First exception on row 0; first error: INVALID_OPERATION, Illegal transition type: [] Error when Approving Records via Apex.
When you will you encounter Illegal Transition Type error?
You encounter “First exception on row 0; first error: INVALID_OPERATION, Illegal transition type: []” error when using ProcessWorkitemRequest class for processing an approval request after it is submitted..
// Sample code for submitting record for Approval using ProcessWorkitemRequest
Approval.ProcessWorkitemRequest aWorkItem = new Approval.ProcessWorkitemRequest();
aWorkItem.setComments('Comments');
aWorkItem.setAction('Approve');
aWorkItem.setWorkitemId('04i2i000000jA3O');
//Submit request for approval
Approval.ProcessResult approvalResult = Approval.process(aWorkItem);
Error Message:
Error Occurred: An Apex error occurred: System.DmlException: Process failed. First exception on row 0; first error: INVALID_OPERATION, Illegal transition type: [] How can you resolve the Illegal Transition Type Error when Approving Records via Apex?
Salesforce only supports following actions:
- Approve
- Removed ( Only system administrators can specify Removed)
- Reject
If you pass any other action (For Example: ‘Approved’ instead of ‘Approve’ ) as setAction parameter then you will get Illegal transition Type Error.
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