https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/452/kb-1237-generic-error-thrown-when-attempting-to-start-a-process-with-sub-processesen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/452/kb-1237-generic-error-thrown-when-attempting-to-start-a-process-with-sub-processesMon, 06 Mar 2017 22:19:24 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:06a7ee2b-39f4-423a-a3f0-e06a2cd94e32Nick Vigilantehttps://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/452/kb-1237-generic-error-thrown-when-attempting-to-start-a-process-with-sub-processes#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 3/6/2017 10:19:24 PM<br /> <h2>Symptoms</h2> <div class="row content_container"> <p>When starting a process that contains one or more sub-processes, the process cannot be started with the following error:</p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-11/pastedimage1488838719397v1.png"><img src="/resized-image/__size/1200x53523/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-11/pastedimage1488838719397v1.png" alt=" " /></a></p> <pre><code>The system has encountered a problem We&#39;re sorry! A problem occurred while processing your last request. Please contact the system administrator for more information </code></pre> <p>The following error message is then printed in the application server log:</p> <pre>13:31:26,923 INFO [com.metaparadigm.jsonrpc.BeanSerializer] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-5) analyzing com.appiancorp.process.design.validation.Error 13:32:38,638 INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-16) 2016-08-30 13:32:38,637 [ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-16] ERROR com.appiancorp.process.runtime.processmodels.ConfigureProcessAction - com.appiancorp.suiteapi.common.exceptions.InvalidStateException: The Process Model contains unpublished sub-process and cannot be started. 13:32:38,638 INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-16) com.appiancorp.suiteapi.common.exceptions.InvalidStateException: The Process Model contains unpublished sub-process and cannot be started. </pre> <h2 id="cause">Cause</h2> <p>One or more sub-processes within the parent process do not have a published version, preventing the parent processes from starting.</p> <h2 id="action">Action</h2> <p><strong>Save &amp; Publish</strong> all sub-process models within the parent process.</p> <h2 id="affected-versions">Affected Versions</h2> <p>This article applies to all versions of Appian.</p> </div> <p>Last Reviewed: March 2017</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: process models, application design</div>