IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Customize and rebranding interfaces > Customize Business Process Choreographer Explorer or Business Process Archive Explorer > Create customized views

Create customized views in Business Process Choreographer Explorer or Business Process Archive Explorer for process instances for state machines

Although a predefined view is provided for the process instances for state machines, you might want to define your own views for this type of process instance.

To create customized views, you must have one of the system administrator roles.

Complete the following steps to create process instance views for state machines.


Procedure

  1. Click Manage Views in the taskbar.

  2. In the Manage Views page, select Search For Process Instances And Define Customized Views.

  3. Click Custom Property Filters > Custom Property Filter.

    1. Add a custom property with the following settings:

      • In the Property Name field, type generatedBy.

      • In the Property Value field, type BusinessStateMachine.

    2. Click Add.

    3. Add other custom properties as needed.

  4. Click View Properties > List Columns.

    1. In the List Columns for Query Properties, add the following query properties.

      • To add business state information to the view, type name in the Property Name field, DisplayState in the Variable Name field, and tns in the Namespace field, where tns is the target namespace of the business state machine suffixed by -process. Also specify a display name for the column in the Display Name field, and click Add.

      • To add correlation information to the view, provide the appropriate information in the Property Name field, the Variable Name field, and the Namespace field. These values are derived from the definition of the state machine. Also provide a display name for the column in the Display Name field.

        Property Name

        The name of the correlation property that you defined for the state machine.

        Variable Name

        If the correlation set is initiated by incoming parameters, the variable name has the following format: 
         operation_name_Input_ operation_parameter_name
        where operation_name is the name of the operation for the transition out of the initial state.

        If the correlation set is initiated by outgoing parameters, the variable name has the following format: 

         operation_name_Output_ operation_parameter_name

        Namespace

        The namespace of the query property, where tns is the target namespace of the state machine suffixed by -process.

    2. Add other custom properties or query properties, or add columns to or remove columns from the list of selected columns.
  5. Type a name for the query in the View Name field, and click Check and Save.

    The search is run to check for errors. If it runs without errors, the view is saved.


Results

By default, a link to the new view is added to the Process Instances group in the navigation pane. Your users see this view the next time that they log in to the instance of the client that you added the view to.

Create customized views for Business Process Choreographer Explorer or Business Process Archive Explorer