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# Sending Notifications When Workflow Steps Result in Specific Errors

You can configure the notification to be sent when a workflow step has a specific error. Table 3-1. Specific errors for workflow steps lists the possible workflow step errors.

Table 3-1. Specific errors for workflow steps
Error | Meaning
--- | ---
No consensus | All users of all security groups, or users linked to the workflow step need to vote, and there is no consensus.
No recipients | None of the security groups linked to the workflow step have users linked to it. No user can act on the workflow step.
Timeout | The workflow step timed out. (Used for execution steps and decision steps.
Invalid token | Invalid token used in the execution.
ORACLE error | Failed PL/SQL execution.
NULL result | No result is returned from the execution.
Invalid integer | Validation includes an invalid value in the Integer field.
Invalid date | Validation includes an invalid value in the Date field.
Command execution error | Execution engine has failed or has a problem.
Invalid Result | Execution or subworkflow has returned a result not included in the validation.
Parent closed | For wf_receive or wf_jump steps, a request is expects a message from a package line that is cancelled or closed.
Child closed | For wf_receive or wf_jump steps, a package line expects a message from a request that is cancelled or closed.
No parent | For wf_receive or wf_jump steps, a request expects a message from a package line that has been deleted.
No child | For wf_receive or wf_jump steps, a package line expects a message from a request that has been deleted.
Multiple jump results | For wf_jump steps in a package Line, different result values were used to transition to the step.
Multiple Return Results | The package-level subworkflow received multiple results from package lines that traversed it.

To send notification when a workflow step has a specific result:

1. In the Workflow Step window, click the Notifications tab.

   See Configure notifications for workflow steps .

2. Click New.

3. In the Add Notification for Step window, click the Setup tab.

4. From the Event list, select Specific Error.

5. From the Error list, select the error that you want to trigger the notification.

6. To determine the time at which the notification is sent, from the Interval list, select a value.

   Note: If you select 8:00 AM Daily M-F, the notification goes out every morning at 8:00 AM from Monday through Friday after the step becomes eligible.

   If you select 8:00 AM Daily M-F or Hourly M-F, you can send multiple notifications to a single recipient in a batch.

7. To send recipients a reminder if the event is still in effect after a given number of days:

   1. For Send Reminder?, select Yes.

   2. In the Reminder Days field, type the number of days after which, if the event is still in effect, a reminder is to be sent.

8. For Enabled, leave Yes selected.

9. To stop notification transmission once the step is no longer eligible, select the Don't send if obsolete checkbox.

10. In the Recipients section, select the notification recipients (users, security groups, or tokens). For detailed instructions, see Configuring Notification Recipients.

11. Click the Message tab, and configure the body of the notification. For details on how to do this, see Configure message content.

12. Click OK.

13. In the Workflow Step window, click OK.

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