DC 12.3 | Validating a Complete Process

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Validating a Complete Process

To validate a process:

1. Click File > Save to save the process.

2. Click

3. Review the success or error message.

– If the validation is successful, a success message is displayed.

– If the process has validation errors, an error message is displayed, and the Problems tab appears and shows a list of errors and warnings. When the process is closed, any errors or warnings that were displayed in the Problems tab are not cleared automatically. To delete them, select all the errors and warnings, right-click on them and click Delete.

– The

icons (known as resource markers in Eclipse) may appear in Project Explorer on the process files and project folders. Once the errors have been resolved and the process validates successfully, the resource markers are automatically cleared.

Note:
- Disabled steps are excluded while validating a process.
- A process that contains invalid steps runs without errors if the invalid steps are not linked or are disabled because the engine is not able to validate these actions.

The Process window checks several different aspects of the process to see if certain basic essential elements are present and accurate. If these aspects are missing or incorrect, a warning message is displayed. If other more important aspects are incorrect or missing, validation fails. A message displays indicating that the process is invalid and provides the reason.

Area Validated	Validation
Infinite Loops	The process does not contain recursive logic that may result in an infinite loop within the process. You can use a Process step to call a process from within itself, creating a recursion. If you do so, you receive a warning message, but the recursive process can still be successfully validated. Make sure you build in logic to allow the process to reach the Stop step once you have achieved the required result.
Orphan Steps	Checks for two different types of orphan steps: • Unconnected Steps - Steps that are not linked to anything. These unconnected steps causes a warning. • Un-terminated Steps - Steps that are linked, but do not connect (through other links) to the Stop step.
Start and Stop	The process contains a Start and a Stop step.
End at Stop	All steps end at the Stop step.
Begin at Start	All steps except the Start step have a preceding step.
Decisions	All Decision steps have at least one true branch and one false branch.
Step Validation	Validates each step according to that step's validation rules. If the step is not valid, the process validation fails and a message informs you about the invalid step. If a step that is skipped is invalid, a message informs that it is invalid. However, the process validation does not fail.

Last modified date: 10/22/2024