In SharePoint 2010, if you add a Library or List to a page, and the view you show has an associated workflow status column, then clicking the link to show the workflow status will result in an error. If you dig in the ULS logs, the error is ‘Index Out of Bounds’. Looking closely at the URL, you can see that the QueryString is not properly formed – it contains an empty List parameter: WrkStat.aspx?List=&WorkflowInstanceId=<guid>
Here’s repro steps:
•Create a new blank site
•Create a new Document library named ‘Test Docs’
•Associate any workflow with the library, set to start when item created
•Edit the blank site’s home page
•Add ‘Test Docs’ as a web part to the page
•Change the view to ‘All Documents’
•Upload a document
•Click the workflow status link
•Observe an error occurs.
•Observe the URL QueryString contains ‘List=&’ (ie a blank List)
I can see online that there is a fix by way of SharePoint Designer but this is not a possibility within our environment.
I basically would like to hear from Microsoft that this is a known bug which is yet to be fixed so I can go back to the user with confidence? As all roads that have lead me to submitting this question suggest that it is a bug, but I have not heard this from any Microsoft sources.