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Get started with Business Process Choreographer Explorer and Business Process Archive Explorer

Depending on your user role, you can use these client interfaces to manage BPEL processes and human tasks, work with your assigned tasks, view completed BPEL processes and human tasks that are in an archive database, or delete processes and tasks from the archive.

Both client interfaces offer a search function that you can use to discover BPEL processes and their related activities and human tasks that meet specific criteria.

For example, you can check the status of these instances, navigate between related instances and templates, and retrieve a graphical view of the process structure and process states, which includes the associated activities and human tasks.

In addition, the tasks that you can perform depend on the client interface that you are using.

Business Process Choreographer Explorer

You can use Business Process Choreographer Explorer to perform the following tasks:

  • If you are in the Business Process Choreographer system monitor role, you can browse all the BPEL process instances and human tasks, and also view their details.

  • If you are in the Business Process Choreographer system administrator role, you can manage the lifecycle of BPEL processes and human tasks, repair BPEL processes, and manage work assignments.

  • If you are a business user, you can use Business Process Choreographer Explorer to work with your assigned tasks, flag your absence and define substitutes.

Business Process Archive Explorer

The Business Process Archive Explorer looks and behaves very much like the Business Process Choreographer Explorer client. The key differences are that it can only connect to a Business Process Archive Manager configuration, and it can only be used to view and work with completed BPEL processes and human tasks that have been moved to the archive database.

You can use Business Process Archive Explorer to perform the following tasks:

  • If you are in the Business Process Choreographer system monitor role, you can browse all the BPEL process instances and human tasks that are in the archive database, and also view their details.

  • If you are in the Business Process Choreographer system administrator role, you can browse, view, and delete BPEL process instances and human tasks that are in the archive database.

  • If you are neither in the administrator role nor the monitor role, you can only see instances that you started or initiated. You cannot view any details about the instances. That is, the only views that show any content are available from the Views tab by clicking Process Instances > Started By Me or Task Instances > Initiated By Me.

Administer BPEL processes and human tasks


Related concepts:
User interface overview: Business Process Choreographer Explorer and Business Process Archive Explorer
Views tab: Business Process Choreographer Explorer and Business Process Archive Explorer user interfaces


Related tasks:
Administer task templates and task instances
Manage work assignments
Create and starting a task instance
Work on your tasks
Tuning Business Process Choreographer Explorer
Troubleshooting Business Process Choreographer Explorer


Related reference:
Archiving completed process and task instances