Run Business Process
After you upload the input data, design the Business Process (BP) flow, validate it, and set run options, it is recommended to test the Business Process and then run it in production.
Test and run Business Process
To test and run a BP, perform the following actions:
- On the Run tab, click Run This Process to run the BP.
- If the BP is valid and started successfully, you will see the following message: Business Process started successfully! You can view the results of the BP, or view the BP you have just created via the BP List.
- Log in as a worker to WorkSpace. Find the Manual Tasks from your BP by names or tags and complete them. Depending on the task Adjudication Rules, you can have more than one worker account.
- Go back to Control Tower. If needed, edit the BP run options as well as parameters on the Design and Data tabs.
- Copy the BP with data. You can optionally stop or delete the original BP if you do not need it.
- If the test run is successful, you can run the same BP in production by selecting the appropriate checkbox above the Run This Process button.
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If you have more than one bot working in a BP execution, the BP is run simultaneously with the maximum number of available bots required for it.
If Input data includes multiple records, those are distributed among available bots.
Watch BP progress
To watch the BP progress and get real-time statistics, use the BP scheme on the Design tab in the View mode and the Run tab.
From the BP design scheme, you can get the following information:
Each task has an indicator with the percentage and number of Records handled in it. In the example below, it is 67% (10/15).
Each Rule Outcome has an indicator with the number of Records passing through it based on predefined conditions. In the example below, those are 8 → Yes and 2 → No.
These metrics are updated whenever new Records are submitted from different process steps by human workers or bots.
Check Manual Task
To check if you have any pending Manual Tasks in the BP and process the task (if needed), act as follows:
Go to the Results tab and click Steps. To find Manual Tasks in the displayed list of BP steps, look for the WS indication next to step names.
Click the manual step name to view the Statistics tab with the Manual Task details.
Open the Statistics tab and click the Workspace link to open the task.
Log in to WorkSpace using your credentials.
Accept the task.
The page with the Manual Task opens. Provide answers to the task and click Submit. The data from the answers is sent to the next step in the BP if there are any.
Update the BP's Results page. On the Steps tab, the BP and Manual Task statuses are updated accordingly.
View Business Process results
Once a BP is completed, its results appear on the Results tab.
For detailed information about the Results tab options, refer to the View Business Process results topic.
Rerun Business Process
To run a BP again, do as follows:
- Copy the required BP instance with data in accordance with the instruction.
- Run the BP or create a schedule to start the execution at a specified time.
Export Business Process
To export a BP, create a BP package as described below:
Open the BP instance you want to export, go to the Packages tab, and click the New Package button. After that, an appropriate record appears in the table on the Package tab.
On the displayed page, add a title and description (if required), then click Save.
To save the package to your machine, click Download.
Back up Business Process
To back up all BPs, open the user drop-down menu and select Backup all:
The action exports all BPs and tasks in the BP package format. It means you can copy and import them to another machine.
The backup folder is configured during installation. The default location is as follows:
c:\Users\%YOUR_USER_NAME%\ControlTower\Backup\
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The backup service cleans up the backup folder before the backup operation.
The feature allows saving only the latest versions of your BPs. All packages from the backup folder are imported by default at the first start of your Control Tower.