Queries for historic process instances that fulfill the given parameters. The size of the result set can be retrieved by using the Get Process Instance Count method.

Method

GET /history/process-instance

Parameters

Query Parameters

Name	Description
processInstanceId	Filter by process instance id.
processInstanceIds	Filter by process instance ids. Must be a comma-separated list of process instance ids.
processInstanceBusinessKey	Filter by process instance business key.
processInstanceBusinessKeyLike	Filter by process instance business key that the parameter is a substring of.
rootProcessInstances	Restrict the query to all process instances that are top level process instances.
superProcessInstanceId	Restrict query to all process instances that are sub process instances of the given process instance. Takes a process instance id.
subProcessInstanceId	Restrict query to one process instance that has a sub process instance with the given id.
superCaseInstanceId	Restrict query to all process instances that are sub process instances of the given case instance. Takes a case instance id.
subCaseInstanceId	Restrict query to one process instance that has a sub case instance with the given id.
caseInstanceId	Restrict query to all process instances that are sub process instances of the given case instance. Takes a case instance id.
processDefinitionId	Filter by the process definition the instances run on.
processDefinitionKey	Filter by the key of the process definition the instances run on.
processDefinitionKeyIn	Filter by a comma-separated list of process definition keys. A process instance must have one of the given process definition keys.
processDefinitionKeyNotIn	Exclude instances that belong to a set of process definitions. Must be a comma-separated list of process definition keys.
processDefinitionName	Filter by the name of the process definition the instances run on.
processDefinitionNameLike	Filter by process definition names that the parameter is a substring of.
finished	Only include finished process instances. This flag includes all process instances that are completed or terminated. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
unfinished	Only include unfinished process instances. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
withIncidents	Only include process instances which have an incident. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
withRootIncidents	Only include process instances which have a root incident. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
incidentType	Filter by the incident type. See the User Guide for a list of incident types.
incidentStatus	Only include process instances which have an incident in status either open or resolved. To get all process instances, use the query parameter withIncidents.
incidentMessage	Filter by the incident message. Exact match.
incidentMessageLike	Filter by the incident message that the parameter is a substring of.
startedBy	Only include process instances that were started by the given user.
startedBefore	Restrict to instances that were started before the given date. By default*, the date must have the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g., 2013-01-23T14:42:45.000+0200.
startedAfter	Restrict to instances that were started after the given date. By default*, the date must have the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g., 2013-01-23T14:42:45.000+0200.
finishedBefore	Restrict to instances that were finished before the given date. By default*, the date must have the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g., 2013-01-23T14:42:45.000+0200.
finishedAfter	Restrict to instances that were finished after the given date. By default*, the date must have the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g., 2013-01-23T14:42:45.000+0200.
tenantIdIn	Filter by a comma-separated list of tenant ids. A process instance must have one of the given tenant ids.
withoutTenantId	Only include historic process instances which belong to no tenant. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
variables	Only include process instances that have/had variables with certain values. Variable filtering expressions are comma-separated and are structured as follows: A valid parameter value has the form key_operator_value. key is the variable name, operator is the comparison operator to be used and value the variable value. Note: Values are always treated as String objects on server side. Valid operator values are: eq - equal to; neq - not equal to; gt - greater than; gteq - greater than or equal to; lt - lower than; lteq - lower than or equal to; like. key and value may not contain underscore or comma characters.
variableNamesIgnoreCase	Match all variable names provided in variables case-insensitively. If set to true variableName and variablename are treated as equal.
variableValuesIgnoreCase	Match all variable values provided in variables case-insensitively. If set to true variableValue and variablevalue are treated as equal.
sortBy	Sort the results by a given criterion. Valid values are instanceId, definitionId, definitionKey, definitionName, definitionVersion, businessKey, startTime, endTime, duration and tenantId. Must be used in conjunction with the sortOrder parameter.
sortOrder	Sort the results in a given order. Values may be asc for ascending order or desc for descending order. Must be used in conjunction with the sortBy parameter.
firstResult	Pagination of results. Specifies the index of the first result to return.
maxResults	Pagination of results. Specifies the maximum number of results to return. Will return less results if there are no more results left.
executedActivityBefore	Restrict to instances that executed an activity before the given date (inclusive). By default*, the date must have the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g., 2013-01-23T14:42:45.000+0200.
executedActivityAfter	Restrict to instances that executed an activity after the given date (inclusive). By default*, the date must have the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g., 2013-01-23T14:42:45.000+0200.
executedActivityIdIn	Restrict to instances that executed an activity with one of given ids.
activeActivityIdIn	Restrict to instances that have an active activity with one of given ids.
executedJobBefore	Restrict to instances that executed an job before the given date (inclusive). By default*, the date must have the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g., 2013-01-23T14:42:45.000+0200.
executedJobAfter	Restrict to instances that executed an job after the given date (inclusive). By default*, the date must have the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ, e.g., 2013-01-23T14:42:45.000+0200.
active	Restrict to instances that are active
suspended	Restrict to instances that are suspended
completed	Restrict to instances that are completed
externallyTerminated	Restrict to instances that are externally terminated
internallyTerminated	Restrict to instances that are internally terminated

* For further information, please see the documentation.

Result

A JSON array of historic process instance objects. Each historic process instance object has the following properties:

Name	Value	Description
id	String	The id of the process instance.
rootProcessInstanceId	String	The process instance id of the root process instance that initiated the process.
superProcessInstanceId	String	The id of the parent process instance, if it exists.
superCaseInstanceId	String	The id of the parent case instance, if it exists.
caseInstanceId	String	The id of the parent case instance, if it exists.
processDefinitionName	String	The name of the process definition that this process instance belongs to.
processDefinitionKey	String	The key of the process definition that this process instance belongs to.
processDefinitionVersion	Integer	The version of the process definition that this process instance belongs to.
processDefinitionId	String	The id of the process definition that this process instance belongs to.
businessKey	String	The business key of the process instance.
startTime	String	The time the instance was started. Default format* yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ.
endTime	String	The time the instance ended. Default format* yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ.
removalTime	String	The time after which the instance should be removed by the History Cleanup job. Default format* yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ.
durationInMillis	Number	The time the instance took to finish (in milliseconds).
startUserId	String	The id of the user who started the process instance.
startActivityId	String	The id of the initial activity that was executed (e.g., a start event).
deleteReason	String	The provided delete reason in case the process instance was canceled during execution.
tenantId	String	The tenant id of the process instance.
state	String	last state of the process instance, possible values are: ACTIVE - running process instance SUSPENDED - suspended process instances COMPLETED - completed through normal end event EXTERNALLY_TERMINATED - terminated externally, for instance through REST API INTERNALLY_TERMINATED - terminated internally, for instance by terminating boundary event

* For further information, please see the documentation.

Response Codes

Code	Media type	Description
200	application/json	Request successful.
400	application/json	Returned if some of the query parameters are invalid, for example if a sortOrder parameter is supplied, but no sortBy. See the Introduction for the error response format.

Example

Request

GET /history/process-instance?finishedAfter=2013-01-01T00:00:00.000+0200&finishedBefore=2013-04-01T23:59:59.000+0200&executedActivityAfter=2013-03-23T13:42:44.000+0200

Response

[
  {
    "id":"7c80cc8f-ef95-11e6-b6e6-34f39ab71d4e",
    "businessKey":null,
    "processDefinitionId":"invoice:1:7bf79f13-ef95-11e6-b6e6-34f39ab71d4e",
    "processDefinitionKey":"invoice",
    "processDefinitionName":"Invoice Receipt",
    "processDefinitionVersion":1,
    "startTime":"2017-02-10T14:33:19.000+0200",
    "endTime":null,
    "removalTime": null,
    "durationInMillis":null,
    "startUserId":null,
    "startActivityId":"StartEvent_1",
    "deleteReason":null,
    "rootProcessInstanceId": "f8259e5d-ab9d-11e8-8449-e4a7a094a9d6",
    "superProcessInstanceId":null,
    "superCaseInstanceId":null,
    "caseInstanceId":null,
    "tenantId":null,
    "state":"ACTIVE"
  }
]