How to change status to custom status using web service methods

Article Id: 8073
Status: Published
Updated On: 14-02-2018 08:18
Legacy Id: TEC1986093
Products:
CA Service Catalog , CA Service Management - Asset Portfolio Management , CA Service Management - Service Desk Manager
Issue/Introduction:

On transitioning status to custom status we get an error we receive when trying to change status to a custom value i.e. from 1000 to 1400:

"soapenv:Server.generalException

Exception occurred in assingPendingAction: Exception=Invalid combination of pending action type and request item status.

com.ca.usm.soap.axisInterfaces.WebServiceException"

Cause:

Exception with Invalid combination of pending action type and request item status

Environment:

CA Service Catalog 14.1Web Services

Resolution:

To correct this error message update the below value in the web method call i.e. 

<pendingActionType xsi:type="xsd:int">1</pendingActionType> 

to 

<pendingActionType xsi:type="xsd:int">2</pendingActionType>

sample web method input below:

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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ser="http://services.soap.usm.ca.com"> <soapenv:Header/> 

<soapenv:Body> <ser:assignPendingAction soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> 
<sessionID xsi:type="xsd:string">f85441e8-fd93-4f70-8f10-e2dc121701c7</sessionID> 
<pendingActionType xsi:type="xsd:int">2</pendingActionType> 
<requestItemID xsi:type="xsd:int">11024</requestItemID> 
<requestItemStatus xsi:type="xsd:int">1400</requestItemStatus> 
<pendingActionUsersOrGroups xsi:type="xsd:string">PA_MOSL</pendingActionUsersOrGroups> 
<pendingActionDescriptions xsi:type="xsd:string"></pendingActionDescriptions> 
<workItemID xsi:type="xsd:string"></workItemID> 
<processInstanceID xsi:type="xsd:string"> 
</processInstanceID> 
</ser:assignPendingAction> 
</soapenv:Body> 
</soapenv:Envelope>