Error message when you view a workflow in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: "The requested record was not found or you do not have sufficient permissions to view it"

Consider the following scenario in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0:

• You create a workflow on a lead entity to automatically assign new leads to a Microsoft Dynamics CRM user.
• You import that organization into a new Microsoft Dynamics CRM environment. In this environment, you must re-map the Microsoft Dynamics CRM user to a new Active Directory user.
• You create a new lead that triggers the workflow to try to assign it to the hard-coded Microsoft Dynamics CRM user.
• You view the workflow.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

This problem occurs because workflows are stored in the pluginassemblybase table as compiled data records. The import process does not decompile these records to correct any references to the system user entity that may exist in the workflow rules. Additionally, the import process does not perform the existing workflow process instances that contain references to the system user entity. Therefore, these instances cannot run until the organization is completely imported.

This problem is fixed in the latest cumulative update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: