Starting and Using Process Manager

To open Process Manager from within HyperView, MotionView or HyperGraph:

1.	Click View > Browsers > HyperWorks > Process Manager.

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To open Process Manager from within HyperMesh:

1.	Click View > Process Manager.

After opening Process Manager, to load a template, select from the Load template drop-down menu. Select Browse to search for a template, or select a template that is already listed in the drop-down.

You can add a registry to search in by selecting Add to Registry from the drop-down menu.

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Toolbar Option	Action
New Process Instance	Creates a new file to save the current instance of the currently loaded instance.
Open Process Instance	Opens an existing process instance of the currently loaded instance.
Save Process Instance	Saves the current process instance.
Close Process Instance	Closes the current process instance.
Save As Process Instance	Saves the process instance in a name given by you.
Execute Process	Runs the process from the beginning.
Go	Runs the process from the current step.
Stop	Stops the running process.
Register Process Template	Adds or removes process templates in the registry.
Show Data Model Viewer	Allows you to view and edit data that is stored in the data model of the developed template.
Change Font Setting on Tree View	Allows you to edit the font setting on the tree view.
Message Log	Displays the Process Manager Message Log.
About Process	General Process Manager information.

To load a template, use the browse button on the top right corner of the Process Manager window. Alternately, a registered template can be loaded from the drop down beside the template browse button.

The toolbar icons, such as New,, Open , Save , Close, , Play , and Stop,, will not be enabled unless a template is loaded.

When you create a process instance, files with the following extension will be created in the instance directory:

.pmi	Process instance.

Other files relevant to Process Manager include:

.pmt	Process template (or process definition file). Created in the template directory by Process Studio.
.pmd	Stores Process Manager environment configuration. Created in the template directory by the Process Studio.
.pma	Stores your registered processes. Created in your home directory by the registration tool in Process Manager.
.pmp	Process Manager page exported by Process Studio.

Once a template has been loaded, you will be able to add breakpoints and skip tasks using the right-click menu options.

BreakPoint

Breakpoints stop the process at the area of insertion allowing your input or review.

Skip

You also skip a task in the process by inserting a skip point at that task.

Help

This option displays information related to the highlighted task in the process tree.