Business Data Connectivity Service - BDC incorrect data type in update method - Event 3015 (Duet Enterprise)
Applies to: Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP
Alert Name: Business Data Connectivity Service - BDC incorrect data type in update method
Event ID: 3015
Summary
The BDC model that is associated with an SAP workflow contains metadata and methods that the SAP application requires to communicate with and run in SharePoint solutions. The BDC model that is associated with the SAP workflow defines the entity for the workflow. This entity must define an Updater type method to update the status of the task from SharePoint Server to the SAP system. The parameters in the UpdateWorkflow method must be of a String data type.
Symptoms
The following symptoms might appear:
On the workflow site, new tasks cannot be created for an SAP workflow application and existing tasks cannot be approved.
This event appears in the event log:
Event ID: 3015 Description: Business Data Connectivity Service endpoint parameter with name: <parameter> should be a string data type.
Cause
A parameter in the UpdateWorkflow method is not a String data type.
Resolution
Import BDC models
Important
This procedure is supported with BDC models that are provided with Duet Enterprise only. Do not use this procedure to import a custom BDC model. For more information, see Manage BDC models (SharePoint Server 2010) (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=200925).
- Follow the procedure for importing the BDC models that are provided for all solutions that are provided with Duet Enterprise. For more information, see Import models (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=203586). For more information about how to import a BDC model, see Manage BDC models (SharePoint Server 2010) (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=200925). For information about how to use Windows PowerShell to import a BDC model, see Import-SPBusinessDataCatalogModel (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=203587).
Create a new external content type for custom workflow applications
- Use Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 to create a new external content type and import the new BDC model. For more information, see Creating SharePoint Server 2010 External Content Type Associations Using SharePoint Designer 2010 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=203862).