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Functional Overview

You can use definition and instance information of the processes from different provider systems (SAP Business Suite systems such as Process Observer and Business Workflow) while building an application by using the process service. Process service consists of various entities that you can use to access the required information:

  • List of process attributes, such as definition ID and status

  • Runtime information, such as instance, step, and log details

  • Process definition in BPMN2.0 representation

Prerequisites

Your administrator has configured the Business Process Content Powered by SAP Gateway services. For more information, see Configuring Business Process Content Powered by SAP Gateway.

Metadata URL

http://<server>:<port>/sap/opu/odata/iwpgw/pgw;mo/$metadata?format=xml

Entities

Process service consists of the entities listed in the following table.

Entity

Purpose

ProcessDefinition

Use header data of a process definition (for example, description, status, and version)

ProcessStepDefinition

Use step definition details (for example, step name, ID of the related process definition, and description)

KpiDefinition

Use KPI details (for example, KPI type, threshold, and ID of the related process definition)

Process

Use process instance details (for example, start time, end time, and status)

ProcessStep

Use step details of a process instance (for example, step definition name, and step type)

ProcessLog

Use process log details

Kpi

Use the various KPIs

ProcessContext

Use context-related information of a process

ProcessContextDefinition

Get context service document URL of a process definition