Repeating Terminated Processes

You can restart any chain process (instance) that was terminated; this in turn ends the chain run. The process can be repeated either automatically or manually.

Depending on the process type, there are two ways of starting a process:

  • A process can be repaired. In this case, the terminated instance is executed again.

    This enables you to restart processes that cannot be repeated with a new instance, because the data to be edited is attached to the instance, as with a data transfer process, for example. A data transfer process, for example, cannot be repeated with a new request number, because the data itself is attached to the request.

  • A process can be repeated. In this case, a new instance is created.

Restarting a process in a process run can either be controlled manually in the log view (process chain maintenance screen), or the restart can be automated by using the options in the plan view (process chain maintenance screen).

Prerequisites

You can restart a terminated process, if this is possible for the process type. In the plan view of process chain maintenance you can set whether a process can be repaired or repeated when terminated, under Start of the navigation pathSettings → Next navigation step Maintain Process TypesEnd of the navigation path (table RSPROCESSTYPES).

Repeating or Repairing Terminated Processes Manually

In the log view of the affected process chain, choose Repeat or Repair from the context menu of the terminated process.

Repeating or Repairing Terminated Processes Automatically

  1. In the plan view of the process chain, open the context menu and choose Automatic Repeat for the processes which you want to be automated.

  2. In this dialog box, enter the following information and choose OK; Continue; Choose Value (Continue):
    1. For seconds, enter the minimum time the system should wait before repeating or repairing the terminated process.
    2. For Number of Repetitions, enter the number of times that the process should be repeated or repaired.
  3. Save and activate your process chain.

Now the terminated processes of process chain runs will be repeated as specified in the settings.