Click on the eye icon of a process instance in the process definition view to open the process instance view. In the following screenshot, the icon is highlighted by an orange frame.

This view allows you to drill down into a single process instance and explore its running activities as well as the variables, tasks, jobs, etc. Beside the diagram view the process will be displayed as an activity instance tree view. Variables that belong to the instance will be listed in a variables table of the detailed information panel.

Furthermore, you can maximize the diagram view or the detailed information panel by clicking on the button, respectively the button, at the bottom left of the diagram view.

Call Activity Drill Down

Call activity instances that call at least one process instance have an overlay on the lower right corner that links to their called process instances (see next screenshot).

If the call activity instance calls exactly one process instance, then clicking the overlay redirects to the called process instance page. However, if the number of called process instances exceeds one, then clicking the overlay will show the called process instances tab containing only process instances called by the selected call activity instance.

Detailed Information Panel

Use the detailed information panel to get an overview of the variables, incidents, called process instances, user tasks and external tasks that the process instance contains. In addition you can edit variables or change the assignees of user tasks.

In the incidents tab you can click on the incident message name, which will open the stacktrace of the selected incident. Furthermore, you can increment the number of retries for a failed job by hitting the button.

The user tasks tab allows managing users and groups for selected user tasks. Hit the button to open the corresponding menu.

The jobs tab gives you an overview of all currently active jobs. You can edit variables or change the assignees of user tasks.

The called process instances tab gives you information about all the called activities in the process in case the process uses call activities.

Sorting Variables

In the variables tab, you can sort variables by name, type, value, and scope. Click on the corresponding header titles to toggle between ascending and descending order. The header titles are highlighted in orange in the following screenshot.

Add Variables

Hit the button on the right side to add variables to a process instance. You can choose between different data types. Please note that variables will be overwritten if you add a new variable with an existing name.

Edit Variables

Edit variables in the list of variables by using the symbol. This feature allows you to change the value. The symbol is highlighted with an orange frame in the following screenshot.

Cancel a Process Instance

In the process instance view, you can cancel a single process instance by clicking the trash icon on the right. A confirmation dialog will appear, and the runtime data of the canceled instance will be deleted when you click on the button “Delete.”