Process Instance State

The state of a process instance determines what stage it has reached in the process. A process instance can have various states. The State column in Process Manager indicates the process instance’s current state.

You can also filter your process instances by state, by selecting the process template of the process instances you are interested in and selecting the state you want to filter the process instances on.

The following table describes the possible states of a process instance and their meanings:

State Description
ACTIVE This is the default state of a process instance that has been initiated, but is neither suspended, nor halted.
SUSPENDED The process instance has been suspended.
HALTED The process instance has halted.
* Sub-process instances can be cancelled in a "cascading" fashion, which causes them to be cancelled from the "bottom up". This is done using a "cancellation event handler."