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configuration.

Terminating BPEL process instances

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This topic only applies to BAW, and is located in the BAW repository. Last updated on 2025-03-13 12:15

You might want to terminate a process instance, for example, if the work or documents it represents are no longer needed, if no one is available to complete the process instance, if you have encountered problems with the process template and it needs to be redesigned, and so on.

Before you begin

To terminate a process instance, 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.

About this task

In Business Process Choreographer Explorer, complete the following steps to terminate a process instance. If compensation is defined for the process model, you can choose to terminate the process instance with compensation.

Procedure

Display the process instances that you can administer.
Click Administered By Me under Process Instances in the Views tab navigation pane.
Select the check box next to the process instance that you want to stop.
- To terminate the process instance with compensation, click Compensate.
  This action terminates the process instance and starts compensation processing.
- To terminate the process instance without compensation, click Terminate.
  This action stops the process instance immediately without waiting for any outstanding activities or tasks.