How to replace owner of a halted process instance

How to replace owner of a halted process instance

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Article ID: KB0077929

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Products Versions
TIBCO BPM Enterprise (formerly TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM) 3.1.0, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0

Description

After a BPM resource is deleted, there is a need to change the security subject of process instances. You may use Openspace or replaceUser API for this purpose. 

When the process instance is halted, replacing the user using either of the methods still shows the deleted resource as the security subject. 

Environment

ALL

Resolution

After replacing the user, the halted process instance needs to be retried. 

Issue/Introduction

Replacing a security subject (or owner) of a halted process instance requires an additional step

Additional Information

Internal document enhancement # WRM-11610
Openspace reference for deleted users - https://docs.tibco.com/pub/amx-bpm/4.3.0/doc/html/bpmhelp/GUID-ACFCE937-09D4-4CE9-9411-7B46DAA5F7E5.html
replaceUser - https://docs.tibco.com/pub/amx-bpm/4.3.0/doc/html/bpmhelp/GUID-1509BF2B-2959-4757-BB8C-CBCE19E1C70F.html