Suspending and resuming process instances

You can suspend a running process instance and then resume it again later.

Before you begin

To suspend and resume process instances, you must have process administrator authorization.

To suspend a process instance, the process instance must be in either the running or failing state. To resume a process, the process instance must be in the suspended state.

Why and when to perform this task

You can suspend a long-running, top-level process instance. You might want to do this, for example, so that you can configure access to a back-end system that is used later in the process, or to fix a problem that is causing the process instance to fail. When the prerequisites for the process are met, you can resume running the process instance.

To suspend or resume a process instance, complete the following steps in Business Process Choreographer Explorer.

Steps for this task

  1. Display a list of process instances.

    For example, click Administered By Me under Process Instances in the navigation pane.

  2. Suspend the process.

    Select a process instance and click Suspend.

    This action suspends the specified top-level process instance. The process instance is put into the suspended state. Subprocesses with the autonomy attribute set to child are also suspended if they are in the running, failing, terminating, or compensating state. However, you can still complete any active activities and tasks that belong to the process instance.

  3. Resume the process instance.

    Select a process instance that is in the suspended state and click Resume.

    The process instance and its subprocess are put into the states they had before they were suspended, for example, running. The process instance and its subprocesses resume.

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