Is there enough functionality of the workflow admin console?

[anon26949]

In the dashlet "My tasks" there are two item "Current tasks" and "Completed tasks".

When I click on the "Completed tasks" I see the following error on a red background:

Error while loading items

When this error occurs in the logs I see the following.

catalina.out:

...
Caused by: org.activiti.engine.ActivitiObjectNotFoundException: no deployed process definition found with id 'publishWhitepaper:1:1115'
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.deploy.DeploymentManager.findDeployedProcessDefinitionById(DeploymentManager.java:75)
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.GetDeploymentProcessDefinitionCmd.execute(GetDeploymentProcessDefinitionCmd.java:39)
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.GetDeploymentProcessDefinitionCmd.execute(GetDeploymentProcessDefinitionCmd.java:26)
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvoker.execute(CommandInvoker.java:24)
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandContextInterceptor.execute(CommandContextInterceptor.java:57)
        at org.activiti.spring.SpringTransactionInterceptor$1.doInTransaction(SpringTransactionInterceptor.java:47)
        at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:131)
        at org.activiti.spring.SpringTransactionInterceptor.execute(SpringTransactionInterceptor.java:45)
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.interceptor.LogInterceptor.execute(LogInterceptor.java:31)
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.cfg.CommandExecutorImpl.execute(CommandExecutorImpl.java:40)
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.cfg.CommandExecutorImpl.execute(CommandExecutorImpl.java:35)
        at org.activiti.engine.impl.RepositoryServiceImpl.getDeployedProcessDefinition(RepositoryServiceImpl.java:138)
        at org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.ActivitiUtil.getDeployedProcessDefinition(ActivitiUtil.java:133)
        at org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.ActivitiTypeConverter.getTaskDefinition(ActivitiTypeConverter.java:223)
        at org.alfresco.service.cmr.workflow.LazyActivitiWorkflowTask.<init>(LazyActivitiWorkflowTask.java:93)
        at org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.ActivitiWorkflowEngine.getAssignedTasks(ActivitiWorkflowEngine.java:1543)
        ... 92 more‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Before that I installed and watched some examples of business processes, but then deleted them (and via workflow console).  most likely, I didn't do it correctly...

I can't understand why this error appear?

no deployed process definition found with id 'publishWhitepaper:1:1115'‍‍

Maybe somewhere something is cached? I saw a comment where says that it requires the another console - Activiti workflow console. Is it really so?..

I would be very grateful for the information. Thanks to all.

[afaust · Accepted solution]

This error occurs because you have a historic task in the database that references a process definition that has since been deleted and cannot be resolved in order to convert the DB data into a task representation that Alfresco uses for display in Alfresco Share UI. Looking at the Activiti schema, the tables for historic information do require referential integrity in their relation to the process definition and are not automatically cascade-deleted when you undeploy a process.

Generally speaking, the Alfresco-Activiti integration does not support undeployment of process definitions in all circumstances. Even the Activiti console will not properly clean up historic task if you undeploy a process definition - but in standalone Activiti there would not be this kind of conversion logic(ActivitiTypeConverter) that tries to look up non-existent data.

I would advise you to report this issue via JIRA. When the Alfresco workflow console provides a means to undeploy a process definiton, Alfresco should ensure that it does not cause side effects in other functionality.

[anon26949]

Thank you very much for your answer!..

[anon26949]

Thank you again for you great answer! Does this mean that I should not invoke 'undeploy definition <workflow id>' in any case?..

[afaust]

Given that you have encountered this side effect I would advise against using this if you already have completed tasks for the process definition.

[anon26949]

Excellent. Thank you very much!..