Modeling Business Processes and Their Execution > Getting Started with the Business Process Management Extension in the Desktop Application > Building Process > Starting Process
One can start a process an unlimited number of times by settings various start parameters in the Process Settings and Parameters dialog box.
NOTE. It is available only for valid processes.
A process can be started:
In the business process setup dialog box.
In the object navigator.
Running processes can be executed on the server or on user local computer.
Process start parameters can be set in the Start Process dialog box:
The dialog box contains general process parameters and parameters for starting process instances.
To start a process:
In the general parameters area, select the parameters values:
Process Execution Time. If required, select the checkbox and set the process execution time until the specified date. After this time is reached, the process is considered as expired. If the checkbox is deselected, only specific process steps can be expired.
NOTE. The minimum process execution time is the sum of all process stages execution times.
Comment. If required, write a comment for the process start.
Execute Full Check Before Startup. If required, select the checkbox to check if all nested processes and their steps contain errors. If the checkbox is deselected, the check is executed without checking steps in nested subprocesses.
In the Start Parameters area set single or multiple selection of elements in the drop-down list of the corresponding parameter. The set of start parameters is set on setting up process parameters.
Select the parameters, which will be included in multiple start. To do this, select the checkbox next to the required parameter. To start a single process parameter with all specified parameter element selections, deselect checkboxes next to all process parameters.
NOTE. If the start parameter is a splitting parameter for the Subprocess Call step, and the checkbox next to the parameter is deselected, the step finishes without subprocesses start on process execution.
Click the Start N Processes button where N is the number of started process instances. The number of started instances is equal to the number of start parameters combinations, which depends on the parameters used in the start and selected parameter values.
The example presented above displays the used parameters: Organization Structure (4 organizations), Plan Scenario (2 plan scenarios), and Currencies (1 currency). Therefore, the number of combinations is seven and seven process instances for each parameters combination will be started. If the checkbox is deselected, value of the unselected parameter will be selected in the list on step execution.
The number of started process instances is specified on the button, for example, Start 8 Processes.
After executing the operations, open the Process Monitoring window to execute steps of started process. Process monitoring contains all started process instances that are available to the user.
NOTE. When developing an application using the Fore programming language for improving performance of Foresight Analytics Platform, start business processes in a separate thread using the IForeThread.Start method.
See also:
Process Monitoring | Setting Up Parameters and Administrating Business Processes
Start process
Start button in the Start group on the Process ribbon tab.