Employee Processes and Process History

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The Employee - Processes and Employee - Process History tabs relate to the Automation processes available for the employee. This tab is only visible if the user belongs to a User Group with the "Run Automations from Workspace" permission enabled.

Employee Processes

The Processes tab displays any Automation and Custom Processes configured for your practice that are available for the current employee and scheduled to run manually. The Employee - Processes tab only displays processes that filter on Employees or an Employee View.

Click the Run button from the Processes tab to run one of the processes for the selected Employee. Refer to Running Custom Processes.

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Employee Process History

The Process History tab is an automatic log of any Automations or Custom Processes that have run for the employee.

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Process History Status

The Status column indicates whether the process was completed successfully or not.

Status Details
Stopped
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Displayed in grey with a square icon. The process has been stopped while running, and can be retried or run again.
Progress
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Displays in grey with a minus icon in a circle. The process is currently in progress, and may have a Blocking Task preventing it from continuing.
Success
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Displays in green with a tick icon. Each step in the automation process was run until the process was completed. 
Error
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Displayed in red, with a cross icon. There is an issue that requires attention, and is preventing the process from completing
Warning Exclamation Mark
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Displayed as a yellow exclamation mark alongside the Status, and indicates that at least one step of the process contains a warning.

View Process Warnings

Where a process contains a step with a warning, an exclamation mark will be displayed next to the Process Status in the list.

Click the Show all Executions with Warnings exclamation mark in the toolbar to filter by all processes that contain a warning.

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Detailed information on the warnings can be found by navigating to Automation - Process History, and clicking on a process within the list to display the Process Activity drawer.

Employee Process History Checklist

Click on an entry in the Process History list to open the Process History Checklist. Detailed information will be displayed for each step included as part of the Automation Process.

Note: Where a Comment is added to a Create Task, Create Job, Update Job, Create File Note, Copy Document, or Create Phone step, the comment icon will display.

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Skip & Continue

Where an Automation Process has encountered an error, the Employee - Process History Checklist will display a red row. 

To view details of the warning and whether the Skip & Continue function is available, users must navigate to Automation - Process History

Click on the relevant row in the list to display the Process Activity drawer. The error details will be displayed, and where available, the Skip & Continue function.

The actions available to the user will depend on whether there are any steps still to be run that depend on the step with the error to be completed.  Users may need to manually create or select additional information before the process can continue.

To use Skip & Continue:

  1. In Automation - Processes, display the History tab.
     
  2. Select a process to view the Process Activity drawer.
     
  3. Click Skip & Continue.
     
  4. One of the following options will be displayed:

    - Select Continue to Next Step.
    - Select an option from a drop-down before clicking Save & Continue to Next Step

    Continue to Next Step

    This option is available when none of the remaining steps in the process depend on this step, and can continue successfully. 

    Please note this means that the step will be skipped entirely. Any actions that were meant to be processed will not be performed, and users will need to manually perform this action. 

    For example, if a Create Email step is skipped, users will need to manually create the relevant email.

    Select more information

    This option appears when a following step in the process depends on this step being completed. The user must provide additional information so the remaining steps can run successfully.

    If the step is a Create step (for example, creating an email, document, or task), the user may need to manually create the relevant item before continuing. Ensure the item is created as specified in the Details tab, then select the new item from the drop-down.

  5. Click Save & Continue to Next Step
     
  6. The step will be marked as completed, and the process will resume from the next step.
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