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Viewing Workflow Information with Virto Workflow Status Monitor

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Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor allows you to track running business processes on your SharePoint site. Go to a required SharePoint site and find the Site Settings page.

Then find the Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor within the Site Administration section.

On the workflow monitor page, select source (SharePoint site and list) and click “Search workflows” to view the list of workflows. When the list is loaded, it will be displayed on the page.

Upgrading Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor

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If you already use Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor and need to upgrade it to the latest version, download the.zip file from http://www.virtosoftware.com. Unzip the file and run setup.exe as it is described in the Installing Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitorsection.

On the step 3 check the box “Upgrade” and click “Next”.

Note*: if you had activated the license while installing the previous Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor version, you do not need to activate it now.*

Uninstalling Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor

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To uninstall the component:

Double click the Setup.exe extracted from downloaded

Virto.SharePoint.WorkflowMonitor.X.X.zipfile.

The program performs the system checks again. Once that has successfully completed, the program prompts you to Repair or Remove the solution. Select Remove, and click “Next”.

Workflow Settings

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You can tailor Workflow Monitor to your needs—for example, set timeouts and adjust display options.

First, define how long a workflow can run before it’s terminated automatically. On the Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor page, click “Settings”.

You will see the “Virto Workflow Status Monitor Settings” window.

For workflow timeouts, there are two conditions that can be used for automatic terminating:

If a workflow is in progress for a certain period of time, and
If a workflow has errors occurred for more than a certain period of time

Starting a New Workflow

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To start a new workflow with Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor, use “Start a New Workflow” button.

Now you have to fill out all the required fields in the “Start New Workflow” window.

First, choose the list to pull data from. Then select the list items the workflow will process:

All items in the list;
Items from List View;
Single list Item;
Or Items selected by CAML query.

Next, select a workflow from the list and, optionally, specify the event data.

Terminating Running Worflows

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Using Virto SharePoint Workflow Status Monitor, you can terminate running workflows. Just check the required workflow and click the “Terminate” button. Then click “OK”.

Refresh the page using the “Refresh” button.

Restarting Terminated Worflows

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Terminated workflows (“Canceled” or “Error Occurred”) can be restarted manually or configured to restart automatically.

Check the boxes opposite the workflows you need to restart and click the “Restart” button.

To enable automatic restarts, open “Settings” and select “Auto restart terminated workflows”. If a workflow is terminated for any reason, it will restart automatically.

Note: automatic restart is available only for SharePoint 2010 workflows.

Workflow Reports

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Virto Workflow Status Monitor generates reports on workflow results.

Click “Settings” to open the settings.

In the “Reporting” section, check “Enable reports”, then set how often reports are generated and how results are stored. Click the “Report List” to view your reports.