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Cannot debug custom activity in workflow

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Posted on by sdnd2000 2,397

I have a custom workflow activity that I am trying to debug using the Plugin Registration Tool. When I run the workflow, I see it appear in System Jobs. Within a few seconds the status changes from 'In Progress' to 'Waiting' and when I open the job, the Details section contains the following:

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But if I am not profiling the workflow, then the activity runs correctly and updates the selected contact record as expected.

I've seen a few posts online from people who have had the same problem but cannot see any solutions. Does anyone have any ideas? All I have just one input entity, no output parameter,

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,323 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Cannot debug custom activity in workflow

    I would suggest to add traces after every single line which can cause exception. In that way you can define what line causes exception. Good luck.

  • sdnd2000 Profile Picture
    sdnd2000 2,397 on at
    RE: Cannot debug custom activity in workflow

    Hi, I got the same error message. It is still under testing, since I can not get into the debugger, I have to trace the error in this way. 

    2017_2D00_10_2D00_17_5F00_1148.png

  • Suggested answer
    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,323 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Cannot debug custom activity in workflow

    Try to replace line

    if (result < decimal.Parse(totalamount.ToString()))

    with line

    if (result < totalamount.Value)

    I'm just curious - your workflow activity will fail anyway because you have this weird part of code:

                   if (result < decimal.Parse(totalamount.ToString()))

                   {

                       throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException("Payment is not completed");

                   }

                   else

                   {

                       throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException("Payment is completed");

                   }

    It will throw an exception in any case - is it expected behavior?

  • sdnd2000 Profile Picture
    sdnd2000 2,397 on at
    RE: Cannot debug custom activity in workflow

    Sure, here you go

     [Input("Input Entity")]
        [RequiredArgument]
        [ReferenceTarget("invoice")]
        public InArgument<EntityReference> InputEntity { get; set; }
        public override void ExecuteCRMWorkFlowActivity(CodeActivityContext executionContext, LocalWorkflowContext crmWorkflowContext)
        {
            //Create the tracing service
            ITracingService tracingService = executionContext.GetExtension<ITracingService>();
            //Create the context
            IWorkflowContext context = executionContext.GetExtension<IWorkflowContext>();
            IOrganizationServiceFactory serviceFactory = executionContext.GetExtension<IOrganizationServiceFactory>();
            IOrganizationService service = serviceFactory.CreateOrganizationService(context.UserId);
            decimal result = 0;

            if (crmWorkflowContext == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("crmWorkflowContext");
            }

	        try
	        {
                //get old invoice id
                if (this.InputEntity.Get(executionContext).Id == null)
                {
                    throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException("Failed to retrieve invoice id.");
                }
                string totalPaymentItems = @" <fetch distinct='false' mapping='logical' aggregate='true' >
                                               <entity name='recoserv_paymentitem' >
                                                  <attribute name='recoserv_amount' alias='recoserv_amount_sum' aggregate='sum' />
                                                   <filter type='and' >
                                                    <condition attribute='recoserv_invoice' operator='eq' value='"+ this.InputEntity.Get(executionContext).Id + @"' />
                                                   </filter>
                                               </entity>
                                              </fetch>";
                EntityCollection sumResult = service.RetrieveMultiple(new FetchExpression(totalPaymentItems));
                var invoice = service.Retrieve("invoice", this.InputEntity.Get(executionContext).Id, new ColumnSet(true));
                Money totalamount = invoice.GetAttributeValue<Money>("totalamount");
                foreach ( var c in sumResult.Entities)
                {
                     result = ((Money)((AliasedValue)c["recoserv_amount_sum"]).Value).Value;
                }
                if (result < decimal.Parse(totalamount.ToString()))
                {
                    throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException("Payment is not completed");
                }
                else
                {
                    throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException("Payment is completed");
                }

            }
            catch (FaultException<OrganizationServiceFault> e)
            {
                tracingService.Trace("Exception: {0}", e.ToString());
                tracingService.Trace("Timestamp: {0}", e.Detail.Timestamp);
                tracingService.Trace("Code: {0}", e.Detail.ErrorCode);
                tracingService.Trace("Message: {0}", e.Detail.Message);
                tracingService.Trace("Trace: {0}", e.Detail.TraceText);
                throw e;
            }
        }


  • a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,323 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Cannot debug custom activity in workflow

    Can you please provide full code of your custom workflow activity?

  • sdnd2000 Profile Picture
    sdnd2000 2,397 on at
    RE: Cannot debug custom activity in workflow

    I still got the same error message

  • Suggested answer
    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,323 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Cannot debug custom activity in workflow

    Hello,

    Try to use "invoice" instead of Invoice.EntityLogicalName and check if it works.

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