Canceling a Process Instance

You can cancel a process instance, which stops the process flow and deletes all work items that are associated with that process instance.

To cancel a process instance, you must have the Cancel/Purge Process Instance system action.

Work items that are associated with a cancelled process instance are removed from the work item lists of the user to whom the work items were offered/allocated the next time their work item lists are refreshed.

If a user has a work item open when its associated process instance is cancelled, a message is displayed when the user attempts to cancel, close, or submit the work item form informing the user that the process instance has been cancelled.

Procedure

  1. From the process instance list, select a process instance, then from Actions, select > Cancel.
    A dialog is displayed that asks you to confirm that you want to cancel the selected process instances.
  2. Select OK to confirm.
    When a process instance is cancelled, it is removed from the process instance list.