pp108 : Restarting a Process Instance from Graphical Mode

Restarting a Process Instance from Graphical Mode
This topic describes the procedure to restart a process instance from the graphical process instance view.

Before you begin this task:
You must have the process administrator role in the Process Platform Business Process Engine application package to view and restart a process instance in the graphical mode.

In some cases, an activity in a business process instance may be aborted due to issues with the associated Web service operations. In such cases, you will need to resume the process after the relevant corrections have been made. You can do this by restarting the business process instance, which creates another instance with a new ID.
It is possible to restart only the business process instances that are aborted or suspended. If you are working in the graphical view, you can restart a business process instance using the options explained below.

  1. Click <Organization> > Process Administrator > Process Monitoring > All Process Instances. The All Process Instances window appears.
  2. Select the process instance, and click Show Graphical View () on the toolbar. Alternatively, right-click the process instance and select Show Graphical View. The business process instance appears in the graphical view in the read-only mode.
  3. Select the Restart option from the Process Options menu on the toolbar. Alternatively, right-click the business process model and select Restart from here. The Restart Process Instances dialog box appears. For information about the options available in this dialog box, refer to Restart Process Instances Interface.

If the restart point for a process instance is changed, the process instance goes to the suspended state. You can navigate forward in the process by using the Skip activity feature.