Step based request fulfillment flow does not run

[ed475]

I have set up a request item to use the Step based request fulfillment flow and added two steps:

1. authorise

2. create sc_task

When i request the item the flow 'Step based request fulfillment' does not run. It has no executions. I have confirm that it is active, and also confirmed that if I 'test' the flow against one of the unprocessed RITM records it runs successfully. The approval and task creation steps are both.

Does anyone have any idea why ordering the item does not trigger the flow execution?

 

[Shivalika]

It means @ed475 the flow is not being triggered at all. 

Are the fulfillment activities "Active" ? 

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[ed475]

There is no active flag for records on the sc_service_fulfillment_step table

[Shivalika]

Hello @ed475 

Then I think the problem is with approval, it's not being triggered or something. Can you remove that approval step and check whether its running ? 

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[Shivalika]

Also @ed475 

Check if you have a BR name - "Start FlowDesigner Flow" it might hhinder the beggining of flow if not approved. 

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[ed475 · Accepted solution]

The workflow on an item will not run until the parent sc_request record is approved.

On my instance the approval engine was set to off for sc_request, and additionally not set  as 'workflows managing approvals on this table'. This resulted in the sc_request getting stuck waiting for an approval that was never issued.

I switched the approval engine to 'process guides' for this table and it no longer requires approval at the request level, so the item flow now executes.

I don't know much about the approval engine so I still need to work out if it's better to use process guides, or to enable workflow managing approvals on the sc_request table, but at least it's working for now and I have a clear reason why it wasn't.