Article - CS23806

Windu " Validate that all WFProcesses have a valid Workflow template reference" failed with error: "The workflow process templates for the following processes are missing in the database" in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 29-Jul-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.0

Description

  • WinDU ValidateProcessToTemplateReference failed
  • WinDU task Validate that all WFProcesses have a valid Workflow template reference reports processes without template reference
  • A sample task log output:
The workflow process templates for the following processes are missing in the database:
=====================================================================================================
 Process ida2a2          Process State                     Missing template id   Process Name
=====================================================================================================
 xxxxxxx                  CLOSED_TERMINATED                 xxxxxx                  Part (As-Designed)
 xxxxxxx                   CLOSED_TERMINATED                 xxxxxx                  Part (As-Designed)
 xxxxxxx                   CLOSED_COMPLETED_EXECUTED         xxxxxx                  EPD Review Process
 ======================================================= SUMMARY ====================================
 Corrupted records: 3
 Migrator MigrateProcessVariables may fail because of this. 
 To fix this issue do one of following.
 1. Goto source database/backups and search for missing template,if found restore it in DB. 
    If not found follow option 2 below.
 2. Delete the Workflow template and process instances along with their references.
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