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Hi there. I'm struggling with the behaviour of choice fields (especially if I start a workflow element via SQL) if the value put into the field is not in the data source or not distinkt. I remember that in earlier Versions it would have started the new element, highlighted the value with red underlining and refused to go on, unless a valid value was entered, but the element has been created and the "wrong value" was in there. Nowadays it will give an error, not create the new item and do a (...)
Update: There has been a bad return in the script that screwed the things up. # Hi, I have a REST API endpoint in PowerShell Universal with the following code for the response: [code] $result = [PSCustomObject]@{ result = [PSCustomObject]@{ htmlLog = $html } isError = $isError #BOOL errorCode = $errorCode #INT (...)
Is there a way to change attachment extension? Force it somehow? AI agent processing does not work with EML email attachments, which is the format that hot mailbox saves into webcon process. I can change extension by hand from eml to msg and agent is able to process it than, extract. But I need to do it in bulk, for new and past emails. Any ideas?
Hi, I have an automation with a for each and selected "item list" as collection type with an item list (let's say A) of the form. Now I expected to get all columns shown under "Columns collection" in the "Values" tab. But there is no entry for it. After searching a while I found the entry of this item list A under "Form fields" as the only item list. Why don't you just keep the same logic as it is for the collection types "any collection" and "data source" where the "Colums collection" (...)
Hi, I have a MSSQL data source with a column newHash that get's created by HASHBYTES and VARCHAR(64) in the SQL query of the data source over some other columns to check if there is a value updated. This hash gets stored in the dictionary entry together with all other values. In the same query I also add the column with the diHash of the associated dictionary entry. When doing a daily sync between data source and dictionary I'd like to compare both columns newHash and diHash. This is used (...)
Hi, does anybody know why the action "Create task" can not be chosen in a menu button's automation? This can be seen in the table of this page: https://docs.webcon.com/docs/2025R2/Studio/Action/#action-groups-and-types An example use case is to have a button that changes the task assignment to a different person, e.g. the current user. It is also possible to achieve this with a path going out and in from the same step. But a menu button would be nice too. Thanks and kind regards Sé (...)
Hi, when creating a menu button in a step it also creates an automation as child. It is possible to delete this automation. If there is no automation the button never gets displayed in the edit dialog in the portal. Why not? If we just want that the button executes a form rule without any automation we'd expect to see the button in the edit dialog. Same behavior for global menu buttons of the workflow. Kind regards Sébastien
In a step, I configured an On timeout action that runs a SQL procedure (a very simple query that updates a field in another database) after 1 minute. However, occasionally—about 1–2 times out of 100—the field is not updated, even though in history shows that the action was executed successfully. An external process calls the WEBCON API using a specific path. On that path, a SQL procedure action is configured to run - same as above. The field is not updated in the database, even though in (...)
Hi everyone, I would like to extract all phrases from a text (e.g., an email body) that match a specific format defined by a regular expression. Is it possible to achieve this using WEBCON’s built-in functions?
Hey, I'm trying to notify user on a timer action. After it gets triggered the current instance should be moved to specific step. Is there any other way to achieve it instead of using 'Move worfklow' in the referred automation ?
I am using the "Generate an Excel File" action to generate and send out an Excel to a customer, using values from an Item List. Following that action, I'm using another "Generate an Excel file" action to then update the existing Excel and map it's column name cells (A1-Z1) to Business Rules containing translations for those column names, so we don't have to use our internal Item List names. That now leads to the generated - translated Excel to become corrupted, as supposedly, its internal XML da (...)
Hi all, I have installed WEBCON BPS and created a Test user in System settings → BPS users and groups list. I assigned this Test user various permissions in Global privileges. However, after logging out from the admin account, I am always redirected to the admin login URL, where I can log in only with the default Admin account
Hi, I have a question from users at my company. We use WEBCON BPS PORTAL Version: 2025.2.1.259. Is it possible to sort attachments at the individual user level (not the entire process) and save these settings so that after exiting a case, attachments remain according to the user's individual preferences? Currently, attachments are sorted by date added throughout the system, but some users need alphabetical sorting with the option to change the attachment name.
Hi everybody, According to the documentation (2025 R2), there should be a running mode for API Definitions (User Defined API) called “Actions on a workflow instance” which, depending on the selected action, allows using PATCH requests: https://docs.webcon.com/docs/2025R2/Studio/Process/APIDefinition/#2-running-mode However, in my 2025 R2 environment I can only see these running modes: • Run automation • Get data from data source • Get data from element instance The tooltip in D (...)
Hi everyone! Is there a standardized way to remove binary data from the ATF_Value column in attachments? This column displays values like 0x[…] whenever an attachment exists on the form. However, when we delete the attachment manually, the binary data is still visible because it’s stored in the element’s history logs. When I use the Delete attachments action with the options “all” and “delete attachments and all historical binary data”, it correctly removes the attachments and clears th (...)
How can i fill target fields of an autocomplete field when setting the autocomplete via an Action? There is an action where i fill an autocomplete field via an action however the target fields are not automatically filled with it. I would prefer if i do not have to fill them individually.
I have an automation "Get Full PDF" which includes a "invoke Rest-Service". If I run this automation via Menu-Action => all is fine. If I run this automation in a Timer-Action of a system-Step I get this results (this also happens if I run the automation on path-action) last operation status success: False last operation status validation error:True error exec. time exceded: False error msg: Invoke REST Web service - Request Url: https://app1.hypo.web/volt/resttools.nsf/download.xsp Res (...)
Hi, is there a way to update two fields in the info panel, shown in the screenshot below ? I'm running a 'Start workflow(SQL)' action and it seems that I can only overwite the author, but that still wouldn't work because values is not obtained thorugh sql, but applied.
Hi to all, for a little workflow I'd like to copy a file from one Sharepoint bib to another. This should be done automatically as soon as a new file is uploaded. I have 2 problems: - The workflow works with the actions for sharepoint with downloading and saving, but the attachment is empty. It always has 0kb. What could be the problem? We mentioned if it only saves the meta data and not the content but where can I adjust it? - How can I give the workflow the instruction to start automaticall (...)
Hi, maybe I'm just overlooking the obvious, but I can't remove the description of an attachment. I don't want to set it to a space character because this would still show the description HTML element which takes up space in the UI. I've used the "Update attachment" action, ticked the bock to change the description and tried: - Setting no value in the description field - Assign a local parameter with the following value assignment -- No value, didn't change the description -- Empty, (...)
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