Activities Widget

The Activities Widget provides detailed information (name, title, start time and estimated end time, status) on the executions that are currently running and to which you have rights. The most recently started execution is displayed at the top. You can filter the tasks displayed on the widget by expanding the SHOW dropdown list and selecting one of the available status. This topic describes the widget settings and what you can do with the tasks it displays.

Screenshot showing an example of an Activities widget

Configuring the Activities Widget

  1. Hover your mouse over the widget to enable its toolbar.

  2. Click the setting icon to open the Settings pane at the bottom half of the widget.

    The widget is expanded to occupy the entire dashboard and allow you to make your changes. When you are done, click the maximize/ minimize button on the widget toolbar.

  3. The Settings tab is displayed by default.

    1. The default Title of the widget is Activities. You can rename it here.

    2. In Show by Default you select the status of the tasks that you want the widget to display by default. You can change this selection later on using the SHOW dropdown list at the top of the widget.

    3. In Refresh Frequency specify the interval at which the contents of the widget will be automatically refreshed. Already finished tasks will be removed from the list at the interval you indicate here.

  4. Open the Description tab and enter a text that helps you later recognize what the contents of this widget is about.
  5. Click Save and close the pane.

Executing a Task

Right-click the task and select Execute.

If the object configuration requires you to enter values before executing it, the Request dialog is displayed. Enter the necessary data and click Submit. For details see Requests.

Accessing the Task Execution Data

The Executions list provides historical details on a particular activity and allows you to further process it, provided you have the necessary rights.

  1. Right-click a task and select Executions.

  2. The corresponding Executions list is displayed.

    Each row is an execution of the selected task. By default, the last one is displayed at the top

  3. If you want to further process an activity (cancel, suspend, restart, etc.), right-click on it to open a context menu with all the available functions.

    Which functions are displayed depends on your rights and on the status of the selected activity.

For details see Execution Data as well as Available Functions Depending on the Task Status.

Accessing the Task Last Report

Combined with the information available on the Executions list, the reports provide comprehensive information on the actions carried out on an object. They are created for all executable objects.

  1. Right-click a task and select Open
  2. The Report window is displayed. For details on how to work with it see Working with the Reports Window.

For details see:

Accessing the Task Monitor

The Process Monitoring perspective provides all the tools you need to monitor, further process (cancel, suspend, restart, etc) and modify tasks at runtime if you see that something is going wrong.

Whether you can process the task or modify it in the Monitor depends on the status of the task and on your rights.

  1. Right-click a task and select Open Monitor
  2. The monitor window for the selected object is displayed.

For details see: