Nintex Automation K2 Updates & Fix Packs

Issue DescriptionWhen you retry a Workflow that had an error occur on the Start Sub-Workflow step, a popup error occurs.Error Message:The following errors occur in:Popup Error:Type: sourcecode.workflow.Management.lPCErrorDetails is not allowed for deserialization.Host Server Log Error:System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Type: SourceCode.Workflow.Management.IPCErrorDetails is not allowed for deserialization.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 04.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you remove the K2 for SharePoint App, the Context Menu does not get removed.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 04.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix.

Issue DescriptionWhen you delete a Workflow Instance, the Delete Popup Form does not automatically close.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 04.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you deploy a Workflow in Nintex Automation, there are missing properties in the Workflow Designer’s SharePoint Update List Item step.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 04.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you attempt to use a SmartObject list method to populate email addresses in the "To" field of an Email step, the workflow deployment may fail to complete, and an error appears in the Host Server logs.Error Message:The following error occurs in the Host Server Logs: “0 System.Exception: Missing reference at SmartObjectField in Event 'Send Email' in Activity 'Send Email'. Error: Invalid or unsupported property type encountered 'Text'. Stack Location: K2Process 'Email Issue WF' >Activity 'Send Email' >EmailEvent 'Send Email' >EmailConfiguration >Expression > Stack End. ---> System.Exception: Invalid or unsupported property type encountered 'Text'”ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 03.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install

Issue DescriptionWhen you use an AutoComplete control on a Form in a mobile browser, the suggestion list may not display all options when you scroll. Scrolling does not work as expected, with the background sometimes scrolling instead of the list or the list becoming unresponsive.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 03.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix.

Issue DescriptionWhen you try to register an OData Service Instance against the on-prem SAP S/4HANA with OAuth authorization, an error occurs.Error Message:The following error occurs: “VALIDATION The remote server returned an error (401) Unauthorized.”ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation (5.7) Fix Pack 20. Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 05.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix.

Issue DescriptionWhen you have a Workflow with a task requiring your approval and set yourself to be out of office, adding an exception rule to forward the approval task to another account works as expected. However, if you then edit a Worklist in SmartForms connected to the Out-of-Office (OOF) setting, the system ignores the exception rule and sends tasks only to the forwarded rule.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation (5.7) Fix Pack 20. Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 03.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you enable the 'Prevent XSS' property on the data label, it is only working partially and you are still able to get the data label in a list view to execute the script.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation (5.7) Fix Pack 19. Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 03.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you upgrade to Nintex Automation (5.8) and use French, German, Spanish, or Arabic, and attempt to access the Category in the Designer with a Workflow that has only been deployed (but never edited) an error occurs.Error Message:The following error occurs: "Invalid version format. Expected format is 'major.minor.'"ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 02.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you upgrade from K2 Five (5.6) to Nintex Automation (5.7) and refresh the Account Management Service instance, the Create method for the Active Directory User SmartObject is no longer available. An error then occurs when executing any methods on the SmartObjectError Message:The following error occurs: “ServiceObject: [ADUser]. Method:[Create]”ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 03.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix.

Issue DescriptionWhen using K2/Nintex Automation Sites, you experience CPU and Memory spiking to 100%. This causes the K2/Nintex Automation Sites to become extremely slow and unusable.ResolutionThe fix is available in:K2 Five (5.6) Fix Pack 41. Nintex Automation (5.7) Fix Pack 25. Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 11.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you filter a Get User Method in the Active Directory Service2 using a variable which is equal or not equal to an empty string, an error is returned.Error Message:The following error occurs: “Filter expression e.g Department != Empty StringError Message: (!(department=*))(department=)))) search filter is invalid”ResolutionThe fix is available in:K2 Five (5.6) Fix Pack 42. Nintex Automation (5.7) Fix Pack 18. Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 03.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix.

Issue DescriptionWhen you clear a list view filter, pagination stops working. For example, if you enter "2" or "3" in the page input control, the view remains on the current page, and the rows are not updated.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation (5.7) Fix Pack 18. Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 21.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you integrate with CRM and then attempt to register a CRM service instance an error will occur when you add a password that contains a semi colon (“;”) or a password that is incorrect. However, the error message does not contain any information that would suggest what the issue is.Error Message:The following error occurs: ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you deploy a package for a Workflow and then deploy it again, the email steps in the Workflow are displayed incorrectly.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you use the Document Sets feature in a SharePoint (2016) document library and generate SmartObjects for this library, a K2 category named “Document Set” is created below the root node of the site collection containing the corresponding SmartObject. However, when you package and deploy these SmartObjects to another K2 environment, the category is renamed to “Document Sets” instead of retaining the original “Document Set” name.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you upgrade to Nintex Automation K2 (5.8), the translation feature does not work and no translations are generated when saving a View or a Form.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you upgrade from K2 Five (5.6) with any Fix Pack installed to Nintex Automation K2 (5.8), an error warning will occur in the installer configuration analysis.Error Message:The following error occurs: “Global.ShouldUpdate: Logged Warning: Could not determine if the installer will be running update manager: System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.   at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)   at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)   at SourceCode.Install.K2Version.GetSegment(VersionSegment segment)   at SourceCode.Install.K2Version.CompareTo(K2Version other)   at SourceCode.Install.K2Version.op_GreaterThanOrEqual(K2Version left, K2Version right)   at SourceCode.Install.VersionData.CanUpdate(Release targetedRelease, Boolean canRerun)   at SourceCode.SetupManager.Global.ShouldUpdate()”ResolutionThe fix is ava

Issue DescriptionWhen doing a distributed install where the K2 Server and K2 Site components are not on the same machine, translations for certain controls do not work correctly as their resources are not installed on the K2 Site.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you add a Worklist to a View and change the rows to 149 and then change it again to 150, an error occurs.Error Message:The following error occurs: “You have entered an invalid number of rows. Only whole numbers between 1 and 250 are supported.”ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you access the error screens within the Workflow Designer, the visuals displayed are outdated.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you create a SmartObject from a SQL Server Table with composite Primary Keys (Id (int) and GUID (unique identifier)) and then execute the SmartObject create method, the ID does not return the value of the 2 columns in the “return property”. It only returns the GUID values and not the ID.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix.

Issue DescriptionWhen you use the rich text control, a few translations are missing in the properties and the "Select Rich Text Toolbar Items" dialog.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.

Issue DescriptionWhen you implement Right-To-Left and Left-To-Right in RuleDesigner, formatting issues appear, including overflow problems with the Task Condition blocks.ResolutionThe fix is available in:Nintex Automation K2 (5.8) Fix Pack 01.Ensure you have the correct K2 version and/or Cumulative update installed. See KB001893 to see what Fix Pack level you have installed. Download the latest Fix Pack using the links in the table above for the version you require. Install the Fix Pack to apply the fix. It is recommended to clear browser cache and refresh the page.