Processes

The Processes view provides centralized management for all business processes deployed to your active BPM engine. Access this view by selecting Processes in the application menu.

Process List Features

The processes table displays:

  • Latest versions of deployed processes

  • Process names, versions, and deployment status

  • Filtering and sorting capabilities

process list

The following actions are available:

Action Description

Refresh

Reloads the current process list from the connected BPM engine.

Deploy

Uploads and deploys new BPMN 2.0 process definitions. See Deploying Processes.

Remove

Deletes selected processes and their running instances.

Activate

Resumes execution of suspended process versions.

Suspend

Pauses active process versions and their instances.

View

Displays detailed process information including:

  • Process diagram

  • BPMN 2.0 XML source

  • Version history

  • Associated instances

See Viewing Process Details.

Start

Launches a new process instance. See Starting Processes.

Migrate

Moves running instances to newer process versions. See Process Migration.

Deploying Processes

To deploy a new process or version:

  1. In the Processes view, click Deploy

  2. In the New process deployment view, click Upload and select your BPMN 2.0 XML file.

    deploy process

    The system will validate the BPMN 2.0 syntax and display a preview of the process diagram.

  3. Click OK to complete deployment.

Starting Processes

Launching a process creates a new process instance that automatically appears in:

To start a process:

  1. Click the Start button next to the desired process.

  2. In the Start process dialog, you can add process variable values.

    add process var

    These values can then be used by tasks within the process for execution or debugging.

    process variables

  3. Click Start to create a new process instance.

Viewing Process Details

The View action provides comprehensive insights into deployed processes.

Select target process and click View in the actions column. The application opens in a multi-tab view:

  1. The General tab - basic process information

    process view general

  2. The Diagram tab - visual representation of the BPMN workflow

    process view diagram

  3. The XML tab - raw BPMN 2.0 definition

    process view xml

Process Migration

The actions column enables migration of running process instances to newer process versions directly from the Processes view.

  1. Select target process in the processes table.

    process migrate

  2. Click ... → Migrate in the actions column.

  3. Configure migration:

    process instance migrate

    • Source process: Automatically detected (current running instances).

    • Target process: Select from deployed versions dropdown.