JR46830: IF YOU HAVE A VARIABLE MARKED AS TRACKED VARIABLE AND YOU USE THIS VARIABLE IN MAPPING IN LINKED PROCESS YOU WILL GET AN ERR

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Prerequisites for the issue reported here is:
  - process A has a variable Z
  - variable Z is marked to be tracked
  - process A calls process B as 'linked process'
  - auto-tracking is enabled
  
  For each activity in process B, all variables that should be
  tracked are evaluated. In the current implementation, all
  tracked variables from process B and process A are found and
  are evaluated for tracking. Activities in process B cannot
  access the variables from process A, therefore the exception
  happens. The current code already tries to suppress any errors
  thrown during evaluation, but this does not work in all cases.
  The correct fix for this issue is to not try to evaluate
  process A's tracked variables at all - they are not accessible
  from process B.
  The exception the customer sees is polluting the system log
  file, but does not harm BPM processing.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• Problem Summary:
  For each activity in the linked process, all variables
  marked for tracking of the linked process and the calling
  process
  are evaluated. From a linked process, variables of the calling
  process are not available. Therefore, the evaluation fails.
  

Problem conclusion

• Problem Summary:
  For each activity in the linked process, all variables
  marked for tracking of the linked process and the calling
  process
  are evaluated. From a linked process, variables of the calling
  process are not available. Therefore, the evaluation fails.
  
  Problem Conclusion:
  The fix will only search for tracked variables within
  the boundary of the current linked process. This avoids error
  messages written out to the system out log file.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  JR46823

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  BPM ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9400

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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