Process Step Detailed Information
The Process Step Detail page provides you with a central location that presents the most important information about a process step. It offers the following buttons:
Close. Closes the Process Step Detail page and returns to the Process Instance Detail page.
For specific information about various aspects of step monitoring, see these topics:
The Process Step Detail page provides the following information and controls:
Process Instance Information
The Process Instance Information window displays the same information provided on the Process Instance Detail page.
Step Information
The Step Information window displays information about the selected step. The data displayed here is mostly the same as the information displayed in the Step Summary window.
The following table provides additional information.
Column | Description |
Server Type | Identifies the type of server where the step was executed. For webMethods-executed processes, this value is Process Engine. |
Server ID | Displays the host name and port number of the executing server. For example, my.integration.server:5555. |
Invoked Service | For webMethods-executed processes, identifies the service that the step executed, if the step is a Flow step. This row does not appear for non-service steps or externally executed processes. |
Task Detail | For task steps in a webMethods-executed processes, identifies the task that the step executed. This row does not appear for non-task steps or for externally executed processes. |
If the step is enabled for resubmission, the following buttons are available in the Step Information window:
Save Pipeline to File. If the pipeline was logged, this button enables you to view the pipeline data or save it to a file.
Edit Pipeline. Enables you to modify the pipeline date prior to resubmission.
Resubmit. Resubmits the process instance to begin executing with this step.
For more information about working with these buttons, and about resubmission in general, see
About Resubmitting Process Instances and
Process Steps.
Step History
The Step History window provides a list of step status transitions that occurred as the step executed, enabling you to trace the step activity.
The following table describes the fields of this window.
Field | Description |
Date/Time | Displays the date and time recorded for the particular status. |
Status | Displays each status logged for the step. |
User | For webMethods-executed processes that involve webMethods Task Engine for user interaction, identifies the user associated with this step status. For externally executed processes, this column is empty. |
Role | For webMethods-executed processes that involve webMethods Task Engine for user interaction, displays the role associated with this step status. For externally executed processes, this column is empty. |
Control Actions
The Control Actions window contains information only when a control action has been performed on a webMethods-executed process step, as follows in the table below:
Field | Description |
Date / Time | Date and time the control action was performed. |
Action | Action taken on the process step. |
User | User associated with the process step action (if applied by a user). |
Server ID | Server on which the process step executed. |
Activity Messages
The Activity Messages window contains information only when the process instance ran a service that logged user-defined messages.
The following table describes the fields of this window.
Field | Description |
Date / Time | Date and time the activity message was logged. |
Entry Type | The message type (Information, Debug, Error, or Warning). |
Brief Message | Shortened version of the message. |
Full Message | Full version of the message. |
Logged Fields
The Logged Fields window contains information only when the process instance logged run-time values for custom fields. Custom logged fields are specified when the process is created in Designer.
The following table describes the fields of this window.
Field | Description |
Date / Time | Date and time the custom field was logged. |
Field Name | Name of the logged custom field. |
Field Value | Value of the logged custom field. |
Step Errors
The Step Errors window displays error information that occurred as the step was executing.
The following table describes the fields of this window.
Field | Description |
Date/Time | Date and time the error occurred. |
Error Type | Type of error that occurred. For example, PRT.STEP.FAILED. Some errors may not contain an Error Type. |
Error Message | Text of the error message. |