Hi There
I have successfully created an external list in SP Online that connects to a WCF wrapper over SQL Azure.
I am able to create and edit list items with no problem at all.
I have also created a simple list workflow attached to a SP List (not an external list). This workflow creates a new item in the external list when an item in the associated list is modified.
The workflow fails and presents the following error:
The workflow could not update the item in the external data source. Make sure
the user has permissions to access the external data source and update items.
Same with create items.
There should be no error in accessing the data source as the WCF service has anonymous access.
My gut feeling was that the Service Account for the workflow does not have permissions to the BDC metadata store or objects, however, I am unable to access any of these accounts to add them into the permission set in the admin site. Trying to add System Account results in the account 'Not found'. My current user already has permissions to the store and/or objects otherwise I would not be able to access the list as stated before.
The workflow is codeless and was made using SharePoint Designer. I've also noticed the msdn article that states that 'Workflows that access BDC will run as the Service Account even with Impersonated Steps in the workflow'.
Am I missing something simple here? Or is there no way around this?
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Zane