related to process model instances

RE: related to process model instances

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 23:19:02 GMT

Note (in case it matters for some reason) that if the parent process instance is archived or deleted before the subprocess is, then =parent_process_id() will return blank. If it's important to have it persistently though, a node in the model could store the value into a PV (though I wouldn't do this unless there's a defined need for it).

RE: related to process model instances

ajhick — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 23:11:15 GMT

Agree with both comments above. Also remember you can always go File > Open Parent Process. This obviously only helps when manually navigating the process models but very handy when responding to an incident.

RE: related to process model instances

Chris — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:35:46 GMT

Also to note, you can still retrieve the parent process ID without passing it to the sub as this is available natively in process reports by defining a column as "=parent_process_id()", via Process Metrics.

RE: related to process model instances

Danny Verb — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:05:55 GMT

For each process model you can use an expression to define the display name https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.2/process-model-object.html#general-tab

For your case, you can pass in the parent process ID or another identifier and display it in the sub-process display name