Running and debugging processes and services in the Inspector

Authoring processes is an iterative process that can involve several playback sessions. You can run, test, and debug your processes and services in the designer's Inspector.

You can use the Inspector to demonstrate current process design and implementation in playback sessions. Playback sessions help capture important information from different stakeholders, such as management, users, and business analysts. Taking an iterative approach to process development ensures that you meet the goals and needs of everyone involved.

You can run your process or service in the Inspector to test your flow and to see whether individual tasks are running as expected. You can act as different users to test the access that you set up for your users. If a task does not perform as expected, you can debug it. You can switch easily between running and debugging your tasks.

To access the Inspector, click "Inspector mode" icon in the lower right of the status bar.

You can use certain features of the Inspector mode with online workflow servers:
  • Run process instances by clicking Run.
  • Search for process instances by clicking "magnifying glass".
To work with instances on an online workflow server, you must have the associated-named version or snapshot currently open in the designer and deployed to the workflow server. To debug service instances, the snapshot must be active.