13.5 Using the Instances Tab to Monitor Process Instances

The Instances tab displays BPEL process instances. Figure 13-6 shows the Instances tab.

Figure 13-6 Oracle BPEL Control: The Instances Tab

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13.5.1 How to Monitor Process Instances

Use the Instances tab to monitor BPEL processes.

To monitor process instances:

1. Click the Instances.

2. Click an instance in the Instance column.

   From the window that appears, you can perform the following tasks:

   • View the state of the instance (for example, completed, active, or faulted)

   • Delete the instance

   • Click Flow to view a visual representation of the history of the activities in this instance

   • Click Audit to view an audit trail of this instance

   • Click Debug to view the BPEL Debugger, which takes the BPEL source code that implements this process and matches it against the state of this particular instance. Points in the code where execution is currently paused are highlighted in yellow (for example, the process is currently waiting for a loan service to call back with a loan offer).

   • Click Interactions to view details about the activities in this instance

   • Click Sensor Values to view the results of any activity, fault, or variable sensors you created in this instance

   • Click Test to save an instance as a test case. You can then import it into an Oracle JDeveloper project.

Note: The Flow and Audit links do not provide details about the actions or states of any header variables you defined during design time. As a workaround, use the Debug link to view header variable details.

See Oracle BPEL Process Manager Developer's Guide for more information on the following topics:

• Using sensors

• Testing BPEL processes