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Business Activiti Monitoring

wpetit — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:32:36 GMT

Hi, Is there an application provided with Activiti we can plug on the engine and customize to retrieve business and process datas (BAM) ?If not, is that planned ?Thanks in advance for your answer.

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

jbarrez — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:18:50 GMT

No, currently there is nothing done / planned in that area.

We might look into for the 5.13 release, but that will depend on how we prioritise it vs things like the REST API, etc. We still have to decide on that.

That being said, Tijs his book (http://www.manning.com/rademakers2/) does have a chapter on business monitoring where Esper is used.

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

mmaker1234 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:43:41 GMT

Hello,

I do not understand your problem. It is not difficult to write an appropriate solution yourself. For example I wrote a whole Ant-based console for managing deployments and process instances:

   - - -=== WfMC COMMANDS ===- - -
     - - - PACKAGE-RELATED - - -
 1. List deployed process definition packages
 2. Deploy/Update a process definition package
 5. Delete a deployment

     - - - PROCESS-RELATED - - -
 6. List process definitions
 7. List active processes
 8. List completed processes
 9. Show process state
 a. History of a process
 b. Export process varaibles (WRD)
 c. Import process varaibles (WRD)
 d. Suspend a process instance
 e. Resume a process instance
 f. Delete (terminate) a process
 h. Create and start a new process instance
 i. Create and start a new process instance by message name

     - - - ACTIVITY-RELATED - - -
 j. List process activities
 o. Complete a (human) task
 r. List process instance jobs
 s. Execute a job
 t. List expired jobs
 u. Retry an expired job

     - - - OTHER - - -
 v. List the active (human) tasks for all processes

 X. E(x)it

Probably you are interested in something similar to my commands "9" and "a":

9
[showProcessState] Enter a process instance ID (key):
69101
         [] ExecutionID = 69101; ActivityID = step7; BusinessKey = null; ProcessDefinitionID = MyProcess:22:68454; ProcessInstanceID = 69101
         [] No active tasks found for process ID 69101
         [] Process variables:
         []   var1 = '1'
         []   var2 = 'net…'
         []   var3 = '123'
         []   var4 = '123456'
         []   var5 = 'true'
         []   var6 = 'http://…'
         [] Local variables:
         []   var1 = '1'
         []   var2 = 'net…'
         []   var3 = '123'
         []   var4 = '123456'
         []   var5 = 'true'
         []   var6 = 'http://…'

a
[listProcessHistory] Enter a process instance ID (key):
69101
         [] ProcessInstance ID = 69101; BusinessKey = null; ProcessDefinition ID = MyProcess:22:68454; started by user with ID = null; started at Mon Feb 04 19:25:48 EET 2013 (1359998748603); start activity ID = start; still running (active)
         [] ProcessDefinitionKey = MyProcess; version = 22; name = MyProcess; ID = MyProcess:22:68454; Resource Name = MyProcess.bpmn; Deployment ID = 68451; source_version = '$Revision: 1.2 $'
         []   ActivityInstance ID = 69102; ActivityId = start (name = Start ); ExecutionId = 69101; TaskId = null; type = startEvent; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = MyProcess:22:68454; assigned = null; started at 2013-02-04T19:25:48.604+02:00 (1359998748604 ); finished at Mon Feb 04 19:25:48 EET 2013; duration 21 ms
         [] Job ID = 69347; JobType = org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = null; DueDate = null; Retries (left) = 0; ExceptionMessage = null
         []         HistoricDetail ID = 69107; Time = Mon Feb 04 19:25:48 EET 2013 (1359998748607 ); Variable name = var1; Variable type = serializable; Variable value = 1; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; getActivityInstanceId = 69102; TaskId = null
         [] Job ID = 69347; JobType = org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = null; DueDate = null; Retries (left) = 0; ExceptionMessage = null
         []         HistoricDetail ID = 69112; Time = Mon Feb 04 19:25:48 EET 2013 (1359998748608 ); Variable name = var2; Variable type = serializable; Variable value = net…; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; getActivityInstanceId = 69102; TaskId = null
         []         HistoricDetail ID = 69114; Time = Mon Feb 04 19:25:48 EET 2013 (1359998748608 ); Variable name = var3; Variable type = long; Variable value = 123; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; getActivityInstanceId = 69102; TaskId = null
         [] Job ID = 69347; JobType = org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = null; DueDate = null; Retries (left) = 0; ExceptionMessage = null
         []         HistoricDetail ID = 69118; Time = Mon Feb 04 19:25:48 EET 2013 (1359998748609 ); Variable name = var4; Variable type = long; Variable value = 123456; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; getActivityInstanceId = 69102; TaskId = null
         [] Job ID = 69347; JobType = org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = null; DueDate = null; Retries (left) = 0; ExceptionMessage = null
         []   ActivityInstance ID = 69120; ActivityId = step1 (name = Step One); ExecutionId = 69101; TaskId = null; type = serviceTask; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = MyProcess:22:68454; assigned = null; started at 2013-02-04T19:25:49.149+02:00 (1359998749149 ); finished at Mon Feb 04 19:25:49 EET 2013; duration 320 ms
         [] Job ID = 69347; JobType = org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = null; DueDate = null; Retries (left) = 0; ExceptionMessage = null
         []   ActivityInstance ID = 69121; ActivityId = step2 (name = Step Two); ExecutionId = 69101; TaskId = null; type = receiveTask; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = MyProcess:22:68454; assigned = null; started at 2013-02-04T19:25:49.469+02:00 (1359998749469 ); finished at Mon Feb 04 19:25:50 EET 2013; duration 984 ms
         [] Job ID = 69347; JobType = org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = null; DueDate = null; Retries (left) = 0; ExceptionMessage = null
         []   ActivityInstance ID = 69124; ActivityId = step3 (name = Step Three); ExecutionId = 69122; TaskId = null; type = receiveTask; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = MyProcess:22:68454; assigned = null; started at 2013-02-04T19:25:50.460+02:00 (1359998750460 ); finished at Mon Feb 04 19:25:56 EET 2013; duration 6325 ms
         []         HistoricDetail ID = 69126; Time = Mon Feb 04 19:25:56 EET 2013 (1359998756734 ); Variable name = var5; Variable type = boolean; Variable value = true; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; getActivityInstanceId = null; TaskId = null
         []         HistoricDetail ID = 69128; Time = Mon Feb 04 19:25:56 EET 2013 (1359998756734 ); Variable name = var6; Variable type = string; Variable value = http://…; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; getActivityInstanceId = null; TaskId = null
         [] Job ID = 69347; JobType = org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = null; DueDate = null; Retries (left) = 0; ExceptionMessage = null
         []   ActivityInstance ID = 69129; ActivityId = step4 (name = Step Four); ExecutionId = 69101; TaskId = null; type = exclusiveGateway; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = MyProcess:22:68454; assigned = null; started at 2013-02-04T19:25:56.788+02:00 (1359998756788 ); finished at Mon Feb 04 19:25:56 EET 2013; duration 3 ms
         [] Job ID = 69347; JobType = org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.MessageEntity; ExecutionId = 69101; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = null; DueDate = null; Retries (left) = 0; ExceptionMessage = null
         []   ActivityInstance ID = 69132; ActivityId = step5 (name = Step Five); ExecutionId = 69130; TaskId = null; type = receiveTask; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = MyProcess:22:68454; assigned = null; started at 2013-02-04T19:25:56.792+02:00 (1359998756792 ); finished at Mon Feb 04 19:26:00 EET 2013; duration 4119 ms
         []   ActivityInstance ID = 69135; ActivityId = step6 (name = Step Six); ExecutionId = 69133; TaskId = null; type = intermediateTimer; ProcessInstanceId = 69101; ProcessDefinitionId = MyProcess:22:68454; assigned = null; started at 2013-02-04T19:26:00.916+02:00 (1359998760916 ); finished at Mon Feb 18 19:26:01 EET 2013; duration 1209600439 ms

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

wpetit — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:45:55 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for your answers.

Actually, this is more a question than a problem.

I was wondering if there were already existing apps to avoid to develop one from scratch and you answered.

Thanks.

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

gromar — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:53:52 GMT

Is there an application provided with Activiti we can plug on the engine and customize to retrieve business and process datas (BAM) ?

What do you mean by BAM?

I created simple audit trail diagram generator ( but it is not BAM)
http://forums.activiti.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5788

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

wpetit — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:44:07 GMT

By BAM (Business Activity Monitoring), I mean a set of tools, application or API that could be plugged to Activiti to get statistics process tasks. For example, the average of execution time for one task or the duration of a process execution, etc.

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

gromar — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:23:51 GMT

You can have a look on the following links:

   Draw into process diagram
   Find process bottleneck
   What is the percentage of tasks after due date?
   Audit trail diagram

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

jbarrez — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:11:45 GMT

Can you fix those links?

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

gromar — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:15:00 GMT

Sorry - I renamed a project.

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

jbarrez — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:36:12 GMT

No prob. The audit trail looks pretty cool!

Do you plan on packaging it somehow? What are your plans with it?

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

gromar — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:17:02 GMT

These reports supports activiti-crystalball -(to see what what has happened and what is going to happen in simulation too). I want to make the fist project release when I will have the first real application. - I am waiting for any good idea where activiti-crystalball can be applied.

Any proposal?

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

jbarrez — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:12:31 GMT

I don't think many people will give you their processes. For many companies this is 'sensitive' …

What about something simple like I did a long time ago: http://www.slideshare.net/alfresco/introduction-to-activiti-bpm (slide 32)? Simple enough to get started easily, complex enough for people to see the value.

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

gromar — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:38:52 GMT

I don't think many people will give you their processes. For many companies this is 'sensitive' …

You are right.

What about something simple like I did a long time ago…..

Thank you. I have implemented timers and job support in activiti-crystalball (datails can be found here). I started to work on the example you propose.

Simple enough to get started easily, complex enough for people to see the value.

The objectives for the example series are:
1. Show value of simulation for BPM,
2. Provide Getting started tutorial for activiti-crystalball.

I hope I will prepare something in next one/two weeks.

The link to the first example. For somebody who is interested in.

[img]https://raw.github.com/gro-mar/activiti-crystalball/master/examples/src/main/process/org/activiti/crystalball/examples/mortages/MortageDemo-0.png[/img]

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

jbarrez — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:42:05 GMT

Cool! Looking forward to the end result!

Re: Business Activiti Monitoring

gromar — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:56:12 GMT

if you are interested in continue in reading
http://forums.activiti.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6266