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Workflow with Id <> does not exist Error

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Posted on by VBDynamics 80

We recently encountered an issue with our automated deployment process which left three workflows(real time workflows) in database but not visible from UI. This meant that they were now duplicate instances of the existing workflows and therefore got triggered twice. Since we are on-premise(2013) and faced with no other option I attempted to delete these from the WorkflowBase, WorkflowDependencyBase and WorkflowBaseIds Tables but this has not removed all references completely as I now get the error 'Workflow with Id <> does not exist' on the trigger that was supposed to fire the workflow. Does anybody know which tables hold this information on workflow triggers and where else(Tables) I need to remove them from.

I am already aware that this was unsupported SQL Operation so please only suggest possible solutions in case you are aware.

Thanks in Advance.

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  • David Jennaway Profile Picture
    David Jennaway 14,065 on at
    RE: Workflow with Id <> does not exist Error

    When do you get the error, and can you enable tracing ? This should help determine if the issue is somewhere in the data that contains the workflow definition, or any running instance of the workflow. If it's the latter, then the tables you need to check are AsyncOperationBase, WorkflowLogBase and WorkflowWaitSubscriptionBase

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    VBDynamics 80 on at
    RE: Workflow with Id <> does not exist Error

    There is a field update that triggers the original workflow and that is where I now get the error. Doing this I do not get any new records in AsyncOperationBase, WorkflowLogBase and WorkflowWaitSubscriptionBase tables. Also querying on objectId did not yield any results. I did enable tracing and I could see that there was a query being made to WorkflowBase where Id=<> but I am yet to identify the step where it gets the Id in the first place to query that. This is the reason I wanted to find out if there was a table that stored the field triggers in the first place. Please note this was a real time workflow.

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    VBDynamics 80 on at
    RE: Workflow with Id <> does not exist Error

    Hopefully I have managed to resolve this one now ! For the benefit of other such unfortunate souls who face this in future, the triggers for the Sync Workflows are stored at the 'Sdk Message Processing Steps' entity which can also be queried via Advanced Find and records deleted from there .The filter on Event Handler Type should provide the correct records and you can locate the right record Id from there .

  • Johan Andersson - Endeavor AB Profile Picture
    Johan Andersson - E... 405 on at
    RE: Workflow with Id <> does not exist Error

    Got the same error when trying to export a solution. Found out after some research that a Case Creation Rule was causing the error.

    When Case Creation Rule record was inactive it referred a process (workflow) that did not exist. The solution to the problem was to enable the Rule and a new ID was created and solution could be exported.

    Using CRM 2016, 8.1.1.1005

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