Workflow Log: Standard View 

Use

The workflow log enables you to format all the information that is generated or collected during the execution of one active business process in one central location.

The standard view described here is intended, in particular, for agents and process controllers who want to get an overview of the steps processed so far.

Prerequisites

To use the view described here, you must have set a view with ActiveX in your personal workflow settings.

Integration

Other options for displaying the workflow log are:

Features

Application toolbar functions

The following functions are available on the application toolbar:

This function takes you to the technical view of the workflow log.

You can use this function to maintain your personal workflow settings.

Tab pages

The system shows the various views on the workflow log on different tab pages.

Tab page Workflow Chronicle (, what was processed when?)

The tab page Workflow Chronicle shows a hierarchical display of all steps in the workflow, which have been processed so far or are due to be processed. If the workflow has a subworkflow structure, the subworkflows are also displayed.

The Details function ( symbol) lists the following information about each step in the lower part of the screen:

The Agents function ( symbol) displays the selected and possible agents of a step.

The Graphic function ( symbol) displays the graphical workflow log.

Tab page Workflow Agents (, who processed what?)

The tab page Workflow Agents shows the employees involved in this workflow up to now. The following is displayed for each employee:

This view shows how an employee was involved in the execution of a workflow.

Tab page Workflow Objects (, what was processed?)

The tab page Workflow Objects lists the objects related to the workflow or addressed up to now in the execution of the workflow. These objects include:

The following is displayed for each object:

This view shows what information was generated and processed, and how.

Information at the click of a mouse

You can view all the information provided in the workflow log using the mouse.

You can also go to the work item display for each dialog step. You can display address data for agents as well as the contents of work item attachments or the result of actions that have been executed.

Activities

You can access the workflow log from the work item display or the Business Workplace via the icon.