Using Flow Manager

To locate, view, and process failed events, use Flow Manager, a tool that is installed with the InterChange Server Express product. Flow Manager allows you to easily construct a query to locate and display unresolved flows. After you display the unresolved flows, you can select any flow in the display and submit it, discard it, or perform other actions. For background information on failed flows, see Flow failures.

The following topics describe how to use Flow Manager for constructing the queries, viewing the details, and processing the events:

Steps for starting Flow Manager

Steps for finding unresolved flows

"Steps for viewing details for unresolved flows"

Steps for processing unresolved flows

Steps for starting Flow Manager

Perform the following steps to start Flow Manager:

  1. Click Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere Business Integration Express > Toolset Express > Administrative > Flow Manager. The Connect to InterChange Server dialog box appears (see Figure 67.

    Figure 67. Connect to InterChange Server dialog box


  2. Enter the server name, using any one of the following methods:
  3. Type the user name and password for the server you want to connect to. If you check the Remember user name and password check box, the user name and password are stored in the registry along with the server name, and the password are encrypted. Click Connect.
    Note:
    To remove unwanted users or servers from the registry, click Options. This opens the Options dialog box, from which you can remove servers or users.
    The following figure shows the Options dialog box.

    Figure 69. Options dialog box


After you click Connect in the Connect to InterChange Server dialog box, Flow Manager opens (see Figure 70).

Figure 70. Flow Manager


Steps for finding unresolved flows

Perform the following steps in Flow Manager to find all unresolved flows:

  1. Start Flow Manager. See Steps for starting Flow Manager.
  2. Do one of the following:
  3. After specifying your search criteria, click the Find button or click Event > Find. The results appear in the bottom half of the Flow Manager window (see Figure 71).

    Figure 71. Flow Manager displaying filtered results


  4. To save the current filter information as a query, click Query > Save. The query name you type appears in the Query list.

Event Attributes tab

Click the Event Attributes tab to search according to the characteristics of the unresolved event (see Figure 72).

Figure 72. Flow Manager Event Attributes tab


The following options are available from the Event Attributes tab:

Date & Time tab

Use the Date & Time tab to query only the flows that failed during a specific time period (see Figure 73).

Figure 73. Date & Time tab


The following options are available from the Date & Time tab:

Error Text & Business Object Attributes tab

Use the Error Text & Business Object Attributes tab to construct a query that includes only certain business objects, business object attributes, and attribute values (see Figure 74).

Figure 74. Error Text & Business Object Attributes tab


Select values in the following columns:

You can also query only unresolved flows that produce a message containing specified text that you type in the Containing Error Text field.

Note:
The keywords you type in the Containing Error Text field are not case-sensitive.

Steps for viewing details for unresolved flows

Perform the following steps to view details for unresolved flows in Flow Manager:

  1. Select a query from the Query list.
  2. Do one of the following:

    The results appear in the bottom half of the Flow Manager window (see Figure 71).

    An unresolved flows table appears with a list of events and the following information:

    For the waiting events, the Event Status cell contains the following information:


    Waiting
    [timeout expiration:...]
    [scenario name:...]
    [scenario node ID...]

  3. To access more information about any of the events, double-click the row containing the event (or click Event > Select All). This opens the Show Event Details dialog box (see Figure 75).

    Figure 75. Flow Manager Show Event Details dialog box


  4. To access more information about the business object associated with the selected event, click Event > Display Details. The Show Business Object Data dialog box appears (see Figure 76).

    Figure 76. Show Business Object Data dialog box


If you want to take action on any of the unresolved flows, refer to Steps for processing unresolved flows.

Steps for managing queries

Perform one of the following steps to manage queries you created for unresolved flows:

Steps for managing results of queries

Perform the following steps to manage queries you created for unresolved flows:

  1. In the results list in Flow Manager, select one or more events in the results list.
  2. Do one of the following:

Steps for processing unresolved flows

Perform the following steps to process any failed events in the results list in Flow Manager:

  1. In the results list in Flow Manager, select one or more events in the results list.
  2. Do one of the following:

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