[rt-users] New statuses --> broken workflows

Matt Zagrabelny mzagrabe at d.umn.edu
Wed Jan 20 09:42:34 EST 2016


On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Max McGrath <mmcgrath at carthage.edu> wrote:

> Hi all -
>

Hi Max,



> I recently added some new statuses to my Lifecycles and now my workflows
> seem to be somewhat broken.  For example, if I have an *Open* ticket, if
> a user replies to that ticket via email it will be moved to *Stalled*.
>

That sounds like a scrip is firing. Do you have a scrip that modifies the
ticket status?



> That is not how it should be.  I made my Lifecycle changes in
> RT_SiteConfig.pm and took a backup of the original RT_SiteConfig.pm.  When
> I put the original back in place, all workflows work as expected -- so I
> obviously screwed something up with the Lifecycles, but I just can't see
> what it is.
>

Have you tried making one change at a time and then verify the correctness
of that one change?

It looks like you have just the one "default" lifecycle. Is that correct?

We use perl in the lifecycle portion of the config to drive it. Once you
get beyond two lifecycles it is very hard to edit and verify by hand. Also,
if your lifecycle is a fully connected graph, then you can use perl to make
all the transitions arrays programatically.

-m



> The new statuses are *considering*, *userWait*, *vendorWait* and
> *scheduled*.  Any help is appreciated...
>
> Set(%Lifecycles,
>     default => {
>         initial         => [ 'new' ],
>         active          => [ *'considering',* 'open', 'stalled', *'userWait',
> 'vendorWait', 'scheduled'* ],
>         inactive        => [ 'resolved', 'rejected', 'deleted' ],
>
>         defaults => {
>             on_create => 'new',
>             on_merge  => 'resolved',
>             approved  => 'open',
>             denied    => 'rejected',
>             reminder_on_open     => 'open',
>             reminder_on_resolve  => 'resolved',
>         },
>
>         transitions => {
>             ''       => [qw(new open resolved)],
>
>             # from   => [ to list ],
>             new      => [qw(open stalled resolved rejected deleted
> considering scheduled userWait vendorWait)],
>             open     => [qw(new stalled resolved rejected deleted
> considering scheduled userWait vendorWait)],
>             considering     => [qw(new stalled resolved rejected deleted
> scheduled userWait vendorWait)],
>             scheduled     => [qw(new stalled resolved rejected deleted
> considering userWait vendorWait)],
>             userWait     => [qw(new stalled resolved rejected deleted
> scheduled)],
>             vendorWait     => [qw(new stalled resolved rejected deleted
> scheduled)],
>             stalled  => [qw(new open rejected resolved deleted considering
> scheduled userWait vendorWait)],
>             resolved => [qw(new open stalled rejected deleted considering
> scheduled userWait vendorWait)],
>             rejected => [qw(new open stalled resolved deleted considering
> scheduled)],
>             deleted  => [qw(new open stalled rejected resolved considering
> scheduled)],
>         },
>         rights => {
>             '* -> deleted'  => 'DeleteTicket',
>             '* -> *'        => 'ModifyTicket',
>         },
>         actions => [
>             'new -> open'      => {
>                 label  => 'Open It', # loc
>                 update => 'Respond',
>             },
>             'new -> resolved'  => {
>                 label  => 'Resolve', # loc
>                 update => 'Respond',
>             },
>             'new -> rejected'  => {
>                 label  => 'Reject', # loc
>                 update => 'Respond',
>             },
>             'new -> deleted'   => {
>                 label  => 'Delete', # loc
>             },
>             'new -> considering' => {
>                 label => 'Consider', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'new -> scheduled' => {
>                 label => 'Schedule', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'new -> userWait' => {
>                 label => 'userWait', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'new -> vendorWait' => {
>                 label => 'vendorWait', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>
>             'open -> stalled'  => {
>                 label  => 'Stall', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'open -> resolved' => {
>                 label  => 'Resolve', # loc
>                 update => 'Respond',
>             },
>             'open -> rejected' => {
>                 label  => 'Reject', # loc
>                 update => 'Respond',
>             },
>             'open -> considering' => {
>                 label => 'Consider', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'open -> scheduled' => {
>                 label => 'Schedule', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'open -> userWait' => {
>                 label => 'userWait', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'open -> vendorWait' => {
>                 label => 'vendorWait', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>
>
>             'stalled -> open'  => {
>                 label  => 'Open It', # loc
>             },
>             'stalled -> resolved'  => {
>                 label  => 'Resolve', # loc
>                 update => 'Respond',
>             },
>             'stalled -> considering' => {
>                 label => 'Consider', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'stalled -> scheduled' => {
>                 label => 'Schedule', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'stalled -> userWait' => {
>                 label => 'userWait', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'stalled -> vendorWait' => {
>                 label => 'vendorWait', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>
>             'considering -> open'  => {
>                 label  => 'Open It', # loc
>             },
>             'considering -> scheduled' => {
>                 label => 'Schedule', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'considering -> stalled' => {
>                 label => 'Stall', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'considering -> userWait' => {
>                 label => 'userWait', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'considering -> vendorWait' => {
>                 label => 'vendorWait', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>
>             'scheduled -> resolved'  => {
>                 label  => 'Resolve', # loc
>                 update => 'Respond',
>             },
>
>             'resolved -> open' => {
>                 label  => 'Re-open', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'rejected -> open' => {
>                 label  => 'Re-open', # loc
>                 update => 'Comment',
>             },
>             'deleted -> open'  => {
>                 label  => 'Undelete', # loc
>             },
>         ],
>     },
>
> --
> Max McGrath  <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/max-mcgrath/1b/3a6/a21>
> Network Administrator
> Carthage College
> 262-552-5512
> mmcgrath at carthage.edu
>
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