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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 view workflow button to display the Workflow Monitor for that Workflow, as shown in the following example. |
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The following example shows that the Workflow Monitor is in Select mode.
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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 task type of each task instance is represented by an icon that displays above the task instance name.
Agent File Monitor | Application Control | Email Monitor | ||
File Transfer | Linux/Unix | Manual | PeopleSoft | |
Recurring | Remote File Monitor | SAP | SQL | |
Stored Procedure | System Monitor | Task Monitor | Timer | |
Universal | Universal Command | Variable Monitor | Web Service | |
Windows | Workflow | z Workflow | z/OS |
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You can change the Workflow Monitor so that the icon above each task instance name represents the current status of that task instance (see Displaying Task Status Icons). |
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You can switch the Workflow Monitor display mode, which by default shows icons that represent task instance types, so that the icons represent task instance status types, as shown in the following example.
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If you select a command from either Actions menu, the Console window automatically opens and displays processing information.
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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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Also, in Critical Path View, Show Skipped / Restore and Hide Skipped are disabled in the Workflow Monitor pop-up menu of commands and options.
When the Workflow completes, the final Critical Path displays.
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The task instance Details icon for task instances that are critical (or along in a Critical Path) is tinted red.
Reports
You can enhance existing Task Instance reports or create new Task Instance reports by utilizing the Critical and Projected End Time fields. For example, you might want to report on task instances that have not completed and are on the critical path, or you might want to report on task instances that have a failure status and are on the critical path.