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Orders can be cancelled and can be suspended to prevent execution of jobs and they can be resumed :

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from bulk operations.

Dashboard

Status Operations are available individually per workflow and are available as bulk operations when users select a number of workflows in the Workflows view.

The following sample workflow is available that allow to 

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from the JS7 - Dashboard view:

• In the left upper corner of the dashboard the Orders widget displays orders per state
• Find details about order states from the JS7 - Orders article.
  
  

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Explanation:

• The widget displays the number of orders per state.
  • Information about order states is provided in the JS7 - Order State Transitions article.
  • Detailed information about this widget is provided in the JS7 - Orders article.
  • The Order Summary is displayed for a selected date range (today, next hour etc.).
  • Users can click the numbers displayed to find details in the Orders View.

Users can click the indicated number of orders per state to navigate to the Orders Overview view.

Orders Overview

The view is available from the following shapes:

• Tabular View
• Card View
• Bulk View

Orders Overview Tabular View

The Tabular View is indicated by the Image Added selector icon in the right upper corner of the window like this:

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Explanation:

• The view offers a number of filters for dates and order states.
• In addition, bulk operations are offered:
  • to cancel Orders and to suspend Orders,
  • to resume Orders after failed execution,
  • to modify Order Variables.
• Clicking the Order ID updates the Order History in the lower part of the window.

Orders Overview Card View

The Card View is indicated by the Image Added selector icon in the right upper corner of the window like this:

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Explanation:

• The view is suitable if operations on a smaller number of orders should be performed.
• The view allows to select individual orders.
• Similar to the Tabular View this view offers a number of filters for dates and order states.

Orders Overview Bulk View

The Bulk View is indicated by the Image Added selector icon in the right upper corner of the window like this:

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Explanation:

• The view is suitable if operations on a larger number of orders should be performed.
• The view allows to select orders per folder:
  • In the left panel the tree is displayed that allows to select folders in a hierarchy: 
    • Moving the mouse on a folder name displays the Image Added(expand) and Image Added (collapse) chevron icons like this:
      
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    • The Image Addedchevron icon will select all orders of the currently selected folder and any sub-folders.
    • The Image Added chevron icon will unselect a previous selection.
  • In the right panel the number of orders per state in the selected folder hierarchy is displayed.
• The view offers to transition order state:
  • The Allowed Transition column offers possible transitions based on the order state.
• The view does not allow filtering for dates.

Bulk Operations on Orders

Cancel Order

Orders in a PENDING, SCHEDULED, IN PROGRESS, RUNNING, SUSPENDED, PROMPTING, WAITING, BLOCKED and FAILED state offer to cancel operation of the order, for details see JS7 - Order State Transitions:

• Cancel: The operation allows the order to complete the current instruction, for example executing a job, and after completion of the instruction the order leaves the workflow with a failed history outcome.
• Cancel/Kill Task: The operation kills processing of the current instruction, for example a running task for a job, and makes the order leave the workflow.
  
  

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Suspend Order

Orders in a PENDING, SCHEDULED, IN PROGRESS, RUNNING, PROMPTING, WAITING, BLOCKED state offer the operation to suspend the order:

• Suspend: The operation allows the order to complete the current instruction, for example executing a job, and after completion of the instruction the order is put to the SUSPENDED state.
• Suspend/Kill Task: The operation kills processing of the current instruction, for example a running task, and puts the order in the SUSPENDED state.
  

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Resume Order

FAILED and SUSPENDED orders to resume operation from their action menuscan be resumed from the Orders Overview view like this:

• Resume: The order is orders are resumed from its their current position in the workflow or from some Resume Parameterized: The order is resumed similar to the Resume operation. In addition this operation allows to modify order parameters.
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If the Resume resume operation is used then the the tabular view of the work is displayed:

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• The order can be resumed from a position in the workflow as explained above.
• In addition the list of order variables is displayed.
  • Users can modify values of order variables.
  • Users can use the Add Variable link to specify a variable that is not available from the order but has been declared with a default value from the workflow.

Further Resources

• JS7 - Order State Transitions
• JS7 - Workflows - Start Positions and End Positions of Orders
• JS7 - Workflows - Status Operations on Orders