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Jumping activities

You can jump from one activity to another activity in the BPEL process instance. You can select to complete the source activity before you jump to a target activity.

To perform this action, you must either be a system administrator or be a process or scope administrator of the scope or a parent scope to which the source and target activities belong. 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.

To jump from one activity to another in Business Process Choreographer Explorer.

Procedure

1. In the Views tab, navigate to the Process State page of the process instance.

2. Click the relevant activity in the process state diagram.

   If that jump actions are only available if the Detail level slider of the process state diagram is at the most detailed level.

3. To go to another activity, click Jump to Another Activity.

   This option only available for activities in the running state (for example, ready, claimed, running, stopped, or waiting).

   The process state diagram is displayed again, and only activities that qualify as target activities are selectable. For information on target activities, refer to the related information on activity jump targets.

4. Select a target activity to choose an action to perform.

   The actions that are available depend on the source activity.

5. Choose an action to perform.

   • To complete the source activity before you jump to the target activity, click Complete Source Activity and Jump.

     The Complete Source Activity and Jump option is only available for target activities if the source activity is a human task activity in the claimed state. This option completes the source activity before you jump to a target activity.

   • To force the completion of the source activity before you jump to the target activity, click Force Complete Source Activity and Jump. Then click Force Complete and Jump to complete the activity with the data that you provide.

     The Force Complete Source Activity and Jump option is available for target activities if the source activity is a human task activity in the ready, claimed, or stopped state. It is also available for an invoke activity in the running or the stopped state, a receive or a wait activity in the waiting or the stopped state, and all other basic activities in the stopped state. This option forces the completion of the source activity before you jump to a target activity.

   • To skip the activity and jump to another activity, click Skip Source Activity and Jump.

   • Click Cancel Jump to cancel the jump action.

• Activity jump targets
  When you jump from one activity to another activity in the BPEL process instance using Business Process Choreographer Explorer, you can select the target activity from a list of possible target activities. Certain restrictions apply when you select an activity that serves as a target activity for a jump action.

Repairing BPEL processes and activities using Business Process Choreographer Explorer

Related concepts:
Activity jump targets

Related tasks:
Skipping activities in BPEL processes
Repairing stopped activities
Forcing the completion of activities