View a flow definition and specify versioning options

About this task

When working within the Flow Manager, you are not limited to working with flows—you can also view the definition of a flow.

Procedure

  1. In the Flow Manager, select By Flow User.
  2. Under the appropriate user ID in the tree view, locate the flow definition you want to view. It is listed by name, above every occurrence of the flow that is in the system.
  3. Right-click on the definition name, and select View Flow. The flow definition is displayed in the right-hand pane. You cannot edit the definition here—you can only change the definition in the Flow Editor.

View Version

About this task

You can view the version history of the flow to see the different versions of the flow that are submitted.

You may also set any eligible flows to be the default version. The default version of the flow is the version set to be effective at the current time. If you trigger this flow, Process Manager will instantiate the flow instance with the default version.

In a dynamic subflow that is automatically updated, the currently-used version is the same as the default version. In a dynamic subflow that is manually updated, the currently-used version is the default version of the target flow at the main flow submission time, or the default version at the time that you last manually updated the dynamic subflow.

Procedure

  1. In the Flow Manager, select By Definition.
  2. Under the appropriate user ID in the tree view, locate the flow definition you want to view.
  3. Right-click on the definition name, and select View Version.

    The Flow Version window displays. This window initially displays the version of the corresponding flow definition when the flow instance is instantiated (Current® Version), and the latest version of the corresponding flow definition (Latest Version).

  4. Click View History to expand the version history list.

    A scroll panel with the flow version, submission time, and comments is displayed. The comments shows any comments made with the Submit with comments... option for submitting a flow.

  5. Optional. Specify the default version options.

    • In a static subflow, to set a flow version to be the default version, select a version in the expanded version history list and click Set Default Version.

      Note:

      The Set Default Version might not be available under certain circumstances. For example, you will not be able to set a default version when viewing the history of a flow instance from the tree view.

    • In a dynamic subflow, specify the default version update options in Update to default version.

      You can select automatic or manual updates, and you can choose to manually update the dynamic subflow now.

View Statistics

About this task

You can view relevant flow instance information summary:

Procedure

  1. In the Flow Manager, select By Definition.
  2. Under the appropriate user ID in the tree view, locate the flow definition you want to view.
  3. Right-click on the definition name, and select View Statistics.