JR64009: IF A ROBOT POPULATES A PROCESS VARIABLE DEFINED AS "NUMERIC" WITH A TEXT VALUE, THE PROCESS FAILS WITH THE STATUS 'CANCELED'

Download IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In the orchestrator process, if a process variable is created as
  'Numeric,' but the robot populates it with a text value, the
  value is loaded into the web client, but the process status
  stays as canceled, and the value does not appear on the
  dashboard.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users that makes use of Process orchestration and that   *
  * also use the data from the executions on dashboard.          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When scheduling a enqueue script to run given Process        *
  * scripts, in the case where                                   *
  * one of them set the wrong data type to a variable, the       *
  * process would break and stay in the Canceling state,         *
  * the variable history would show the wrong data assigned,     *
  * however the data on dashboard is not affected, making it     *
  * inaccurate.                                                  *
  * Now a validation occurs throwing an error for trying to      *
  * assign the wrong type, and correctly sets the script         *
  * execution status.                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• Defect created and resolved.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RPA

• Fixed component ID

  5737N5100

Applicable component levels

• RK00 PSY

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