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