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Suraj_Kamdi
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Suraj_KamdiCommunity Advisor
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January 7, 2019

The first node in a transient workflow must be of type: PROCESS but was of type: PARTICIPANT

  • January 7, 2019
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I am getting following error after starting my workflow

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    edubey
    edubey
    Level 10
    January 7, 2019

    Should have first step as process.

    Can you share the screenshot of workflow model?

    arunpatidar
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    arunpatidarCommunity Advisor
    Community Advisor
    January 7, 2019

    Hi,

    The process step can be expected as first step because when you run a workflow in transient mode AEM does not store any workflow history but when the transient workflow enters a participant step it changes mode (at runtime) to non-transient; as the task is being passed to a person the history needs to be persisted.

    Arun Patidar
      Suraj_Kamdi
      Community Advisor
      Suraj_KamdiCommunity AdvisorAuthor
      Community Advisor
      January 7, 2019

      what will be the first process step to get workflow initiator ?

      Suraj Kamdi
      arunpatidar
      Community Advisor
      arunpatidarCommunity Advisor
      Community Advisor
      January 7, 2019

      you can use process step to assign workflow to initiator.

      Arun Patidar
        atyaf66
        atyaf66
        Level 2
        January 7, 2019

        @here,

        I was reading this doc: Developing and Extending Workflows

        is there any benefit to marking a workflow as transient, if it does have a participant step, or it has an AND split (or any other condition that makes the workflow non-transient) ?

        We are trying to decide if it's worth the hassle.

        Additionally, it seems like no matter what, the initiator of a transient workflow will always be "workflow-service", is that the case? always?

        Thanks.

        arunpatidar
        Community Advisor
        arunpatidarCommunity Advisor
        Community Advisor
        January 8, 2019

        I would go with transient if there is no user interaction like DAM Asset Upload workflow. If you are not sure whether to use transient or non-transient with user interaction you can go with non-transient.

        The workflow purge tool can help you to get rid of workflow instances which created for non-transient workflow .

        Purge workflow and audit nodes

        Arun Patidar
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