pp108 : Viewing the Message and Error Text of a Process Instance

Viewing the Message and Error Text of a Process Instance

This topic describes the procedure to view the message that causes a process instance to be triggered and to view the error text of an aborted process instance.

Before you begin this task:
You must have the Process Administrator role in Process Platform Business Process Engine application package to view the start message of a process instance and also to view the error text of an aborted process instance.

 

  1. Do one of the following to view the start message of a process instance:

    Starting point

    Procedure

    Process Instance Manager (PIM)


    1.In My Applications App Palette, click (Process Instance Manager). The Process Instance Manager appears with a list of business processes that have process instances.
    2.Click Find () on the toolbar. The Filter Process Instances window appears. If you do not specify the filter criteria for process instances, the default filter options are considered based on which the process instances appear.
    3.Type the selection criteria.
    4.Click OK. All process instances that match the specified criteria appear.
    5.Click the instances with the status for which you want to view the process instance details. The Instances by Process Definition window appears.

    Sub-Processes


    1.In My Applications App Palette, click (Process Instance Manager). The Process Instance Manager appears displaying a list of business processes that have process instances.
    2.Click Find () on the toolbar. The Filter Process Instances window appears. If you do not specify the filter criteria for process instances, the default filter options are considered based on which the process instances appear.
    3.Type the selection criteria.
    4.Click OK. All process instances that match the specified criteria appear.

    5. Click ( Show Sub-Processes) to display the sub-processes. The Sub-Processes pane appears.
  2. Select the process or sub-process instance and click (Show Start Message) on the toolbar. Alternatively, right-click the process instance and select Show Start Message. The Instance Message dialog box appears.
  3. Click the XML view tab to view the XML structure of the start message.
  4. Click the Tree view to view the start message in a tree view.
  5. To view the error text of an aborted process instance, select the process instance, and click (Show Error Text) on the toolbar. Alternatively, right-click the process instance and select Show Error Text.
    The Error text dialog box appears, displaying the activity details at which the process aborted.

    The following table applies for an End event, where end type is Error:

Property in End Event pane

Mapped to .... in Error Text in PIM

Process Error Message

Fault message

Error Detail
Note: If Error Detail is not specified, Error Definition is mapped to Description in the error text in the PIM.

Description

 

 

Related tasks

Viewing Process Instances
Viewing a Process Instance in Graphical View
Viewing Activities of a Process Instance
Viewing Sub-processes of a Process Instance
Performing Operations in Process Instance Manager
Viewing a Process Instance Message Map
Skipping an Activity

Related reference

Filter Process Instances Interface
Instances by Process Definition Interface