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Create work items for BPEL processes using Business Process Choreographer Explorer

Work items of a process instance are used to manage administrator or reader authorization for the process instance. You might want to create process work items for new administrators, for example, when a user claims the ownership of a process instance because the user ID of the starter of the process instance will be deleted.

You might also want to create work items if a user needs to see or modify variable values. This might happen, for example, in a long-running process if the organization has changed since the process started.

To create a work item for a process instance, you must be a process administrator or system administrator. However, if Business Flow Manager is using the alternative process administration mode that restricts process administration to system administrators, then only users in the BPESystemAdministrator role can perform this action. The process instance must be in the running, failing, or terminating execution state. Work items are automatically propagated to all enclosed activity instances.

In Business Process Choreographer Explorer to create a work item.

Procedure

1. Display the process instances that you administer.

   Click Administered By Me under Process Instances in the Views tab navigation pane.

2. Select the check box next to one or more process instances for which you want to create a work item, and click Create Work Items. The Create Process Work Items page is displayed.

3. Create the work items.

   1. In the New Owner field, enter the user ID for which the work item will be created.

   2. Select one or more roles from the Reason list.

      The reason Administrator gives the user administrator authority for the process instance, while Reader gives reader authority.

   3. Click Create.

Results

A work item is created for each role that you specify for the new work item owner.

Manage work authorizations and assignments

Related tasks:
Delete work items for BPEL process using Business Process Choreographer Explorer
Transferring BPEL process work items if you are the administrator of the process
Claiming the ownership of BPEL process instances using Business Process Choreographer Explorer