R12 AP: Invoice Approval Status Changed to Not Required and Workflow Error 'Activity instance 'HEADER_BLOCK' is not a notified activity for item APINVAPR' (Doc ID 2514915.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 22, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

ACTUAL BEHAVIOR

Invoices are not going to Workflow approved due to following error.
Failed Activity: Process sub approval response
Error name: WFENG_NOT_FOUND
Error message 3133: Activity instance 'HEADER_BLOCK' is not a notified activity for item 'APINVAPR.process_sub_approval_response(APINVAPR, 12345-1,283526, RUN) Wf_Engine_Util.Function_Call (AP_WORKFLOW_PKG.PROCESS_SUB_APPROVAL_RESPONSE,APINVAPR,80754-1,283526,RUN)


STEPS

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Log in to the Payables Responsibility
2. Create an invoice and submit it for approval
3. The first level approver approves the invoice
4. Invoice shows as Not required, when there is still another approver who needs to approve the invoice

Changes

Cause

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