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Chapter 9. Canceling or destroying a case

Cases can be canceled if they are no longer required and do not require any case work to be performed. Cases that are canceled can be reopened later with the same case instance ID and case file data. In some cases, you might want to permanently destroy a case so that it cannot be reopened.

Cases can only be canceled or destroyed using an API request. Red Hat Process Automation Manager includes the Swagger client, which includes endpoints and documentation for REST API requests. Alternatively, you can use the same endpoints to make API calls using your preferred client or Curl.

Prerequisites

  • A case instance has been started using Showcase.
  • You are able to authenticate API requests as a user with the admin role.

Procedure

  1. Open the Swagger REST API client in a web browser:

    localhost:8080/kie-server/docs

  2. Under Case Instances :: Case Management, open the DELETE request with the following endpoint:

    /server/containers/{id}/cases/instances/{caseId}

    You can cancel a case using the DELETE request. Optionally, you can also destroy the case using the destroy parameter.

  3. Click Try it out and fill in the required parameters:

    Table 9.1. Parameters

    NameDescription

    id

    itorders

    caseId

    IT-0000000001

    destroy

    true

    (Optional. Permanently destroys the case. This parameter is false by default.)

  4. Click Execute to cancel (or destroy) the case.
  5. To confirm the case is canceled, open the Showcase application and change the case list status to Canceled. If the case has been destroyed, it will no longer appear in any case list.