Viewing Process Instances

This topic describes the procedure to view process instances in the Process Instance Manager.

The Process Instance Manager (PIM) enables you to view individual process instances and a summarized view of each published business process. It depicts the total number of instances and the number of instances per status. It provides an overview of the running instances and their states, enabling you to take immediate action to suspend a running or a waiting instance, or restart an aborted instance.

You can view any of the following from the PIM:

• A single process from the business process modeling environment (design time)
• A single process from the business process deployment environment (run time)
• Summary of multiple process instances

To view process instances, do one of the following:

• To view the process instances of a single process from the business process modeling environment, do the following:
  1. Select a starting point and click (Business Process Model) to open an existing business process model.
  2. Right-click in the business process modeler and select Business Process Execution > Show Process Instances. The Instances by Process Definition window appears, displaying the process instances of the selected process model.

• To view the process instances of a single process from the business process deployment environment, do the following:
  1. In My Applications palette, click (Process Instance Manager). The Process Instance Manager appears with a list of business processes that have process instances.
  2. Click Find () to filter the process instances. If you do not specify the filter criteria for process instances, the default filter options are considered. The Filter Process Instances window appears. Refer to Filter Process Instances Interface for information on the fields on this window.
  3. Select the appropriate status of the business process. Refer to Statuses of a Process Instance for information on the statuses.
  4. Click OK. The process instances that match the specified filter criteria appear.
  5. Click on the link that indicates the number of instances to drill-down tothe details. Refer to Viewing Summarized Process Instances for more information on the drill-down details.