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Views tab: Business Process Choreographer Explorer and Business Process Archive Explorer user interfaces
Depending on the client application, use the Views tab to access views that you use to administer BPEL process and human task objects, such as process instances and work assignments, or to view completed BPEL processes and human tasks that are in an archive database.
The default user interface contains links to predefined views for BPEL processes and tasks. In addition, the navigation pane can contain links to customized views defined by a system administrator. You can also define your own personalized views, which are added to your navigation pane.
Available actions
The following actions are available in the navigation pane:
- Collapse and expand a group.
Click the arrow beside an item in the navigation pane to expand or collapse the item.
- Navigate to a view.
Click the view name to navigate to that view.
- Define a new search.
Click the New Search icon (
), to search for objects, or to define a personalized view.
Additional actions are available from the pop-up menu
depending on the view type. The Show pop-up menu icon
(
) indicates that a pop-up menu is available.
- To delete the view, click the Delete icon
(
).
- To modify the view, click the Edit icon
(
).
- To create a copy of the view and modify the copy, click the Copy icon
(
).
- To move the view up or down in the list, click the Up icon
(
) or the Down icon (
).
View types
The navigation pane can contain the following types of views. Depending on the view, additional actions are available from the pop-up menu.
- Predefined views in the default navigation pane
- These groups of views are available in the navigation pane, and do not initially have a pop-up menu. When the navigation pane is changed
using Customize, these predefined then have the Predefined view icon
in front of them, which makes it possible to move them up or down.
- Customized views and predefined views that were added to the navigation pane by the system administrator
- Business users can click the view name and navigate to the view.
For system administrators, pop-up menus are available.
- The predefined views are indicated by the Predefined
view icon:
. A system administrator can use the pop-up menu to change the position of these views in the navigation pane.
- The customized views are indicated by the Custom view icon:
. A system administrator can delete, edit, copy, and move these views.
- The predefined views are indicated by the Predefined
view icon:
- Personalized views
- These views are indicated by the Custom view icon:
. These views are only visible to the user who created the views. The user can delete, edit, copy, and move the views.
If you are the system administrator, you can delete personalized views belonging to other users.
Predefined views in the navigation pane
The default navigation pane contains the following groups of views. Additional default views are available, for example, for state machines, that system administrators can add to the client interface using the Customize option in the taskbar. All views show items, independent of additional filters, to which you are authorized.
For example, you see only the terminated processes you are allowed to see. If no view is defined for a group of views, the group is not displayed.
- Process Templates
- The process templates group contains the following views:
- Currently Valid
- Business Process Choreographer Explorer only. This view shows a list of process templates are the currently valid version of each process. That is, they are the newest started version of a process whose valid from date is not in the future. From this view you can display information about the process template and its structure, display a list of process instances that are associated with a template, and start process instances.
- All Versions
- This view shows a list of all process versions for all process templates. From this view you can display information about a process template for a process version and its structure, and display a list of process instances that are associated with a template.
- Process Instances
- The process instances group contains the following views:
- Started By Me
- This view shows the process instances that you started. From this view, you can monitor the progress of the process instance, and list
the activities, processes, or tasks that are related to it.
Actions that change objects in this view are not available for Business Process Archive Explorer.
- Administered By Me
- This view shows the process instances that you are authorized to administer. From this view, you can act on the process instance, for example, to suspend and resume a process, or monitor the progress
of the activities in a process instance.
Actions that change objects in this view are not available for Business Process Archive Explorer.
- Critical Processes
- Business Process Choreographer only. This view shows process instances in the running state that contain activities in the stopped state. From this view, you can act on the process instances, or list the activities and then act on them.
- Terminated Processes
- This view shows process instances that are in the terminated state.
From this view, you can act on these process instances.
Actions that change objects in this view are not available for Business Process Archive Explorer.
- Failed Compensations
- Business Process Choreographer Explorer only. This view shows the compensation actions that have failed for microflows.
- Activity Instances
- The activity instances group contains the following view:
- Stopped Activities
- This view shows the activities that are in the stopped state.
Actions that change objects in this view are not available for Business Process Archive Explorer.
- Task Templates
- The task templates group contains the following view:
- My Task Templates
- This view shows a list of task templates. From this view you can create and start a task instance, and display a list of task instances
that are associated with a template.
Actions that change objects in this view are not available for Business Process Archive Explorer.
- Task Instances
- The task instances group contains the following views:
- My To-dos
- Business Process Choreographer Explorer only. This view shows a list of the task instances that you are authorized to work with. From this view, you can, for example, work on a task instance, release a task instance that you claimed, or transfer a task instance to another user.
- All Tasks
- Business Process Choreographer Explorer only. This view shows all of the tasks for which you are the owner, potential owner, or editor. From this view, you can work on a task instance, release a task instance that you claimed, or transfer a task instance to another user.
- Initiated By Me
- This view shows the task instances that you initiated. From this view, you can, for example, work on a task instance, release a task instance that you claimed, or transfer a task instance to another
user. You can also change the priority of a task and change its business category.
Actions that change objects in this view are not available for Business Process Archive Explorer.
- Administered By Me
- This view shows the task instances that you are authorized to administer. From this view, you can act on the task instance, for example, to suspend and resume a process, to create work items for the task instance, or to display a list of the current work items for the task instance. You can also change the priority of a task and change its business category.
Actions that change objects in this view are not available for Business Process Archive Explorer.
- My Escalations
- Business Process Choreographer Explorer only. This view shows all of the escalations for the logged on user.
Related tasks:
Customize the navigation pane and the default login view
Create customized views
Create personalized views
Delete views