Set runtime options

Use this option to specify the runtime options for the VWService.

To set runtime options

  1. Select the VWService you wish to modify and click Properties on the toolbar.
  2. Select the Runtime Options tab.
  3. On this tab, select or clear the following items:
     
    Option Description

    Enable loop detection

    Select this checkbox to enable loop detection for Process Engine (PE). FileNet recommends that you select this checkbox.

    When loop detection is enabled, a work item that exceeds three times the Maximum operations per transaction or Maximum instructions per transaction is considered to be in a loop and is handled as an error. See Set performance parameters for more information on these parameters.

    Remove expired timer from parent

    Select this checkbox to disable the timer on a parent work item whose children work items have already expired. FileNet recommends that you select this checkbox.

    Delete parent when children do not merge

    Select this checkbox to enable the deletion of parent work items when the child work items are deleted or terminated. FileNet recommends that you select this checkbox.

    If this checkbox is selected, a parent work item is terminated if all its children are terminated or deleted. If the checkbox is cleared and all of the children are terminated or deleted, the parent work item leaves the Delay queue and continues processing.

    Enable consistent return

    Select this checkbox to determine whether the map type is a factor in the behavior of the Return system function. See Return system function in Help for Process Designer for more information.

    By default, the consistent return option is selected unless you have upgraded from an older version of the software. Clear this option only if you need to maintain compatibility for existing workflows that were created in an older version and which depend on the original (that is, inconsistent) use of the Return system function.

    Enable statistics collection

    Select this checkbox to enable statistics collection for the entire VWService.

    Clearing this checkbox terminates the PE process (vwstats) that controls statistics collection. To disable statistics collection for a specific isolated region, see Enable or disable statistics collection.

    NOTE  Statistics functionality is not available in a farmed Process Engine (PE) system. You can view statistics using the optional Process Analyzer (PA).

    Enable notification

    Select this checkbox to enable email notification for the VWService.

    Clearing this checkbox terminates the PE process (vwnotify) that controls email notification.

    Enable workflow termination event

    Select this checkbox to enable workflow termination tracking for the VWService.

    Clearing this checkbox terminates the PE process (vwdone) that controls termination tracking.

    Enable Process Analyzer

    If you will use PA, select this checkbox to enable the publishing of workflow information to PA. If there is no Process Analyzer Engine associated with the PE system, selecting this checkbox has no effect.

    CAUTION  PA requires that certain system fields be exposed. When you enable this option, a message displays the list of the required fields. You must verify that these fields are exposed as indicated for all isolated regions in the VWService. See System fields defined for a list of the required optional fields.

    NOTE  This option is available only in systems that are licensed for full workflow functionality. If this option is not available, workflow information will not be published for PA.

    Enable Rules

    If you will use rules in the workflows, select this checkbox to enable rules functionality on the PE server. The workflow author uses Process Designer to specify which rules to run at any step in a workflow. See About Rules for information about configuring and implementing rules.

    Clearing this checkbox disables rules functionality. Workflows that contain rule functions can run with rules functionality disabled, but the rules will be skipped.

    The Rules Listener must be present to process the rules when a workflow is running. See Configuring other server connections in Help for Process Task Manager for information about specifying the location of the Rules Listener.

    NOTE  This option is available only in systems that are licensed for full workflow functionality.

    Allow Asynchronous Rules

    If you will use rules that require a processing time longer than one second, you can select this checkbox to allow these rules to be configured for background processing. This makes this option available to the workflow author in Process Designer. See About Rules for information about configuring for background rules processing.

    Clearing this checkbox hides this option in Process Designer. Workflows with rules functions that require a long processing time might experience a delay at the step where the rule is defined.

  4. Click OK to save your changes.

    You must restart the PE software on all PE servers to make the changes take effect. Use Process Task Manager to restart the software.