Process simulator

Process editor allows for verifying process execution with the use of a built-in simulator. Functioning of a process can be verified for different process configurations without the necessity of starting the BPM service.

Note
The process simulator works on company database to which the BPM process designer is logged-in. All changes applied by a process started in the simulator will be saved in the database.

To open the process simulator window, select button [Run], available from the level of the process modification window

Starting process simulator

In the process simulator window, a preview of analysed process is available.

Process simulator window

Simulation will be started upon clicking on [Run] button and specifying tracking profile.

Note
When using the process simulator, it is necessary to define default startup parametrs, because it is not possible to enter them in a process in the same way as it happens when starting a process from the level of the Task Inbox.

Buttons [Next], [Step Into] and [Step Ober] are active after the user selects his/her own breakpoints. A breakpoint can be set by clicking on a given activity and selecting [Breakpoint] button. A red dot will appear next to the selected activity. Now, during the elaboration, the process will stop after reaching that point. To resume the activity, user’s action is necessary.

Activity with added breakpoint

 

During the simulation, activities have borders in three colors:

  • Yellow – the activity is just being executed
  • Green – the activity has been executed successfully
  • Red – an error occurred during activity execution

Execution tracing and properties view are the same as in the case of process monitoring.

 

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