Not setting Integrated security to false will generate errors.
Workaround steps for a K2 SharePoint Workflow Integration "Value cannot be null" Error
When executing a K2 SharePoint Workflow Integration instance, there may be a need to edit document content but the document opens as Read Only.
Overview of options for moving from SharePoint 2007 (WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007) to SharePoint 2010
Learn about the supporting technology changes and methods for handling deprecated software and tools.
The K2 4.6 (4.12060.1.0) is a minor release for K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 installations which includes the latest product hotfixes
KB001449 is a list of high priority issues for K2 blackpearl 4.6 and K2 blackpoint 4.6 that have now been resolved.
Advanced K2 SQL Database Considerations
Various changes have been made to the K2 Documentation that will reflect in the K2 4.6 release.
This article describes how to change .NET Framework versions used by the K2 Server and Visual Studio 2010. A common error occurs if a newer version of a DLL is used than what K2 expects, with an error message of "This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded."
Delays caused by first load times of K2 SharePoint WebParts
Hotfix: On a Claims Based Authentication Site Collection that does not have K2 Features activated, when attempting to execute Dynamic SmartObjects based on SharePoint Lists or Libraries that contain People/Group properties, the People/Group properties are not returned.
Dynamic Destination Rules fail when Destination Types do not match as it was not possible to specify what Destination Type to match the Process Datafield to.
This article will help test your connection to ensure you can access a K2 Hosted Instance
How to use a SharePoint list with People columns containing more than one person, with K2
When a K2 SharePoint Workflow Integrated process is set to start when an item is added, it may appear that the document metadata is not correctly populated in the process.
Adding K2 worklist web part to new site authenticated by ADFS v2 generates “type not registered as safe” error.
There are some inherent behaviors that process designers should be aware of when using an InfoPath integrated process configured with the InfoPath Rich Text Box control. In this article we present how the Rich Text Box control is used, and four alternative methods of presenting text within the InfoPath integrated process.
Steps on how to deploy K2 for SharePoint solutions manually
K2 Auditing and Logging Technical brief
A feature enhancement warns the process developer when a potentially recursive process is encountered
Update Knowledge Base article
Powershell scripted Claims based authentication fails when the site contains more than one Additional Access mapping
Hotfixes avaiable in update KB001420
K2 Server may be limited by the Microsoft Exchange Server emails per minute limitation.
Removing the dynamic flag from a dynamic Role sets the refresh interval to zero and will have a K2Server performance impact.
Assemblies referenced by a K2 Process could not be found once the process is saved and then reopened.
Recursive error when deploying a process
An error is thrown at deployment if the process contains potentially recursive configuration
Post installation and configuration additional information
KB001390 updates all K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 4.5 32-bit and 64-bit installations
KB001389 is a list of high priority issues for K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 that have now been resolved
Support added for LDAP strings containing server IP address such as LDAP://192.168.0.10/DC=Domain,DC=COM (URM)
Clear Workflow Task Action Rule option added to K2 InfoPath Integration
This article describes the K2 Mobile applications and how to work with worklist items from an end user perspective, as well as how to configure your environment to enable mobile connectivity.
KB001350 updates all K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 4.5 32-bit and 64-bit installations.
KB001370 updates all K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 installations with the latest product hotfixes.
Worklist Performance Issues Related To Invalid GroupProvider URLs
When enabling SmartObject Services endpoints on a K2 Server that runs on .NET Framework 4.0, a similar error to “No elements matching the key 'wsHttpBinding+Windows'
This article describes the steps necessary to create a Silverlight-based wizard for use at design-time in the K2 Designer for SharePoint.
Introduction and Supplemental information related to K2 Pass-Through Authentication
In K2, a SharePoint Group Provider can be created for each site collection. This allows users within SharePoint groups to be used for rights management on the K2 Server and K2 processes
special consideration is required when using a single InfoPath document in multiple workflow processes. This document is intended to explain the design considerations required to successfully implement an InfoPath workflow solution that uses a single form with multiple views in in two processes.
This document is designed for solution architects, project leaders, system integrators, and business managers who have a requirement to understand the positioning of a fully featured BPM product such as K2 against the native developer-focused capabilities provided in the .NET framework by Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
New requirement for K2 SharePoint Workflow Integration configured for Content Approval on a SharePoint publishing site.
KB001369 is a list of high priority issues for K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 that have now been resolved.
Not all the expected fields will surface on the ‘SharePoint MetaData’ screen
Configuration for Active Directory User Manager cache settings replaced by Identity Service configuration.
KB001349 is a list of high priority issues for K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 that have now been resolved.
Time Zone Calculations errors and inconsistancies are resolved through feature enhacements
When a SharePoint site using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) has a new Reporting webpart added to the site an error is thrown
InfoPath using Form Services is not closed after approval in K2 task list
The SQL Server was not able to support the returned date format for non- English environments
K2 Process Designer workflow: XML won't open- An error has occurred while parsing the process XML
The K2 regional settings results in a BadDate Error
SharePoint regional settings set to en-GB throws an error when column field of type Date is updated
When defining an Escalation Rule in K2 Designer for SharePoint, and specifying the value of the Escalate After field as an Integer data field or SmartObject call to a SharePoint List, the process fails to deploy.
Multiple escalations per process in K2 Designer for SharePoint will prevent process deployment.
Using Boolean metadata causes an error
KB001320 updates all K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 4.5 32-bit and 64-bit installations
Learn how to use the wizard template in the K2 Designer for Visual Studio to develop a custom wizard, incorporating K2 controls and logic that look and behave like the built-in wizards.
KB001290 updates all K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 4.5 32-bit and 64-bit installations.
When upgrading to K2 4.5 Update KB001290 and an existing K2 process (kprx) is opened in the K2 Designer for Visual Studio 2010 the K2 toolbox might not appear.
Guidance on using InfoPath 2007, SSL and K2 Processes
When upgrading from a K2 version prior to K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.450) KB000450 the following issues are known to occur:
The K2 Services have been greatly enhanced with the addition of new RESTful services that allow interacting with processes, worklist and user information
Enhacements to IPC owing to changes made in previous releases of K2
NLB configured K2 servers reusing open TCPIP connections which results in error
Using the expression builder in K2 Studio throws a user validation error when a binry type is included.
KB001289 is a list of high priority issues for K2 blackpearl 4.5 and K2 blackpoint 4.5 that have now been resolved.
Hotfix: Concurrency errors thrown by the SharePoint Document event, specifically when uploading a document from a data field.
A new Document Library created using a custom template does not contain the additional custom created columns
K2 database server CPU running at 100% resulting in worklist timeouts
Using a K2 connection string with the "Integrated" option set to "False" causes the K2 Server to return a "Provider 'K2' not found" error
The out of the box SharePoint Services V2 in the Management Console allows an instance of a SharePoint site to be registered. When registering an instance of the Out of the box SharePoint Service V2 on a SharePoint site a "Users" object with its methods will be returned
In a K2 process that is designed to run SharePoint Integration Events in parallel, the following issues have been experienced
The Sub Process remains in a 'Loading' state
Hotfix: DisplayName for the members of a child domain in a multi domain environment are not returned
On a SharePoint Workflow Integrated process linked to a Publishing site in SharePoint 2010, an error is received when trying to start the workflow by publishing a form from the ribbon menu.
Special characters (ampersand, &) in the folio property may cause an error when opening a workflow task
How to switch off the K2 server discovery feature
Explanation of different access technologies that K2 offers when using SmartObjects.
The source node within a K2 Content Field is exclusively reserved for records management and only populated when moving documents to records center.
Follow the steps in this article to setup Kerberos configuration to allow delegation to the LDAP server
After installing K2 blackpoint or K2 blackpearl the SOURCECODE data source in Visual Studio required for designing custom reports is missing.
An error is received when renaming or deleting a Data Field used in a process after an instance has been started, and then trying to use the Custom Reporting SmartObjects in the Custom Report Builder in K2 Workspace.
How to configure timestamps in the K2 Host Server log
Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1230)
When installing the most recent update, the trial license option is not available.
When moving a process containing a Web Service-based Reference Event from one environment to another, the Reference Event still points to the source environment. This KB article shows how to treat the Web-based Reference Event in order to ensure that the process definition can be deployed in the destination environment without any errors.
K2 SharePoint Workflow Integration v2 (WFI v2) offers an improved method of implementation and deployment of K2 processes and forms to SharePoint
K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes
Design changes to K2 Runtime Services for K2 4.5 Update KB001230.
Adding destinations through code causes a remoting exception
Removing the option to install Silverlight when accessing the View Flow feature related to K2 Studio and K2 Designer for Visual Studio designed processes.
InfoPath 2010 XML fields at design time are removed when adding a Persons and Groups control (People picker) to the form
A timeout error occurs when a large number of Active Directory Users (in a group) is assigned process rights.
Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1200)
The use of hardware load balancers allows you to run multiple K2 Servers and/or Web Front Ends as if they were one point of entry. This KB describes the SourceCode support policy for K2 software running on hardware load balancers.
K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes
Process Instance goes into an error state when setting the metadata for a User/Group Content type column in the SharePoint library through a Document Event
An error occurs on a SmartObject GetList method when returning a DateTime property from a SQL Service Instance
Delegated or Redirected user does not receive a notification email when context data is used in the notifications
SharePoint Workflow Integration performance enhancement for SharePoint Workflow Integrated Processes
K2 Studio closes unexpectedly when integrating with a content type and adding SharePoint Fields to the Start and Action pages.
Multiple issues occur when setting up special and exception dates for Working Hours Configurations
"Error Receiving Buffer" errors occur within the K2 Workspace Management Console
Behavior change – the return of a lookup value from a SharePoint SmartObject Service is now configurable
The Plan per slot (no destinations) destination option can be used to return a list from a SmartObject in order to perform action on individual items. This article can only be used with K2 4.5 or later versions where Inline Functions are available.
An explanation of the importance of Host (A) and Kerberos
SharePoint meta data not configured when starting a K2 SharePoint Workflow Integration porcess.
Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1170
How to use a Data Field as a Destination User
To differentiate between Activity and Process InfoPath XML data
Enhancement - K2Server failover capabilities.
K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes
Configuring the remoting thread timeout in the K2Server.setup file
Configuring the remoting thread timeout in the K2Server.setup file
A timeout errors occurs in K2 Worklist
Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1140)
An error stating “Unable to Determine the container for the workflow user context part..” occurs when a K2 workflow field part is dragged and dropped in the Meta Data context part of the SharePoint wizard.
Guidance on setting up a SharePoint environment before installing K2 integration
Issues experienced on a disturbed environment when deploying SharePoint Workflow Integration processes.
K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes
Using Process Instance object in API after starting a process causes error
A managed user path error occurs in K2 Designer for SharePoint
An error occurs when renaming a document after the SharePoint Workflow Integration has deployed
Deployment issues may occur as a result of timeouts
The E-mail Event validation methodology has been enhanced to ensure that the validation methods used no longer contain any limitations.
An error occurs when an item in the K2 Worklist is assigned to a user with an underscore their name.
An invalid archive type error occurs in the SourceCode.HostClientAPI file
Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1110)
Usernames containing an inverted comma break Tasklist's action menu
SharePoint list errors occurs when changing InfoPath form names
K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes
An error occurs when rolling your mouse over the data part in the SmartObject Event Wizard for the Delete Method
SharePoint User Management Event incorrectly creates new versions of List Items when setting permissions.
In K2 Studio the “Create Deployment Package” is broken
Receiving SmartObject Server Exception error when trying to deploy a process
SharePoint integration at runtime settings configuration for AD installations with large numbers of users
K2 Workflow boolean datafield values cannot be set from SmartObject
Upgrading to K2 blackpearl 4.5 throws an error if there are orphaned entries in the database
Update K2 4.5 - KB001090 (4.10060.1.1090)
K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes
SYMMETRIC KEY is not always created
The Environment Settings database is not updated correctly after an environment configuration
K2 blackpearl Setup Manager alters Kerberos settings in the useAppPoolCredentials to false
Passing a K2 Project for complication using the K2 API cause the build to fail
This article describes how to customize the K2 Process Guides to include your own personalized content or guides.
Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1070)
K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes
Hotfix: On certain environments the K2 Designer for SharePoint solution may not go into a "Deployed" state during installation or upgrade to K2 4.5.
An error is displayed working with InfoPath client events that are not initialized from an InfoPath Form
Hotfix: K2 Setup Manager may cause an exception error when changing an existing K2 4.5 configuration
Setting folder permissions results in the K2 Installer not responding
An error is displayed when opening a process in K2 Studio created in K2 Designer for SharePoint
Silverlight does not want to install or upgrade
Issue: Unresolved users cause permission problems during an install.
Hotfix: Solution stays in deployed state when using more than one SharePoint Server Farm.
Cumulative Update 1040 for K2 4.5
Rollup of K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes
Hotfix: After upgrading to 4.5 and then trying to start a SharePoint Events process, the process won’t start.
The use of the special character & causes an error
Error occurs when upgrading from K2 blackpearl 4.5 RC to K2 blackpearl 4.5 RTM
An error is thrown when K2 blackpearl is upgraded
Reconfiguring the Application Pool using the K2 Designer for SharePoint link results in a error when deploying a process thereafter.
K2 blackpearl 4.5 RC to K2 blackpearl 4.5 RTM upgrade issue
Timeout on Process Portal during initial analyizing stage
Use RunAs if you want to have processes deployed from a single account.
This article describes how the K2 Process Guide videos function within K2 Studio and the K2 Designer for SharePoint, including how to install the local videos and tests to ensure you have the appropriate video players.
K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.600)
Settings and OOB Reports inaccessible after installing KB000600
KB000600 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.
When a K2 Worklist Filter is created using "Worklist Item Owner Equals Other" in the K2 Worklist, it is expected that only shared or forwarded Out of Office items from other users will display when the filter is applied. However, when applied for a user with no shared or forwarded items, all worklist items would be returned instead of the expected empty worklist.
When trying to open the 'Lists' node from the Object Browser in K2 Studio the following error message is displayed: "There was an error generating the XML document". This error only occurs after upgrading to K2 blackpoint 0902 with Update KB000560.
Performance enhancements for K2 Process Portal
Moving a K2 solution from its original folder to a new folder or development location with automatic conversion of assembly references
When trying to open a chm file a “Navigation to the webpage was canceled” error might occur when the chm was copied from a network location.
Using Non English characters such as Chinese characters in K2 Process Activity, Event and Folio names results in these characters being displayed incorrectly as “?????” in K2 Process Portal > Management Worklist.
When a user tries to open the Workflow Task page from their worklist in SharePoint it takes approximately 10-15 seconds to load the page before it finally redirects the user to the actual task page
The K2 SharePoint Worklist item URL data changed to refer to the Workflow Task page
Latest update for K2 blackpoint 0902 (4.9040.x.590)
When attempting to open the worklist in K2 Workspace an error occurs stating "Authentication with Server Failed".
Database corruption can cause the "User Cannot be Found" and related errors. Read this article for more information
KB000580 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.
When using an InfoPath Integration client event in K2 Studio the XML fields are not being created.
When the destination user redirects a worklist item to another user, using the K2 Worklist Web part, duplicate notification emails will be sent to the original destination user and to the user to whom the worklist item was redirected.
KB000560 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.
When starting a SharePoint Workflow Integration process with participants assigned in serial, the first user in the destination set is able to action the worklist item, thereafter no worklist items are created for the other users in the destination set.
K2 blackpoint Update KB000550 decimal analysis may take a long time to complete within certain environments. The volume of Active process instances and the number of DataFields being used in process definitions may have an impact on the performance.
When the contents of data fields (process level or activity level) of type decimal or type dateTime, set for data on demand are retrieved the returned value(s) are not an exact copy of the data field's contents but erroneous data is returned.
When several synchronous IPC Event processes are called by a parent workflow, these processes complete successfully without any errors and with a ‘Completed’ status. However, the activities in the parent process (randomly) do not complete with no error and an ‘Active’ status.
KB000550 - K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.550)
When using a SmartObject to upload a document to a SharePoint library that has versioning turned on, multiple versions of the same document is created. There should only be one version when uploading a document and one version for each metadata update.
After the K2 blackpoint 0902 Update KB000470, the K2 Worklist > ‘List of Actions’ drop-down list displays in alphabetical order instead of the order specified in the InfoPath Client Event wizard. Before the upgrade the order in the ‘List of Actions’ matched the order specified in the wizard.
KB000540 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.
When assigning a group to a role in K2 Management Console > Administration > Roles, the group is added as a ‘User’ instead of a ‘Group’. Therefore, the role never gets resolved to users in the group and the users in the group never get the items assigned to the role.
KB000530 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes.
After the K2 blackpoint 0902 upgrade, the out of office functionality can be configured from SharePoint Central Administration by an administrator, but not by the users themselves - the out of office radio-buttons are grayed out and the Add button is disabled.
When redirecting a task from a form that was created using the K2 Web Designer, an error occurs when the user opens the redirected task.
K2 Deployment in a NLB environment with Out of the Box, Custom or Generated Forms
On some 64-bit environments, InfoPath is not detected when clicking on ‘Design’ in the IP process wizard. A registry entry workaround is offered.
When deploying a workflow to multiple SharePoint Web Front Ends, the workflow.xml definition file that is distributed to the child WFE is malformed. On the parent WFE, the AssociationURL and InstantiationUrls are complete, but these nodes are incomplete within the XML deployed to the child WFE.
Hidden data fields appear in Process Instance Report causing sensitive data to appear.
When a process is instantiated, the K2 Server creates a worklist item within SharePoint on the user's worklist. Once this worklist item is actioned, it must be deleted from the worklist and the next worklist item created within SharePoint. The issue revolved around the K2 process payload that is passed to SharePoint, where the K2 Server has already created the next worklist item, however the corresponding item in SharePoint has not yet been creat
An error occurs after deploying a InfoPathClientEvent Event Instance in the GetList method of a Process Reporting SmartObject.
The unexpected outcome occurs at run time when the value of a data field, which contains special characters changes between when the process instance is active and when the process instance is completed. Before the process instance completes the value in the data or XML field are correct, but once the process instance is completed and a report is viewed the final value changes to ?????.
KB000470 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.1.0 installations with latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.
An InfoPath process designed in the K2 Web Designer does not send notifications when selecting the notifications check box.
When using an InfoPath form in a Web Designer process and trying to deploy, the system will try to locate the MOSS Application Pool's Application Data\Temp folder. It will then uncab and recap the InfoPath form in this folder. Sometimes this call fails and causes the default folders to be used which results in deployment errors.
In certain environments the InfoPath integration causes the K2 Client Event InfoPath form to be reloaded from its Microsoft SharePoint location when attaching an attachment.
When creating a document library in a Subsite of the managed path and then trying to activate the Web Designer an error is generated.
Experiencing time out problems on an ad-hoc basis when opening the Process Portal site. Multiple calls are being made to the K2 Server to retrieve the same set of results.
When trying to open the K2 View Flow using K2 blackpoint 0902 from either a worklist or process portal an error is displayed.
In K2 blackpoint, multiple issues were experienced in the Reference Event Wizard in K2 Studio. This hotfix addresses those issues.
When using SharePoint Integration and more than one client event is used, only the task for the first client event is created after installing MOSS SP2. No tasks are created for the subsequent client events
An object reference error occurs in both the K2 Management Console and SmartObject Service when a user tries to open a sub site from the site collection area.
The Out Of Office interface returns a “Subquery returned more than 1 value” Database Error when searching for a user.
When attempting to view SharePoint Site Usage Reports on K2 Process Portal Site Collection an error is encountered. This error occurs as SharePoint is using Report Viewer 2005 and K2 blackpoint is using Report Viewer 2008.
This document describes the necessary steps in K2 blackpoint on how to add the Process Portal site template to a non-english installation of SharePoint (both MOSS and Windows SharePoint Server).
The use of hardware virtualization software allows you to run multiple operating system instances at the same time on the same hardware (single computer).
The Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is a component of Microsoft Windows that is responsible for coordinating transactions that span multiple resource managers in a clustered environment. Errors may occur when duplicate CIDs exist in the same environment, or where virtual machines have been used to add capacity to an environment.
K2 products are released as full installation packages and when necessary hotfixes or updates are released. Each release has a specific version number for each component which corresponds with the specific K2 products version. It is important to ensure that when installing or updating a distributed install that all the K2 components are installed and have the same version number.
When installing K2 blackpoint 0902 (4.9040.1.0) using WSS an error occurs when trying to activate the K2 Features.
K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.1.x and 4.8210.2.0) and K2 blackpoint 0902 (4.9040.1.0) are standalone products that currently cannot be upgraded or installed side by side. There are plans to provide the capability of a full upgrade from K2 blackpoint 0902 to K2 blackpeal in the next version release of K2 blackpearl. However, K2 blackpoint and K2 blackpearl cannot run side by side on the same machines.
A list of characters that cannot be used in naming various K2 artifacts, including processes, SmartObjects, reports and notifications.