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A Workflow already must be running in order for you to monitor its status. |
Step 1 | From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Task Instances > Activity. |
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Step 2 | Click the Details icon for the Workflow you want to monitor. The Workflow Task Instance Details for that Workflow displays. |
Step 3 | Click the View Workflow button to display the Workflow Monitor for that Workflow, as shown in the following example. |
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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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 | Prints the current Workflow. | ||||||||||||
 | Select | Places the Workflow Monitor in Select mode. | |||||||||||
 | Pan | Places the Workflow Monitor in Pan mode. | |||||||||||
 | Undo | Click to undo the most recent change. | |||||||||||
 | Redo | Click to redo the most recent change that you undid by clicking Undo. | |||||||||||
 | 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 Fit by clicking the Actual Size icon. | |||||||||||
 | Zoom In | Zooms in (enlarges) the Workflow. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the Actual Size icon. | |||||||||||
 | Zoom Out | Zooms out (diminishes) the Workflow. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the Actual Size icon. | |||||||||||
 | Actual Size | Returns the Workflow to its default size after a Fit or 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 Actual Size icon. | |||||||||||
 | Horizontal Layout | Reformats the Workflow into a horizontal layout. | |||||||||||
 | Vertical Layout | Reformats the Workflow into a vertical layout. | |||||||||||
 | Toggle Vertex Style | For running Workflows, switches the icon display between status-related icons and task-related icons (see Workflow Monitor Display Mode). This icon only appears on the icon bar when you are monitoring a running Workflow. | |||||||||||
 | Toggle Critical Path View | Toggles between the normal view of the Workflow and the Critical Path View.
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 | Outline | For large Workflows, the outline provides a way of positioning a specific area of the Workflow in the display, without using the Pan mode.
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 | Help | Displays help documentation for Workflows. | |||||||||||
 | Console | While a Workflow is running, you can click the Console icon to display processing messages. |
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The Next Retry Time field displays in the menu only if the task instance is in Failed status and scheduled for retry. The Task Description field displays in the menu only if the Workflow Monitor Task Description Enabled Universal Controller system property is set to true. |
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- In Configuration > Properties, set the Critical Path Calculations Permitted system property to true.
- In the Workflow Details, enable the Calculate Critical Path field.
- In the Workflow Monitor toolbar, click the Toggle Critical Path View icon.
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In Critical Path View, Task instances and connectors in the Critical Path display in the color specified by the Critical Path Color system property.
The Critical Path View is dynamic; if task instances are Skipped in a Workflow, and they longer are part of the Critical Path, they no longer display on the Workflow Monitor while it is in Critical Path View.
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