Work items of a process instance
are used to manage administrator or reader authorization for the process
instance. You might want to create process work items for new administrators,
for example, when a user claims the ownership of a process instance
because the user ID of the starter of the process instance will be
deleted.
You might also want to create work items if a
user needs to see or modify variable values. This might happen, for
example, in a long-running process if the organization has changed
since the process started.
Before you begin
To create a work item for a process instance, you must be
a process administrator or system administrator.
However,
if Business Flow Manager is using the alternative process administration
mode that restricts process administration to system administrators,
then only users in the BPESystemAdministrator role can perform this
action. The
process instance must be in the running, failing, or terminating execution
state. Work items are automatically propagated to all enclosed activity
instances.
About this task
In Business Process Choreographer Explorer, complete the
following steps to create a work item.
Procedure
- Display the process instances that you administer.
Click Administered By Me under Process
Instances in the Views tab navigation
pane.
- Select the check box next to one or more process instances
for which you want to create a work item, and click Create
Work Items. The Create Process
Work Items page is displayed.
- Create the work items.
- In the New Owner field, enter
the user ID for which the work item will be created.
- Select one or more roles from the Reason list.
The reason Administrator gives the user
administrator authority for the process instance, while Reader gives
reader authority.
- Click Create.
Results
A work item is created for each role that you specify for
the new work item owner.