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Mode

Description

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Select
Select
Select

Clicking the 13205637 Select icon on the Workflow Monitor toolbar places the Workflow Editor in Select mode, which allows you to use all Workflow Monitor tools except 13205637 Connect and 13205637 Pan. The Select mode is the default mode for the Workflow Monitor.

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Pan mode
Pan mode
Pan

Clicking the 13205637 Pan icon on the Workflow Monitor toolbar places the Workflow Monitor in Pan mode, which allows you to scroll around in the Workflow. (You also can use the 13205637 Outline tool in any mode) to scroll around in the Workflow.
 
In Pan mode, you also can use all other Workflow Monitor tools.
 

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Pan mode does not allow you to use the drag and drop method for moving, deleting, and copying groups of Workflow elements.


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Tool

Description

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Go to Parent
Go to Parent
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View Parent

If this Workflow is embedded in another Workflow, navigates to the parent. If this Workflow has more than one parent, clicking this icon displays a list of all parent Workflows; in this case, to navigate to a parent Workflow, double-click the Workflow's icon. To return to your original Workflow, click its name. (The current Workflow name displays in the lower right corner of the editor.)
 

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To open an embedded Workflow (sub-Workflow) from its Parent Workflow, double-click the embedded Workflow.


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Print
Print

Print

Prints the current Workflow.

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Select
Select

Select

Places the Workflow Monitor in 13205637 Select mode.

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Pan
Pan

Pan

Places the Workflow Monitor in 13205637 Pan mode.
 
To pan around the Workflow, click anywhere in the Workflow Monitor canvas and drag your cursor to display any section of the Workflow.
 
To return to your original location, click the 13205637 Actual Size icon.

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Undo
Undo

Undo

Click to undo the most recent change.

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Redo
Redo

Redo

Click to redo the most recent change that you undid by clicking 13205637 Undo.

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Fit
Fit

Fit

Fits the Workflow into the display. If necessary, this shrinks the icons and size of the Workflow in order to make it fit. You can undo a 13205637 Fit by clicking the 13205637 Actual Size icon.

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Zoom In
Zoom In

Zoom In

Zooms in (enlarges) the Workflow. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the 13205637 Actual Size icon.

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Zoom Out
Zoom Out

Zoom Out

Zooms out (diminishes) the Workflow. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the 13205637 Actual Size icon.

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Actual Size
Actual Size

Actual Size

Returns the Workflow to its default size after a 13205637 Fit or 13205637 Zoom.

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Zoom
Zoom

Zoom

Opens a window that allows you to specify a zoom ratio. For example, to double the size of the Workflow, enter 200 and click OK. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the 13205637 Actual Size icon.

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Horizontal Layout
Horizontal Layout

Horizontal Layout

Reformats the Workflow into a horizontal layout.

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Vertical Layout
Vertical Layout

Vertical Layout

Reformats the Workflow into a vertical layout.

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Toggle Vertex Style
Toggle Vertex Style

Toggle Vertex Style

For running Workflows, switches the icon display between status-related icons and task-related icons (see 13205637 Workflow Monitor Display Mode). This icon only appears on the icon bar when you are monitoring a running Workflow.

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Toggle Critical Path View
Toggle Critical Path View

Toggle Critical Path View

Toggles between the normal view of the Workflow and the Critical Path View.
 

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This icon displays in the toolbar only if the Critical Path Calculations Permitted Universal Controller system property is set to true.


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Outline
Outline

Outline

For large Workflows, the outline provides a way of positioning a specific area of the Workflow in the display, without using the 13205637 Pan mode.

  1. Click the Outline icon. The Outline window opens.
  2. In the Outline window, move and/or resize the blue box to identify the area of the Workflow you want to work on. The display repositions to show only the area within the blue box.

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Help
Help

Help

Displays help documentation for Workflows.

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Console
Console

Console

While a Workflow is running, you can click the Console icon to display processing messages.

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titleNote

You can change the Workflow Monitor so that the icon above each task instance name represents the current status of that task instance (see 13205637 Displaying Task Status Icons).

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Task Instance Status
Task Instance Status
Task Instance Status

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By default, any Workflow with the Calculate Critical Path field enabled will be displayed in the Workflow Monitor in Critical Path View. To toggle in and out of Critical Path View, click the 13205637 Toggle Critical Path View icon.
 

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If you are using View In Workflow to open the Workflow Monitor, or the Workflow being opened has a status of Skipped, Critical Path View will be toggled off by default.

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If you are in Critical Path View, but you want to see Skipped task instances, you can restore the standard view by clicking the 13205637 Toggle Critical Path View icon in the Workflow Monitor toolbar.

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