Process State Model

The following diagram shows the lifecycle of a dynamic process instance.

Description of the illustration dp-process-states.png

State	Description
Active	The process state when it is instantiated. When a process is in this state, all stages and global activities defined within it are instantiated and enter the state Available.
Complete	A process instance automatically enters this state when all stages and activities contained within it in are Completed, Terminated, or Disabled. You can also manually mark a process Complete or use the Auto Complete marker. See Enable the Auto Complete Marker for a Process.
Terminated	A process instance automatically enters this state when its termination condition is fulfilled.
Closed	You can manually close a process instance at any time. This removes the process instance from the runtime database.