Monitoring and Managing Process Execution
Figure 6-2 Process Execution Objects: Properties and Relationships
Session
Activity list Session id Session name User
Status
Transaction id
Activity Instance
TimerLink list
Activity state
Activity name
Type
Asignment list
Process id
Attribute
Process Instance
Creation time
Process id
Activity list
Attribute list
Timer list
Process Attribute
Value
Lock state
Timer Instance
Process id
Timer name Timer state
Expiration time Parent activities
Using the iIS Console, you can display lists of these objects and filter them according to specific criteria. You can also open and view the properties (or state) of any specific process instance, activity instance, timer instance, or process attribute. In addition, There are a number of situations where you might want to intervene in process execution to resolve problems.
This section describes a number of common process execution monitoring and management tasks you might perform:
process instance Checking the execution status of a process instance and possibly aborting it.
activity Checking the status of an activity instance and possibly changing its state.
