v2.1.6+ Workflow view
The Workflow view is an interactive canvas in the Orchestration Monitor that enables you to follow workflow run paths, task statuses, and dependencies as live flowcharts.
Canvas access and layout
The Orchestration Monitor opens in the standard list view. Clicking the Workflow view button above the data table switches the selected rows into the visual canvas.
Each workflow appears as a node on the canvas in one of two display states:
- Expanded
- Displays the workflow as a full container block showing internal tasks, run paths, dependencies, and individual task status cards.
- Compact
- Compresses the workflow card into a summary header showing high-level status badges, total task metrics, and scheduled run times. Click Minimize all in the upper toolbar to switch all nodes to compact state simultaneously. The button toggles to Maximize all to restore the expanded state.
View options
The View options panel in the bottom-right corner of the canvas provides controls for dependencies, status display, and constraint visibility.
- Show predecessors
- Renders external predecessors of the workflow cards as dashed boxes.
- Show successors
- Renders successors of the workflow cards as dashed boxes.
- Show dependency lines
- Toggles the directional arrows between nodes, external dependency blocks, and child nodes. Disable this option to reduce visual complexity on dense canvases.
- Show internal statuses
- Translates high-level operational statuses (such as Error or Running) into the precise engine-specific states (such as Abend). Disable this option to display the standard interface labels.
- Show other constraints
- Displays mini-icons connected to workflow cards. Each icon indicates a specific blocking condition, such as a resource constraint, and displays a numeric badge showing the count of active constraints. Clicking a file constraint badge opens a sidebar where you can view file path values.
Data refresh
The upper control bar provides controls for keeping canvas data current.
- Manual refresh
- Click the circular reload icon to refresh the canvas immediately. Hovering over the icon displays a timestamp tooltip showing when data was last updated.
- Predefined intervals
- Use the dropdown next to the refresh icon to configure automatic canvas updates. Available intervals are Off, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 15 minutes.
- Custom interval
- Selecting Custom opens a modal where you can enter any refresh interval value in seconds.
Properties panel
Clicking any workflow or individual task card opens the properties panel on the right side of the screen. The panel is a single continuous scroll organized into expandable and collapsible sections.
Task run instances
Hovering over an individual task card in an active graph displays the Show run instances tooltip. Clicking it opens the run history panel, which lists all recorded instances of that task. Each entry shows the engine state, the trigger context (such as Scheduled, Manual run, or Recovery task), the timestamp, and the run duration. To open the task log for a specific run, click the Open task log icon on the corresponding row.
Foreach task iterations
Foreach tasks that process a collection of items in repeated iterations are identified on the canvas by an orange looping icon badge showing the total number of active iterations. Hovering over the badge displays the Task instances tooltip.
Clicking the badge opens the Foreach instances sidebar for that task. The panel lists each iteration with its index number, iteration value, status, and duration. Clicking an iteration value link opens the properties panel for that specific iteration.
Each row also provides a Load on canvas button. Clicking it replaces the canvas context with the selected iteration.