IBM BPM on Cloud Process Admin Console FAQs
Use the Process Admin Console to administer process servers and installed snapshots for each server in development, test, and process runtime environments. From the Process Admin Console, you can also manage process instances that are running on the process server.
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Is Process Admin Console available in both editions of IBM BPM on Cloud?
Yes, it's available in both IBM BPM on Cloud and IBM BPM on Cloud Express.Do I need additional authorization?
For most actions in the Process Admin Console, you must be a member of the tw_authors or tw_admin group. In addition, to manage BPEL process instances, you need the Operator role. If you experience authorization issues, contact your IBM BPM on Cloud account administrator.How can I monitor and manage the health of my process server?
You can monitor and manage the health
of your process server by using the tools provided by the Process
Admin Console.
- Identify performance issues by capturing instrumentation data and reviewing the statistics for the server caches. For more information, see
- Improve database performance by deleting completed process instances and tasks to save space. For more information, see
How can I manage process instances?
The Server Admin page shows the process applications that are installed on the process server and a status summary for all the process instances. To see the instances, click the corresponding status value or go to the Process Inspector page. Here you can view the task, activity, and data details of one or more process instances. The details panel includes the actions that you can take to manage the instance, task, or activity. For more information, see Administering processes with Process Inspector.In
addition, you can also manage process instances, tasks, and services,
by using tools on the Server Admin page.
- The Event Manager is useful for troubleshooting processes that run automatically (through an undercover agent, for example) but fail to start. For more information, see Maintaining and monitoring IBM Business Process Manager Event Manager.
- Identify process applications that have bottlenecks, drill into the process application to identify the steps that are expensive, and learn how long it takes to run services by using the performance data available in the page. For more information, see Monitoring processes and services.