Testing a sample ad hoc action (deprecated)

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Use IBM® Process Designer to test the sample ad hoc action.

Before you begin

To perform this task, you must be in the IBM Process Designer desktop editor, which is deprecated.

Before you can test the sample ad hoc action, you must have a process (BPD) that contains an ad hoc event and at least one task connected by sequence flow. For example, you can modify the Hiring Sample process to contain an ad hoc action as described in Deprecated: Building a sample ad hoc action.

Procedure

  1. Open the desktop Process Designer (deprecated).
  2. Open a process in the Designer view.
  3. Click the Run icon in the upper right corner of the process diagram.
  4. IBM Process Designer switches to the Inspector where you should see a new Submit requisition task in the task list.
  5. Open IBM Heritage Process Portal and log in as a member of one of the teams who receive and can complete the tasks generated by the activities in the BPD.
  6. Run the Submit requisition task displayed in your Open Tasks view in IBM Heritage Process Portal.
  7. Fill out the Job Requisition information, click Next, and then Submit on the Confirm Job Position form.
  8. When the next task for the process instance (Approve/reject requisition) displays in your Open Tasks view in IBM Heritage Process Portal, click the instance name or task subject to open the details page.
    Note: If the task does not display, reload the browser page.
  9. Click the Actions menu in the toolbar, and select the name of the ad hoc action. (The name of the action is the name that you assign the ad hoc event that initiates the user task in the process diagram in IBM Process Designer. If you are using the modified Hiring Sample, the name is Show Requisition Data. )

    Business Automation Workflow generates a new task called Show Data, which is displayed in your Open Tasks view.

  10. Run the Show Data task. If you receive an information message about claiming the new task, click Claim Task. Business Automation Workflow displays the data that you entered in step 5.
  11. Click OK.

    Now you can continue with normal processing by completing the next task in the process instance, Approve/reject requisition. You can invoke the ad hoc action again, after completion of the Approve/reject requisition task, to see whether the requisition has been approved.

What to do next

The ad hoc event and user task that you added to the process diagram enables you to view the requisition information at any time during running of the regular process.