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The Workflow Monitor has two modes. Each mode, which you select by clicking the appropriate icon in the Workflow Monitor toolbar, allows you to use one or more specific Workflow Monitor tools.
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| 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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| 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.
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A shadowed outline around the icon in the toolbar indicates the currently selected Workflow Monitor mode.
The following example shows that the Workflow Monitor is in Select mode.
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The following table describes the tools used to monitor Workflows, including the tools associated with the two Workflow Monitor modes. The tools are listed by icon, as they appear - left to right - in the Workflow Monitor toolbar.
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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 13205637 Select mode. | |||||||||||
| Pan | Places the Workflow Monitor in 13205637 Pan mode. | |||||||||||
| Undo | Click to undo the most recent change. | |||||||||||
| Redo | Click to redo the most recent change that you undid by clicking 13205637 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 13205637 Fit by clicking the 13205637 Actual Size icon. | |||||||||||
| Zoom In | Zooms in (enlarges) the Workflow. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the 13205637 Actual Size icon. | |||||||||||
| Zoom Out | Zooms out (diminishes) the Workflow. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the 13205637 Actual Size icon. | |||||||||||
| Actual Size | Returns the Workflow to its default size after a 13205637 Fit or 13205637 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. | |||||||||||
| 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 13205637 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 13205637 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 default display mode for the Workflow Monitor identifies each task instance in the workflow by:
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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 13205637 Displaying Task Status Icons). |
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For each task instance in a Workflow, the Controller provides a menu of actions that you can take on that task instance. You can perform task instance actions in either Workflow Monitor mode: Select or Pan.
To display the menu of task instance actions, right-click a task instance.
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View/Edit | Allows you to view and edit the Task Instance Details for this task instance. |
View/Edit In Tab | Allows you to view and edit the Task Instance Details for this task instance in a new tab. |
View Children | For a workflow task instance only; Allows you to view a list of children task instances of this workflow task instance. |
View Tree | For a workflow task instance only; Allows you to view a tree of this workflow task instance and its tasks, including children tasks of any sub-Workflow task, and, optionally, lets you display the Details for any of those tasks. |
Commands | Allows you to run a command against the task instance. |
View Predecessors/Successors | Allows you to view all predecessors and successors of this task instance in the Workflow. |
Insert Task As Predecessor | Allows you to insert a task as a predecessor to this task instance. |
Insert Task As Successor | Allows you to insert a task as a successor to this task instance. |
Details > Show Details | Allows you to display complete database details for this task instance. |
Details > Show Variables | Allows you to display a list of all variables available to this task instance. |
Properties | Displays a menu of properties for the task instance. |
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For a workflow task instance being monitored, the Controller provides a menu of actions that you can take on that workflow task instance. You can perform these actions in any Workflow Monitor mode.
To display the menu of workflow task instance actions, right-click anywhere in the Workflow Monitor canvas.
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One of the task actions available for any task instance in a Workflow is to display a list of properties for that task instance.
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For each connector in a Workflow, the Controller provides a menu of actions that you can take on that connector. You can perform connector actions in any Workflow Monitor mode.
To display the menu of connector actions, right-click a connector.
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Conditions | Allows you to select a dependency condition for the connecor. |
Go To Source | Highlights the predecessor task for the connector and moves it to the center of the Workflow Editor display. |
Go To Target | Highlights the successor task for the connector and moves it to the center of the Workflow Editor display. |
Commands | Allows you to run a command (Mark as Satisfied) against the connector. |
Properties | Displays a menu of properties for the connector. |
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One of the connector actions available for any connector in a Workflow is to display a list of properties for that connector.
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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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- 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 13205637 Toggle Critical Path View icon.
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.
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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