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Universal Controller allows you to monitor running Workflows in graphical format. As the Workflow progresses, the display provides up-to-date textual and color-coded status information for each task instance in the Workflow. You can also intervene in processing where necessary.

Monitoring a Running Workflow

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Workflow Monitor Modes

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.
 

Viewing Predecessors/Successors of Task Instances in a Workflow

You can view the predecessors/successors of all task instances in a workflow from the Activity Monitor, Task Instances list, and the Workflow task instance Details.

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See Viewing Task Predecessors/Successors.

Viewing Blocking Ancestors of Task Instances in a Workflow

You can view the blocking ancestors of task instances in a Workflow task instance from:

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See Viewing a Timeline for a Workflow Task Instance.

Workflow Monitor Toolbar

The Workflow Monitor toolbar, which displays above the Workflow Monitor, contains icons for every tool that you need to monitor a Workflow.

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.

Workflow Monitor Tools

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.
 

Icon	Tool	Description
Anchor Go to Parent Go to Parent	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.)   Note title Note To open an embedded Workflow (sub-Workflow) from its Parent Workflow, double-click the embedded Workflow.
Anchor Print Print	Print	Prints the current Workflow.
Anchor Select Select	Select	Places the Workflow Monitor in Select mode 63556725.
Anchor Pan Pan	Pan	Places the Workflow Monitor in Pan mode 63556725.   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 Actual Size 63556725 icon.
Anchor Undo Undo	Undo	Click to undo the most recent change.
Anchor Redo Redo	Redo	Click to redo the most recent change that you undid by clicking Undo 63556725.
Anchor 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 Fit 63556725 by clicking the Actual Size 63556725 icon.
Anchor Zoom In Zoom In	Zoom In	Zooms in (enlarges) the Workflow. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the Actual Size 63556725 icon.
Anchor Zoom Out Zoom Out	Zoom Out	Zooms out (diminishes) the Workflow. To return the Workflow to its default size, click the Actual Size 63556725 icon.
Anchor Actual Size Actual Size	Actual Size	Returns the Workflow to its default size after a Fit 63556725 or Zoom 63556725.
Anchor 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 Actual Size 63556725 icon.
Anchor Horizontal Layout Horizontal Layout	Horizontal Layout	Reformats the Workflow into a horizontal layout.
Anchor Vertical Layout Vertical Layout	Vertical Layout	Reformats the Workflow into a vertical layout.
Anchor 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 Workflow Monitor Display Mode 63556725). This icon only appears on the icon bar when you are monitoring a running Workflow.
Anchor 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.   Note title Note This icon displays in the toolbar only if the Critical Path Calculations Permitted Universal Controller system property is set to true.
Anchor 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 Pan mode 63556725. Click the Outline icon. The Outline window opens. 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.
Anchor Help Help	Help	Displays help documentation for Workflows.
Anchor Console Console	Console	While a Workflow is running, you can click the Console icon to display processing messages.

Workflow Monitor Display Mode

The default display mode for the Workflow Monitor identifies each task instance in the workflow by:

• Task name
• Task type
• Task instance status

Task Name

The task name is the name given to a task when it was created (see Creating Tasks).

Task Type

The task type of each task instance is represented by an icon that displays above the task instance name.
 

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Task Instance Status

The current status of each task instance displays below the task instance name.

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Task Instance Details

You can display the following detailed information (including status) for any task instance by hovering your mouse over the task instance.

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Task Instance Actions

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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Task Instance Actions for Workflow

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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Task Instance Properties

One of the task actions available for any task instance in a Workflow is to display a list of properties for that task instance.
 

Connector Details

You can display the following detailed information for any Connector by hovering your mouse over the connector.

Connector Actions

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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Connector Properties

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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The information in the Connector properties is view-only.

Displaying Task Instance Status Icons

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.
 

Monitoring the Critical Path in a Workflow

You can instruct the Controller to calculate the Critical Path of a Workflow, which is the path of task instances in the Workflow that will take the longest time to complete.

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Critical Path Settings

To monitor the Critical Path of a Workflow, you must set the following:

• 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 63556725 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 Toggle Critical Path View 63556725 icon.
 

Running a Workflow Enabled for Critical Path

When you run a Workflow enabled for Critical Path, the Workflow Monitor initially displays the Critical Path based on historical average duration statistics and any CP Duration override values for any tasks in the Workflow. When a task instance completes, the Critical Path could change, based on the actual time it took the task instance to complete. For example, if you specified a Critical Path Duration of 5 minutes for a task, but the task instance completed in 30 seconds, the Controller might adjust the Critical Path to show a path that it now estimates will take the longest to complete.
 

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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 Toggle Critical Path View 63556725 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.
 

Critical Path Status

Activity Monitor and Task Instances List

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