Why is infinite loop protection being triggered on my CRM workflow?

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Update

I should have added from the outset - this is in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

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I know CRM well, but I\'m at a loss to explain behav

Answer 1

I doubt this can be solved like this.

I'd suggest a different approach: deploy a simple application alongside CRM and let it call the web service, which in turn can use the XRM endpoints in order to change the records.

UPDATE

Or, you can try something like this upon your crm service initialization in the plugin (dug it up from one of my plugins) leaving your workflow untouched:

CrmService service = new CrmService();
//initialize service here, then...

CorrelationToken newtoken = new CorrelationToken();
newtoken.CorrelationId = context.CorrelationId;
newtoken.CorrelationUpdatedTime = context.CorrelationUpdatedTime;

// WILD GUESS: Enforce unlimited depth ?
corToken.Depth = 0; // THIS WAS: context.Depth;

//updating correlation token
service.CorrelationTokenValue = corToken;

I admit I don't really remember much about this (code dates back to about 2 years ago), but it might help.