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Suspend/resume execution of process instance

You can suspend the execution of a process instance. This can be useful, for example, if a server outage would cause the process execution to fail.

Procedure. Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration.

  2. Click Process administration Process administration.

  3. Click the relevant process instance under Processes.

  4. Click Suspend Suspend.

    The execution of the process instance is suspended. It has the status Suspended.

  5. To continue it, click Resume Resume.

Unlike the Suspend recurrence Suspend recurrence function, it is not the creation of recurrences that is suspended for the entire process, but only the execution of this process instance.

Example 230.

The Save data process is started at midnight each night. The process comprises the two steps Copy data and Archive data.

  • Suspend recurrence

    If Suspend recurrence Suspend recurrence is selected, the process will no longer be started as of the next night and will not not resume until Resume recurrence Resume recurrence is selected. However, all running process instances are completed.

  • Suspend process instances

    If Suspend Suspend is selected at night for a running process instance that has just finished copying data, this specific process instance is suspended, in other words, the data will no longer be archived. Process execution stops at this point. The next night, however, a new instance of the process is started, and the data is backed up and archived. The suspended process instance will not continue to run until Resume Resume is selected.