You have to define a search range when you first call the Business Workflow Explorer. When the Business Workflow Explorer is called thereafter, the last active search range is used.

The Business Workflow Explorer is only available on a 32-bit platform.

In the left-hand screen area, the Business Workflow Explorer displays all the tasks assigned to the selected search range.

In the right-hand screen area, the Business Workflow Explorer displays the workflow (with associated tasks) or the task, which you selected in the left-hand screen area.

You can call the Business Workflow Explorer by choosing Tools ® Business Workflow ® Development ® Definition tools ® Business Workflow Explorer.

The functions available on the tasks displayed are shown in the context menu.

With tasks an overview of the most important properties is displayed and with workflows the workflow definition is displayed.

A new session is opened to display or change.

You can create new tasks and workflows. If you have selected a workflow you create a new workflow template, and if you have selected a task you create a new standard task.

All workflow definitions in which the task is used are displayed.

This enables you to change the Business Workflow Explorer search range. The search range can be limited according to specific criteria. These criteria are:

You can use this to search for tasks and workflows. The standard search function only searches for the term in your current search range. The extended search covers all existing tasks and workflows.

You select a task or a workflow in the right-hand tree and choose . The selected task/workflow is copied to form a new task/workflow. You only see the new task/workflow in the current session of the Business Workflow Explorer as well if it is in the search range displayed.

You can activate a detailed view in the right-hand tree by choosing View ® Details. This displays attributes of the task or workflow. The business object type used is also displayed with tasks.