Work on Processes
You can work on a process from the process instance details window.
In the Tracking page, click a process to open its process instance details window. You can do the following from the process instance details window:
View Process Details
You can view details about your process in the process instance details window.
Work with Activities
You can work on task activities associated with the process from the process instance details window.
- For a structured process, expand Actionable Activities. The activities that you can take actions on are listed under it.
- For a dynamic process, expand Activities. All open, running, and completed activities are listed under it.
Note that non-actionable activities such as service tasks and milestones are displayed under Audit. See View Process Audit.
View Process Audit
You can view the audit details of the process instance from the process instance details window.
Post and View Comments
You can post and view comments for the process instance under Comments in the process instance details window.
Upload and View Documents
You can upload documents and view uploaded documents related to your process in the process instance details window.
View Process Data
You can view data for a dynamic process under Data in the process instance details window.
Expand Data. All data objects configured for the process are listed under it. Click the data object to view its payload data.
For example, the image below shows the payload data for formArg.
View Process Information
You can view detail information about a process under More Information in the process instance details window.
Click More Information to see details such as the status of the process instance, the instance Id, the application it belongs to, and the date and time it was created.
End Dynamic Processes and Activities
Occasionally, you may need to end a dynamic process and all its associated activities and linked processes.
To end a dynamic process in runtime
Note that only users with Manage permission can terminate a dynamic process and its activities. See Users, Groups, External Applications and Permissions.
- From the process list in the Tracking page, click the dynamic process that you want to end.
- In the resulting dynamic process instance details window, click Actions to display the available dynamic process state transition options.
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Click Terminate.
Note that terminating the dynamic process will:- Terminate the dynamic process instance
- Terminate the process execution
- Terminate the human task activities
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In the Terminate dialog that displays:
- In the Comment field, enter a reason for ending the dynamic process.
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If you want to end child processes (structured process activities) linked to the dynamic process, ensure to select the Terminate associated child processes check box.
Description of the illustration terminate-dp.pngYou can also end child processes linked to a dynamic process with REST APIs by setting the
terminateChildInstances
property flag to true. See Perform an Action on Process Instance in REST API for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation.
- Click Terminate.
To end a dynamic process activity in runtime
- From the process list in the Tracking page, click the dynamic process whose activity you want to end.
- In the resulting dynamic process instance details window, expand Activities.
- Click Actions for the activity that you want to end, and then choose Terminate.
Description of the illustration terminate-dp-activity.pngA dialog prompting you to confirm the termination appears.
- In the Confirm dialog, click OK.
If you want to end child processes linked to the activity, ensure to select the Terminate associated child processes check box, before confirming the termination.
Alter the Flow of a Process
You can alter the flow of a running or suspended process instance by moving its execution from the current activity to another activity in the flow. Additionally if an activity in a process instance is failing due to errors in the value of the data objects and instance attributes, then you can modify them and retry running the current activity again.
- You can alter the flow of only structured processes.
- You must have Manage permission for a process application to alter the flow of a process instance.
- You cannot alter the flow of a terminated or completed process.