You monitor the various processes deployed to the Integration Server along with the number of process instances created, their status, and their runtime behavior. Therefore, you obtain an overview on the process activity of Business Process Engine (BPE). You can also view the messages related to a process type.
You have the following roles as required:
SAP_XI_BPE_MONITOR_J2EE (for read only)
SAP_XI_BPE_ADMINISTRATOR_J2EE (to perform cancel or restart operation)
1. Monitoring the Process Definitions
Log on to the SAP NetWeaver Administrator application:
Launch the URL http://<host>:<port>/dir .
From the Configuring and Monitoring section, choose Configuration and Monitoring Home .
Choose the Business Process Engine tab page.
Choose Integration Process Monitoring .
The system launches the List of Integration Process monitor.
You can display the processes using one of the following options as required:
To quickly display processes based on the time interval, in the Find by Time Intervals field, select the required option and choose Go .
To display the processes using an advanced query, proceed as follows:
Click the Advanced option.
Enter the required selection criteria based on which you want to display the process types.
Choose Go .
The system displays the list of processes that match the selection criteria along with the total number of process instances and number of process instances in different statuses.
If you want to view the list of process instances (total, started, competed, or canceled) of a process, click the corresponding number in the list.
To view more details of a process, select the required process entry from the list.
The system displays the details of the selected process as described in the table below.
Tab Page |
Provides Details About |
Details |
Details of the integration processes such as software component version, namespace, and task (Business Workflow Template ID). |
Message Figures |
Number of messages in various status and the average processing time of messages. |
Messages |
List of inbound messages of the selected integration process along with important properties such as the message status and relation to the process instance. |
Message Package Figures |
Number of message packages in various status and average package size. |
2. Monitoring the Process Instances
Choose the List of Process Instances tab page.
You can display the process instances using one of the following options as required:
To quickly display process instances based on the creation time, in the Find by Creation Timestamp field, enter the required date and time, and choose Go .
To display the process instances using an advanced query, proceed as follows:
Click the Advanced option.
Enter the required selection criteria based on which you want to display the process instances.
Choose Go .
To view more details of a process instance, select the required entry from the list.
The system displays the list of process instances that match the selection criteria and their details as described in the table below.
Tab Page |
Provides Details About |
Details |
Includes important properties of the selected process instance. |
Received Messages |
List of received messages specific to the selected process instance along with their important properties. |
Sent Messages |
List of sent messages specific to the selected process instance along with their important properties. |
Active Correlation Instances |
Active correlation instances specific to the selected process instance along with their important properties. It also provides a list of the key and value pairs of the selected correlation instance. |
To restart a process instance in error status, select the required entry and choose Restart .
To cancel a process instance in error or started status, select the required entry and choose Cancel .
To view the steps of a process instance, click the Process Instance ID .
The system launches the Process Instance Details tab page from where you can view the process instance steps.
3. Monitoring the Process Steps
To view the steps in a list view, in the Group By field, select None (plain list) .
To view the steps in a hierarchy view, in the Group By field, select Hierarchy view and expand the main step.
To view more details of a step, select the required step.
The system displays the step details in the appropriate tab pages as described in the table below.
Tab Page |
Provides Details About |
Details |
Basic details common to all steps and certain step-type specific details. |
History |
Runtime history of a step. It displays runtime actions and also the actions executed by administrators on the steps. |
Container |
Contents of the container at runtime of the selected step |
Active Correlation Instances |
Active correlation instances specific to the selected process instance along with their important properties. It also provides a list of the key and value pairs of the selected correlation instance. |
Buffered Messages |
List of buffered messages of the current process instance. |
Send Details |
Details of the send step type. |
Parameters |
Parameters of the selected transformation step. These parameters have simple-typed or adapter-typed values provided to (import) and returned from (export) operation mappings. |
Transformation Messages |
Input and the output messages of the transformation step. The available message parameters are according to the operation mapping executed for the step. |
Transformation Traces |
Mapping trace for the troubleshooting of the selected transformation step. |