Recurrent jobs without getting infinite loops

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Hi everyone, I tried many solutions suggested to run recurrent workflows within Crm. Each solution I try, I end up with and infinite loop. Is there a way to to a recurrent workflow within Crm without ending with an infinite loop? Thanks a lot

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Mahadeo Matre 17,021 on at

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Hi,

There are multiple ways to create Recursive workflow

Check these solution

community.dynamics.com/.../scheduling-recurring-workflows-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-online-and-on-premise

community.dynamics.com/.../create-recursive-or-scheduled-workflows-in-crm

www.powerobjects.com/.../setting-up-recurring-workflows-in-dynamics-crm-2016

Also, in CRM if you are not using Goals for anything, then you can use Goal entity also, Generally goals are recalculated every day, and you can schedule one workflow to run on goal modified on, and in that workflow you can call your main workflow.

hope this will help..

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Have you tried them on your own? I tried the last two and got infinite loops at a certain point (On depth 16). Also, if you look at comment on 3rd solution, you can read:

I did a similar solution form crm 2016 online by creating two workflows and once the 1st workflow is done it calls the 2nd workflow which later on called 1st workflow. It worked fine for around 8 executions but later on the workflows were stopped by the system with the following error :

This workflow job was canceled because the workflow that started it included an infinite loop. Correct the workflow logic and try again. For information about workflow logic, see Help.

Any idea on this ?

Then:

Yes, this will eventually happen when using workflows which trigger each other. This solution is therefore inherently flawed, the only alternative would be to create a script/console app to initiate an new on-demand workflow on a schedule.

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Mahadeo Matre 17,021 on at

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I am using Goals for my recurring workflow.

I create one record in Goal entity, and create one workflow on Goal entity, when goal is modified workflow is executed.

In Goal workflow i am calling my another custom workflow.

This is working for me from last 8 months without any problem.

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Hi Frantz, you can try creating the schedule using the bulk delete method, which will then trigger the workflow. We have been using this method since CRM 2011 without any issues..

community.dynamics.com/.../scheduling-recurring-workflows-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-online-and-on-premise

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Nuno 2,005 on at

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Hi Frantz,

On CRM online when the depth reaches 16, the Infinite loop message is issued. On-premise the max depth is 8.

The depth is incresead by one when a CRM event triggers another one and have not passed 60 minutes.

So, in your case, to avoid the infinite loop, before any workflow calls other, you must put the workflow waiting for more than 60 minutes.

This way, the depth in each instance of the workflows will always be 1.

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Tnx, I need my recursive WF every 10 minutes, so now I created a start recursive WF who triggers the recursive WF (with a timeout of 61 minutes) 6 times.

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Kenneth Leong 360 on at

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Instead of using "start child workflow", write a workflow assembly that executes workflow (itself). dynamics won't know it's part of the same loop.

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