Introduction

JS7 - Workflows implement jobs and dependencies for workload automation. Orders are triggers that cause the execution of workflows.

• The Workflows View offers a tactical execution view that can be used to monitor the processing of orders with workflows in near real-time and to perform interventions if required. For details see JS7 - Workflows - Status Operations on Orders
• The Dashboard View offers a summary of current order states that allows bulk operations.

Orders can be cancelled and can be suspended to prevent execution of jobs and they can be resumed from bulk operations.

Dashboard

Status Operations are available 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.
  
  

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 selector icon in the right upper corner of the window like this:

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  selector icon in the right upper corner of the window like this:

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  selector icon in the right upper corner of the window like this:

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 (expand) and (collapse) chevron icons like this:
      
      
    • The chevron icon will select all orders of the currently selected folder and any sub-folders.
    • The  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.
  
  

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.
  
  

Resume Order

FAILED and SUSPENDED orders can be resumed from the Orders Overview view like this:

• Resume: The orders are resumed from their current position in the workflow. 
  
  

If the resume operation is used then the the tabular view of the work is displayed:

• Users can hit the Submit button to resume the order from its current position.
• Users can resume the order from a different position before or after the current position: clicking the order with the mouse and moving the order to the desired position makes the order resume from this position.
  • This operation is offered for top level instructions in a workflow.
  • This operation is denied for nested instructions, for example resuming an order from a position inside a JS7 - Fork-Join Instruction or JS7 - Lock Instruction is not allowed.
  • This operation is offered inside nested instructions, for example if an order in the branch of a Fork/Join Instruction is suspended then it can be freely resumed inside its branch.

If the Resume Parameterized operation is used then in addition to the tabular view of the workflow

• 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