Introduction
The Process Status allows one to inspect the state and trail of a process instance.
Get Started
The easiest way to see how does the Process Status Menu works is to first create a new process. Here are the steps:
1. Start your Joget Server, Log in as administrator then click on Design New App.
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2. Fill up the App details as shown. (See Figure 2)
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3. Create a new Form, and fill up its details as shown then Save the Form. (See Figure 3)
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4. Fill up the Form with a Text field, fill up its details as shown. (See Figure 4)
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5. Save the Form, then Generate an Approval Process. (See Figure 5 & 6)
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6. From the List Builder, Launch the automatically generated List. (See Figure 6)
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7. Drag a Hyperlink in to the Row action part of the List (top right of the canvas). (See Figure 8)
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8. Configure the Hyperlink as shown in the image, then Save the List. (See Figure 9)
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9. Navigate to the UI Builder, then click on the automatically generated UI to edit it. (See Figure 10).
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10. Drag a List UI Element and a Process Status UI Element to the Home Category. (See Figure 11 & 12)
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11. Configure the Process Status and List UI Elements as shown. (See Figure 13 & 14).
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Info
For a more in-depth tutorial on using the Process Status UI Element, Check out this article.
Process Status Properties
Configure Process Status
Figure 1: Process Status Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Custom ID | Item link slug. Optional field. Unique field Value defined here must be unique to the rest of the UI Menus as the first matching name will be called upon. |
| Label | Menu label. Mandatory field. |
| Type | The type of visual format, either Path (default) or Chart. Example Path:
Example Chart:
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| Record ID |
Example By using the request parameter hash variable, we can define the record ID to seek for. Record ID: #requestParam.id#  |
| View Permission | Determines who can access the record's information.
At least one option must be selected. |
UI
Figure 2: UI Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Custom Header | Custom Header in HTML. |
Custom Footer | Custom Footer in HTML. |
Show Process Name? | If checked, the process name will be generated at the top of the resultant graph. Optional. |
Show Future Process Activities | Click checkbox to show future process activities. |
Show Skipped Activities | Click checkbox to show skipped activities. |
Username Display Format |
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Event Click Callback (Javascript) | Callback variable "activity" containing information of activity and process. |
You can configure the Performance settings in this UI Element which allows one to cache existing content for improved performance and loading speed. Read more at Performance Improvement with UI Caching.