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Assignment for Unattended Smart Services

judym598
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An application that has been in our TEST environment for several weeks recently generated an error (InvalidUserException) that was spawned when the process flow came to a 'Send E-Mail' node. I'm pretty certain the cause is due to the assignment on this node. I had it set to 'Run as whoever started the process' and I think it should be 'Run as whoever designed this process model', but I'm not sure why the error is only now showing up. The individual who started the process is not an administrator but has tested this process multiple times. Am I correct in assuming that the assignment for Send E-Mail, News Feed and Subprocess nodes should (always) be set to 'Run as whoever designed this process model' - which would be the application administrator (Administrator group) who updates/imports patches? When would it be set to 'Run as whoever started the process'? It seems as though that is the default. If i...

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    Just retested with the basic user account I created and everything is working now. I updated the assignment to 'Run as whoever designed the process' but hadn't re-published it. That appears to have been the issue. I'd still like to understand this better. Is it better to always select that option vs whoever started the process (unless there's a good reason to select the alternative)? Thank you both for your help!
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    Certified Senior Developer
    Just retested with the basic user account I created and everything is working now. I updated the assignment to 'Run as whoever designed the process' but hadn't re-published it. That appears to have been the issue. I'd still like to understand this better. Is it better to always select that option vs whoever started the process (unless there's a good reason to select the alternative)? Thank you both for your help!
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