Tracked WF Instances Page

Open the Tracked WF Instances page by clicking any of the metrics or instances in the WF Instance History section.

Overview

You can use the Tracked WF Instances page to view historical events related to monitored workflow instances.

The following sections describe the features and use of the Tracked WF Instances page.

Query Control

Use the query control grid at the top of the middle pane to run simple queries on the persistence database.

The query control contains two sections: a Query Summary section that shows you the abbreviated text of your query, and a query grid where you can select fields, operators, and criteria values. Below the grid is a Run Query button that runs your query. You can collapse the query control grid by clicking in the Query Summary section.

The following table lists the fields that you can use in your query.

Field	Description
Machine	Name of the host machine
Scope	Site, application, or service
Status	In Progress Aborted Completed (Successfully) Completed (Terminated) Completed (Cancelled)
Workflow Instance ID	GUID
Creation Time	Date and time when the instance was created
Last Aborted Time	Date and time when the instance was aborted, for example, due to an unhandled exception
Maximum Items	Maximum number of items to return for the query. This is a required field.

Tracked WF Instance List

The tracked WF instance list is located in the middle pane below the query control.

At the top of the list is a heading that shows a count of the number of items found and the number of items displayed. You can use the Group by list to group entries by service name or status.

Note

The tracked WF instance list displays only instances of services hosted by Windows Process Activation Services (WAS).

The following table describes the fields in the list.

Field	Description
Service Name	Type of service
Machine	Computer that the service instance is currently running on or previously ran on
Site Name	Name of the site that hosts the instance’s parent service
Service Virtual Path	Full virtual path of the service
Status	Status of the tracked WF instance, which is one of the following: In Progress Aborted Completed: Successful Terminated Cancelled
Creation Time	Date and time when the instance was created
Last Aborted Time	Date and time when the instance was aborted, for example, due to an unhandled exception
Lifetime Duration	Total lifetime of the completed WF instance

Details Pane

The Details pane is a tabbed control that you can use to quickly see key details of the tracked WF instance.

Overview tab

Field	Description
Service Name	Name of the service from which the instance was created
Site Name	Full name of the site the WF service runs under
Application Virtual Path	Virtual application where the WF service is deployed
Service Virtual Path	Full virtual path to the WF service
Workflow Instance ID	GUID
Creation Time	Date and time when the instance was created
Completion Time	Date and time when the WF instance completed. This field is blank for active WF instances.
Lifetime Duration	Total lifetime of the completed WF instance
Tracked Events	Number of tracked events available for this instance

Actions Pane

The Actions pane is the rightmost pane. The items available in the Actions pane change depending on what is selected in the middle pane.

The Refresh and AppFabric Dashboard actions are always available.

• Clicking Refresh causes the metrics values on the page to be updated.

• Clicking AppFabric Dashboard takes you back to the AppFabric Dashboard at the scope selected in the Connections pane.

The remaining actions are available when you select a tracked WF instance from the service instance list in the middle pane.

• The View Persisted Instance action navigates from a tracked WF instance to a persisted WF instance (if applicable/available). When you click the View Persisted Instance action, the Persisted WF Instances page is opened and a query is executed to retrieve the instance whose Workflow Instance ID matches that of the tracked WF instance.

• The View Tracked Events action displays all available tracked events for the tracked WF instance. When you click the View Tracked Events action, the Tracked Events page is opened and a query is executed. This query gets all available tracked events whose Workflow Instance ID matches that of the tracked WF instance.