.050000X000 which is causing warning.

2. Instead of letting your task remains in 'Inprocess' change your method in such a way that whenever it encounters any error/warning come out of the method with a return parameter to workflow and based on this in the next step of your workflow send a item to some common process adminstrator informing him about the Error/Warning and asking him post it manually.

3. You can also put a deadline for 'Latest End' meaning the workitem supposed to get end by this time but did not get end, so what workflow should do? here you can model whatever you want as per requirement.

Regards

Krishna Mohan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

"2. Instead of letting your task remains in 'Inprocess' change your method in such a way that whenever it encounters any error/warning come out of the method with a return parameter to workflow and based on this in the next step of your workflow send a item to some common process adminstrator informing him about the Error/Warning and asking him post it manually."

The workflow is using the standard task TS12300021 with method PREPOSTEDPOST.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

BTW if anyone else runs into a background posting problem with FM workflows, an OSS note came out the same afternoon I was wrestling with this:

Note 1136805 - FMBB: cannot post a document with warnings

After applying this, my background jobs post fine now.

[Former Member]

I can't change it in SPRO because the budget threshold warning is a requirement.

[Former Member]

Hi Tommy,

This is Krishna, The problem seems to be with the config made in SPRO for funds management. Debug and see why the problem is causing.

Krishna.