This topic applies only to the IBM Business Automation Workflow Advanced configuration.

Transferring BPEL process work items if you are the administrator of the process

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You might need to change a work item assignment associated with a BPEL process. For example, you might want to transfer a process work item to another user because the ownership of the process instance needs to be claimed by another person. This might happen, for example, in a long-running process if the organization has changed since the process started.

Before you begin

The following conditions apply when you transfer a process work item:
  • 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.
  • When work items with the assignment reasons administrator or reader are transferred, the transfer is automatically propagated to all enclosed activity instances.

About this task

In Business Process Choreographer Explorer, complete the following steps to transfer a process work item.

Procedure

  1. Display the process instances that you can administer.

    Click Administered By Me under Process Instances in the Views tab navigation pane.

  2. Display the work items for a process instance.

    In the Process Instances Administered By Me page, select the check box next to one or more process instances, and click Work Items.

  3. Transfer the work item.
    1. In the New Owner / Group Name field, enter either the user ID or the name of the group to which the work item will be transferred. Work items that are assigned to a user can only be transferred to another user, and work items that are assigned to a group can only be transferred to another group.
    2. Select one or more work items and click Transfer.

Results

The transferred process work item with the new work item owner appears in the list of work items.