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R12: AP: When Approving an Invoice, Received "Error in Workflow Initiation Process" Message (Doc ID 1386181.1)

Last updated on APRIL 04, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Approvals Management - Version 12.1.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On Applications 12.1.3 :
When attempting to initiate the approval via the Invoice Workbench, the following error occurs.

-- Error
Error in Workflow Initiation Process

-- Steps
The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps.
Resp.: Payables
Navigate to Invoice Workbench
1. query up an invoice
2. Action: Initiate Approval

Cause

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