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alex_theys
alex_theys
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Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC
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Workflow issue with timeline

Hi,

I am having an issue with the AEM 6.1 out of the box workflows.

When I attempt to have a participant step after a simple process step I get a null pointer exception (error log is attached in txt file).

Here is the very simple workflow:

[img]Screen Shot 2015-09-23 at 10.59.47.png[/img]

Here is what I expected from it:

[img]Screen Shot 2015-09-23 at 11.04.25.png[/img]

but this is what I get:

[img]Screen Shot 2015-09-23 at 11.06.08.png[/img]

Any help would be much appreciated!

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smacdonald2008
smacdonald2008Accepted solution
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Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

Looks like a permission issue - you need to make sure that the groups have the required permissions to perform the tasks in this workflow. 

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alex_theys
alex_theysAuthor
Level 2
Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

Right, I have narrowed it down. Basically adding Read access to home fixes it.

It looks like in order to look up elements in the timeline the users will need access to the display name (firstname and or lastname).

Thanks for the help guys

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alex_theys
alex_theysAuthor
Level 2
Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

That makes sense, what permissions would it need though?

As far as groups go, they have workflow-users and content-authors.

I ran a test, adding admin rights to the user seems to make it work.

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alex_theys
alex_theysAuthor
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Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

Turns out, giving read access to the folder containing the admin user has fixed this particular problem.

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Lokesh_Shivalingaiah
Lokesh_Shivalingaiah
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Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

Even I faced this issue sometime before if we assign it to non-admin groups. I couldnt debug further there !

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smacdonald2008
smacdonald2008Accepted solution
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Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

Looks like a permission issue - you need to make sure that the groups have the required permissions to perform the tasks in this workflow. 

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alex_theys
alex_theysAuthor
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Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

Groups that aren't administrators

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alex_theys
alex_theysAuthor
Level 2
Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

yeah I did, and that worked. the problem is only when setting to groups

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smacdonald2008
smacdonald2008
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Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

Did you try and set to admin in part step? 

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alex_theys
alex_theysAuthor
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Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

yup, same problem when starting it from classic UI, same error too.

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smacdonald2008
smacdonald2008
Level 10
Oct 16, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

Try that and try invoking from classic UI (http://localhost:4502/siteadmin#/content) too. Lets see if the issue can be nailed down. 

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