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.
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
To suspend or resume a process instance, complete the following
steps in Business Process Choreographer Explorer.
Steps for this task
- Display a list of process instances.
For example,
click Administered By Me under Process Instances in
the navigation pane.
- Suspend the process.
Select the check box next to
the 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.
- 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.