Flowchart states and valid actions

The following table describes the valid flowchart states and the actions that are available for each status on the All monitored runs page (Campaign > Monitoring).

The flowchart status reflects the status of the last run.

Note: If a user runs a flowchart and one branch succeeds, but another process in that flowchart but not in that branch has failed, the flowchart status is Failed.
Table 1. Flowchart states and actions

This table describes flowchart states and actions.
Status (color) Description Valid actions

Running

(green)

The flowchart is running.
  • Suspend
  • Stop

Paused

(yellow)

The flowchart was paused during running from the flowchart Run menu. (You cannot pause a flowchart from the All monitored runs page.)

When a flowchart is paused, the process remains intact but stops processing, guaranteeing that no work is lost when the flowchart run is continued. Note that with the Pause action, system resources are not released (CPU utilization stops, but memory is not freed).

You can continue running a paused flowchart from the flowchart Run menu.

For details about pausing and continuing a flowchart run, see the Unica Campaign User's Guide.

None from the All monitored runs page (Run>Continue from the flowchart)

Suspending

(yellow)

The flowchart "Suspend" action has been initiated from the All monitored runs page and the flowchart is transitioning to this status.

None

Suspended

(yellow)

The flowchart Suspend action has completed and the flowchart is in a suspended state. The process is shut down and system resources have been released; a placeholder remains to enable restarting the flowchart run at the point at which it was suspended.

You can resume running a suspended flowchart using the Resume button on the All monitored runs page.

Note: Running process boxes that can be rerun from the beginning, resulting in the same net behavior, are immediately stopped when the Suspend command is issued, and any partially completed work is lost. These process boxes will be re-run when the flowchart run is resumed.
  • Resume

Succeeded

(light blue)

The flowchart run completed successfully, without any errors.

None

Stopped

(red)

The flowchart run was stopped either by a user from the flowchart Run menu or due to an error (that is, one or more process boxes in the flowchart encountered an error). For details about stopping a flowchart from the flowchart Run menu, see the Unica Campaign User's Guide.

None

Failed

(red)

The run failed due an unhandled error or a server error (that is., the flowchart server process exited unexpectedly).

None