Process Express is the web-based application that PAE end users use to view, accept, search for, delegate, and create processes and work items.
Each Process Express user has a customized Process Express client and a user ID and password for accessing it. Users access Process Express through a web browser.
To access Process Express:
In the location bar of your browser, type
http://server_name/Express.npm/
A dialog box appears.
Enter your PAE user ID and password.
Click OK. Your Process Express client appears. Figure 2 shows a sample Process Express client.
Handling Work Items Assigned to You
Once a work item is assigned to you or to a group that you are a member of, it appears in your Work Item List. If it is assigned to only you, the item will remain in your list until you complete the required action for that item or until you delegate the item to another user. If the item is assigned to a group that you are a member of, and another member of that group accepts or delegates the item, the item is removed from your Work Item List and becomes assigned to the person who accepted it or to the person it was delegated to.
You will handle your work items from your Work Item List using the drop down list on the top right. Figure 1 shows the drop down list.
Figure 1    The Action Drop-down List
The items in the drop-down list are:
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View Item.
You may want to view a work item before you work on it. This feature may be particularly useful if a work item is assigned to a group that you are a member of. You can view the item in order to determine whether you will accept it. If a work item is assigned to a group, you cannot edit that work item's form until you have accepted the work item.
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Accept Item.
By accepting a work item, you are, in essence, claiming responsibility for completing it. Once you accept a work item, you can edit it. Work items that are only assigned to one person do not need to be accepted. They are automatically accepted by that person and the form for the work item is always editable.
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View Details and History.
You may want to view the history and details of a work item to better understand the process that the work item is part of. The history and details include information about who initiated the process, when it was initiated, and what other work items have been completed as a part of the process.
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Delegate Item.
You can only delegate a work item if the application was designed to permit you to do so. You delegate a work item when you want to assign it to someone else. When you do so, the work item disappears from your work list and appears on the other person's work list. To see if you are able to delegate a work item, view the item. A Delegate button will appear in the action bar on the work item's form.