You
can use the Workflow Monitor to view the progress of any workflow process.
There are two forms of Workflow Monitor. One is the Workflow Status form in
Oracle Applications. The other is the Java-based Workflow Monitor tool. There
are two modes for both forms of the Workflow Monitor: user mode and admin mode.
admin mode will provide more information and allow more functionality. (You
must log in to Oracle Applications as a system administrator to see the
Workflow Status form.)
Figure 15: Workflow Status form
The Workflow Status form has the item
type and the item key as the title. It lists the activity name, type, status,
result, start date, end date, assigned user, error name, error message, error
stack, activity internal name, activity description, and user name. You can use
the folder tools to change the form to fit your needs (see Figure 15).
The
Java-based Workflow Monitor tool has four regions:
·
Workflow process title
·
Process diagram
·
Detail tabs
·
Administration buttons
Workflow Process
Title
The
process title shows the workflow process name, the item type internal name, and
the user item key that identifies the item. These are the context values of the
workflow instance.
Process Diagram
This
shows the process diagram associated with the workflow process. This is for
display only. Color is used to represent the state of an activity or
transition. Green means active or in progress, yellow means suspended, and red
means erred. A thin black transition means that the transition has not been
visited. A thick green transition means that the transition has been visited.
You may look at the subprocess diagram by double-clicking on any subprocess.
Detail Tabs
Select
the Detail tab to reveal the definition, usage, status, notification, and item
of a node. The Definition tab shows the item type, display name, description,
activity type, message, function, result type, any time-out parameters, cost,
loop check, and error process. The Usage tab reveals performers and comments.
The Status tab shows the status, result, begin date, end date, and any error
information. The Notification tab provides recipient, status, begin date, and
end date information. The Item tab discloses the item type, item key, item
owner, begin date, end date, and item attributes.
Administration
Buttons
Administration
buttons are only available if you are running in the ADMIN mode. These buttons
allow you to abort process, suspend process, resume process, reassign process,
or expedite process. Each button corresponds to an API call. You may select
Attribute to change the value of an item attribute.
Review Questions
1.
What is the difference between the ADMIN mode and the USER mode?
2.
What do the colors in the process diagram represent?
3.
What two forms monitor workflow processes?
4.
For what purposes are the administration buttons used?
