hi everyone,

here is my problem,

I can't start my workflow which is created by sharepoint designer, and it just a simple workflow, it only can change a list status,

and the workflow can start in single user that I added in the member group.

but it won't start in a group(group users) which is I added in the member group.

and i got the feedback msgs which in the following msgs.

Retrying last request. Next attempt scheduled in less than one minute. Details of last request: HTTP Unauthorized to http://myside/sites/OTWF/_vti_bin/client.svc/web/lists/getbyid(guid'9bf9cf8f-69b3-4e26-b539-afa7eae5fea5') Correlation Id: 7e4eaca4-cf25-f2d9-c965-602074518747 Instance Id: b9fd315f-6b23-4a83-98a8-1ad80a429c89  Retry now  

so how can I fix it to let the workflow start by using a group.

plz help.

• Edited by Sharepoint_workflow_slave Friday, October 17, 2014 2:36 AM

Hi Slave,

Thanks for posting your issue, It seems that your User Profile Service is not running. Restart the User Profile Service if it has been stopped. Also, try out below mentioned steps

1.        Go to central admin, Select Web application URL and click on User Policy --> For all required admins,Farm account users provide permissions as all zones with full control.
2.        Go to User Profile service(Any SA) and select the Permissions option and all above users give the same permissions.
3.        Disable the firewall settings in all Farm servers.

For more details, you can browse below mentioned URL

http://sergeluca.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/sharepoint-2013-issue-with-the-new-start-a-task-process-and-how-to-fix-it-with-an-app-step/

I hope this is helpful to you, mark it as Helpful. If this works, Please mark it as Answered.

Regards,

Dharmendra Singh (MCPD-EA | MCTS)

Blog : http://sharepoint-community.net/profile/DharmendraSingh

Dear Dharmendra,

I have tried the solutions that you gave me, but it still not working...

maybe I misunderstood some of steps, so could you please tell, more details.

and the about step 2, I selected the permissions option, but can't found any about "giving the same permissions to all above users."

when the workflow status got cancel, then I got the other feedback.

RequestorId: 7e4eaca4-cf25-f2d9-c965-602074518747. Details: System.ApplicationException: HTTP 401 {"error":{"code":"-2147024891, System.UnauthorizedAccessException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"Access denied. You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource."},"innererror":{"message":"Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.","type":"System.UnauthorizedAccessException","stacktrace":" at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerStub.CheckBlockedGetProperty(String propName, ProxyContext proxyContext)\u000d\u000a at Microsoft.SharePoint.ServerStub.SPContextServerStub.GetStaticProperty(String propName, ProxyContext proxyContext)\u000d\u000a at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerStub.GetStaticPropertyWithMonitoredScope(String propertyName, ProxyContext proxyContext)\u000d\u000a at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestRequestProcessor.GetObjectFromPathRoot(Boolean mainRequestPath, EdmParserNode node, Boolean resourceEndpoint, MethodInformation& methodInfo)\u000d\u000a at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestRequestProcessor.GetObjectFromPath(Boolean mainRequestPath, String path, String pathForErrorMessage)\u000d\u000a at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestRequestProcessor.Process()\u000d\u000a at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestRequestProcessor.ProcessRequest()\u000d\u000a at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Rest.RestService.ProcessQuery(Stream inputStream, IList`1 pendingDisposableContainer)"}}} {"Transfer-Encoding":["chunked"],"X-SharePointHealthScore":["0"],"SPClientServiceRequestDuration":["7"],"SPRequestGuid":["7e4eaca4-cf25-f2d9-c965-602074518747"],"request-id":["7e4eaca4-cf25-f2d9-c965-602074518747"],"X-FRAME-OPTIONS":["SAMEORIGIN"],"MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices":["15.0.0.4481"],"X-Content-Type-Options":["nosniff"],"X-MS-InvokeApp":["1; RequireReadOnly"],"Cache-Control":["max-age=0, private"],"Date":["Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:32:38 GMT"],"Server":["Microsoft-IIS\/8.0"],"WWW-Authenticate":["NTLM"],"X-AspNet-Version":["4.0.30319"],"X-Powered-By":["ASP.NET"]} at Microsoft.Activities.Hosting.Runtime.Subroutine.SubroutineChild.Execute(CodeActivityContext context) at System.Activities.CodeActivity.InternalExecute(ActivityInstance instance, ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager) at System.Activities.Runtime.ActivityExecutor.ExecuteActivityWorkItem.ExecuteBody(ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager, Location resultLocation) 

PS: it doesn't relate any "app step permission grant..etc" because the workflow haven't started yet and it just a very simple workflow that only can change the list status and the workflow. 

Hi,

I would like to know if there is any update regarding to this issue.

Best Regards,

I was in a similar situation where users with full control could run the workflow to completion, but contribute and under the workflow would end up cancelled. None of the common answers provided (App Step, App Permissions, User Profile sync Application, Applicaiton pool Settings, etc) worked for me.

The big issue was with the workflow configuration itself. **Be sure that the "Automatically Update The Workflow Status To The Current Stage Name" box is unchecked in SharePoint Designer**

Kudos to Paul Culmsee for the information http://www.cleverworkarounds.com/2013/12/22/trials-or-tribulation-inside-sharepoint-2013-workflowspart-3/

In SharePoint Designer 2013, there is an option to disable the updating of stage information. In the workflow settings screen, look for the option called Automatically update the workflow status to the current stage name and untick it.

• Edited by The Computer Boss 10 hours 36 minutes ago