BPMShowSnapshot command

This command lists information about a process application or toolkit snapshot, or information about the tip if you are not working with a snapshot.

Purpose

Use the BPMShowSnapshot command in connected mode from either a Process Center server or a Process Server to return detailed information about a snapshot or tip, including any dependencies. In a network deployment environment, you must run this command on the node containing the application cluster member that handles Process Server or Process Center applications. Do not run this command from the deployment manager profile.

Note: If you are using a SOAP connection, the command can take longer to complete than the specified SOAP timeout value. Although the command continues to run until it is finished, you might see the exception java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out. To prevent this exception, set a higher value for the com.ibm.SOAP.requestTimeout property in the profile_root/properties/soap.client.props file.

Parameters

-containerAcronym containerAcronym: A required parameter that identifies the process application or toolkit acronym. For example, the BillingDispute process application might have an acronym of BILLDISP.
-containerSnapshotAcronym containerSnapshotAcronym: A required parameter that identifies the snapshot acronym. If you want to see the details for the current tip, use Tip as the value for this parameter.
-containerTrackAcronym containerTrackAcronym: On a Process Center server, a required parameter that identifies the acronym of the track associated with the process application or toolkit. Snapshots can have a track if track development is enabled in the Process Center and is applied for playback on the Process Center server; by default, the value is Main. Snapshots installed on a Process Server do not have tracks.
-showDependents: An optional parameter that identifies all dependencies on the specified snapshot. Running this parameter displays a list of toolkit and process application snapshots that have dependencies on the snapshot.

Tip: If you do not know the acronym for a required parameter, use the BPMShowProcessApplication command to list the details of a process application, including acronyms.

Example

The following example illustrates how to establish a SOAP connection to the Process Center server and return information about the process application snapshot called BILLDISPSS02

Important: In a network deployment environment, use the port configured for the application cluster member that runs the Process Server or Process Center applications. To determine the correct port number, see the WebSphere administrative console Ports collection page (click Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Communications > Ports and find the value for SOAP_CONNECTOR_ADDRESS).

Jython example

wsadmin -conntype SOAP -port 8880 -host ProcessCenterServer01.mycompany.com -user admin -password admin -lang jython

AdminTask.BPMShowSnapshot('[-containerAcronym BILLDISP -containerSnapshotAcronym SS2.0.1 -containerTrackAcronym Main]')

Tip: Add the jython print statement before the command when you want to see formatted output.

Jacl example

wsadmin -conntype SOAP -port 8880 -host ProcessCenterServer01.mycompany.com -user admin -password admin

$AdminTask BPMShowSnapshot {-containerAcronym BILLDISP -containerSnapshotAcronym SS2.0.1 -containerTrackAcronym Main}

The output looks similar to the following example.

Name: Main - JSActivate
Acronym : MJSA
Created On :2013-09-01 14:05:03.207
Created By :User1
State : State[Archived]

If you used the -showDependents parameter, the output includes information similar to the following example.

Depends on snapshot Main - JSActivate:
        Process App Acronym: PA1
        Process App Name: PA1
        Snapshot Name: PA1S1
        Snapshot Acronym: PA1S1
        Created On: 2014-02-26 14:25:31.016
        Created By: User.2