How to View Instance Information for an Orchestration

This topic describes how to view instance information for an orchestration by using the BizTalk Server Administration console. A service instance is an instance of an orchestration that BizTalk Server is either processing or has serialized into the MessageBox for further processing or tracking.

Prerequisites

To perform the procedure in this topic, you must be logged on as a member of the BizTalk Server Administrators group. For more detailed information on permissions, see Permissions Required for Deploying and Managing a BizTalk Application.

To view instance information for an orchestration

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft BizTalk Server 20xx, and then click BizTalk Server Administration.

  2. In the console tree, expand BizTalk Server Administration, expand the BizTalk group, expand Applications, and then expand the application containing the orchestration for which you want to view instance information.

  3. Click Orchestrations, select the orchestration for which you want to view instance information, click View, and then select Instance Information.

    The query results panel in the lower section of the page displays all instances of the orchestration.

    To refine the query and view different instance information for the orchestration, click the box under Value for the Search For field, select the instance type to view, and then click Run Query. For more information about creating queries, see the topics on searching under See Also.

See Also

Managing Orchestrations
How to Search for Running Service Instances
How to Search for Suspended Service Instances
How to Search for Messages
How to Search for Subscriptions