You can construct queries that select only the unresolved flows that match criteria that you specify. To construct queries, you must first start Flow Manager. See Starting Flow Manager for instructions on starting Flow Manager. The following topics describe how to contruct queries to find unresolved flows.
Finding specific unresolved flows
If you want to locate and display all unresolved flows, accept the defaults of "any" for all the fields, then click the Find button or select Find from the Event menu. The system will locate all unresolved flows and display their details.
If you want to construct a query to find specific flows, refer to the following sections that describe the search options in each tab. After specifying your search criteria, click the Find button or select Find from the Event menu.
Choose the Event Attributes tab to search according to the characteristics of the unresolved event. The following figure shows the Event Attributes tab.
The following options are available from the Event Attributes tab:
Select a collaboration name or a connector name to query only for flows that failed within that collaboration or connector. You can string together multiple selections by clicking in the new empty field that is created below each existing selection. To search all of you collaborations and connectors, choose Any.
For each collaboration or connector that you select, choose an event, as represented by a business object. You can choose one event, string together multiple events, or choose Any.
Chose the verb to query for each event.
Choose the source connector or connector whose flows you want to query, or choose Any.
Use the Date & Time tab to query only the flows that failed during a
specific time period. The following figure shows the Date & Time
tab.
The following options are available from the Date & Time tab:
Use the Error Text & BO Attributes tab to construct a query that includes only certain business objects, business object attributes, and attribute values.
The following figure shows the Error Text & Business Object Attributes
tab.
Make selections in the following columns:
You can also query only unresolved flows that produce a message containing specified text that you enter in the Containing Error Text field.
You can use the menu options in the following table to manage
queries. For information on taking action on unresolved flows, refer to
Handling unresolved flows.
Table 1. Flow Manager menu options
Menu option | Description |
---|---|
Event > Find | Finds all the unresolved events with the specified filter information. As a shortcut, you can also click the Find button. |
Event > Delete | Deletes one or more selected events in the result frame. |
Event > Save | Saves all the events in the result frame in an Excel format. |
Event > Print | Prints the selected events or all the events in the result frame in a table format. A dialog appears prompting you to select Print All Events or Print Selected Events. |
Event > Get Count | Gets a number of the events corresponding to the current query. |
Event > New Search | Clears all the result events, close the result frame, and refresh all the filter controls. |
Event >Exit | Exits Flow Manager. |
Query > Delete | Deletes the query that appears in the Query menu. |
Query > Save | Save the current filter information as a query; the query name entered appears in the Query menu. |
Query > Show/Hide | Show or hide the content of the query. |
See also:
Viewing details of unresolved flows
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