Process hangs application

vinsnash

I have a simple process to build a new object.

FIND NSCPers WITH NSCPers.MemberStatus = 'P'
Create
Pending WITH
Pending.Address=NSCPers.Address,
Pending.Age=NSCPers.Age,
Pending.BirthDate=NSCPers.BirthDate,
Pending.Branch=NSCPers.Branch,
Pending.City=NSCPers.City,
Pending.DateJoined=NSCPers.DateJoined,
Pending.DatePaid=NSCPers.DatePaid,
Pending.DateUpdated=NSCPers.DateUpdated,
Pending.ExpireDate=NSCPers.ExpireDate,
Pending.FirstName=NSCPers.FirstName,
Pending.Gender=NSCPers.Gender,
Pending.LastName=NSCPers.LastName,
Pending.MemberType=NSCPers.MemberType,
Pending.NextOfKin=NSCPers.NextOfKin,
Pending.SocialSecurityNumber=NSCPers.SocialSecurityNumber,
Pending.State=NSCPers.State,
Pending.UnitCode=NSCPers.UnitCode,
Pending.ZIP=NSCPers.ZIP,
Pending.HomePhone=NSCPers.HomePhone,
Pending.WorkPhone=NSCPers.WorkPhone

Why when I run it does it bring up a display of all instances and require that I select one before executing? The executing flash appears but the progress wheel is not spinning. When I use the close 'x' in the corner of the window the process appears to stop and returns to the configuration tool. When I close the configuration tool the control panel is gone. When I try to start again 'TomCat' doesn't start and I have to reboot the VPS to get everything back to normal.

Does the create have too many parameters?

Vins Nash

tford

Why when I run it does it bring up a display of all instances and require that I select one before executing?

For your CREATE action, a single instance of NSCPers must be in context. So you either need to modify your FIND to get just one, or the user will be presented with a pick list like you experienced.

FIND NSCPers WITH NSCPers.MemberStatus = 'P' TAKE BEST ONE

vinsnash

I spent a day working with this process and have have found the following:

There are four instances that satisfy the condition in NSCPers.
None get added to context but one is on the first page of that initial presentation.
I check the box on the header and the box on the last row is checked automatically.
On 'OK' the process starts, hangs, and crashes the control panel. When I try to start the control panel again it launches but TomCat goes to "Process Finished" immediately.
I have to reboot the server to get it back to normal.
I had twenty parameters in the Create Action (as in original post).
I reduced it to one and the Pending instance was created with the selected attribute set correctly to = the corresponding NSCPers attribute.
I added parameters to the Create action which worked until I reached Logging out of Aware IM. Then there was an "internal error" message.
I reduced the number back to 10 and the process worked for the 1 instance. I switched several parameters in the 10 spot to make sure the error wasn't related to a particular attribute. With any 10 it works with 11 there is an 'internal error'.

Knowing there are 4 instances that satisfy

FIND NSCPers Where NSCPers.MemberStatus = 'P'

How do I get them all in context for the process? The number of parameters possible on a create can be addressed latter but is critical.

Thanks for the help.

BobK

If I understand you correctly, you have 4 NSCPers records with MemberStatus = 'P' and you want to create 4 Pending records.

In your process, on the General tab, do you have anything in the 'For this Process' column. I think this should be empty.

For your process try:

Find NSCPers WITH NSCPers.MemberStatus = 'P'
Create Pending FOR EACH NSCPers WITH Pending.Address=NSCPers.Address, (the rest of your attributes.)

This should get you 1 Pending record for each NSCPers.

Sorry, I do not have a solution for allowing to populate 11 or more attributes on the create action.

vinsnash

OK!

I completely missed that "For Each" syntax. Wont' be the last I expect. Thank you!

Vins Nash

tford

In addition to Bob's syntax, this will work:

Find NSCPers WITH NSCPers.MemberStatus = 'P' IN BATCHES OF 1
Create Pending NSCPers WITH Pending.Address=NSCPers.Address, (the rest of your attributes.)

vinsnash

The problem is that the documentation leads one to believe that one should use the general tab process input window for selecting objects required for the process input.

I think the documentation was written by programmers. As a former application programmer I refused to write user documentation just for that reason.

That takes care of the crash with more than 10 parameters.

Thanks for the help!

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