IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

Workflow Exception Notification (trk_exception.msg)

The default trk_exception.msg notification file uses the listed workflow system variables. Some notification information is taken from the exposed log fields. If you disable the fields, you cannot use the field values in the notification. All field variables are case-sensitive.

Field variable Exposed Description
$F_SUBJPREFIX String containing the prefix for the subject line of the notification message.
$F_WEBSERVER String containing the name of the Application Engine server that a participant must attach to in order to respond to the notice. The name is also used to supply the background and notification type images. Additionally, the string is used to construct the URL for a step item. The $F_WEBSERVER value is retrieved from the Web Applications Server Base URL setting for the workflow system or isolated region. The isolated region value overrides the workflow system value.
$F_Subject yes String containing the subject that is entered when the workflow is started.
$F_Originator[1] yes Integer containing the user ID of the participant that started the workflow.
$F_StartTime yes String containing the time that the workflow was created. Except for the initial work item of the workflow, it is different from the $F_CreateTime value.
$F_TimeStamp yes String containing the time that the exception occurred.
$F_WORKFLOW_DEADLINE String containing a computed value. The value represents the result of the following computation: F_StartTime + F_WFDeadline(*60). (The F_WFDeadline field contains the workflow deadline value, in minutes.)
$F_STEPLABEL String containing the step label from the workflow definition.
$F_STEPINSTR String containing the step instructions from the workflow definition.
$F_Text yes Contains a string of text exception information that was entered by the user who designed the workflow.

In addition to the default variables listed above, you can add optional variables in the notification file.

When shipped, the trk_exception.msg file contained the following HTML formatting (the variables appear in bold text):

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> 
<html> 
<head> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> 
<$F_SUBJPREFIX Workflow Exception: > 
<title>Workflow Exception Notification</title> 
</head> 
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#FF0000" vlink="#C0C0C0" alink="#FF0000"> 
<table border="0"> 
<tr> 
<td align="left"><strong>Subject: </strong></td> 
<td align="left">
<$F_Subject>
</td>  
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align="left"><strong>Launched&nbspBy: </strong></td> 
<td align="left"><$F_Originator[1]></td>  
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align="left"><strong>Launched&nbspOn: </strong></td> 
<td align="left"><$F_StartTime></td>  
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align="left"><strong>Received&nbspOn: </strong></td> 
<td align="left"><$F_TimeStamp></td>  
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align="left"><strong>Deadline: </strong></td> 
<td align="left"><$F_WORKFLOW_DEADLINE></td>  
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align="left"><strong>Step&nbspLabel: </strong></td> 
<td align="left"> <$F_STEPLABEL> </td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align="left"><strong>Instructions: </strong></td> 
<td align="left"> <$F_STEPINSTR></td> 
</tr> 
</table> 
<hr> 
<p> 
<font color="#FF0000">EXCEPTION <$F_Text></font> 
</p> 
<table> 
<tr> 
<td align="center"> 
<img border="0" src="http://<$F_WEBSERVER>/"/images/state/Error16.gif" width="16" height="16"> 
<img border="0" src="http://<$F_WEBSERVER>/"/images/type/LogElement16.gif" width="16" height="16"> 
</td> 
<td> 
<a href="#" OnClick = "window.open('http://<$F_WEBSERVER>/"/eprocess/WcmTracker.jsp?  
queueName=<$F_WORKQUEUE>&wobNum=<$F_WobNum>')">Tracking Assignment... 
</a> 
</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 
<hr> 
</body> 
</html>


Last updated: October 2015
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