SAP BTP Process Automation Data storege

[ElyasD]

Greetings, 

I'm working on creating a from in SAP BTP Process Automation.

My understanding is that when capturing data from a form, it is stored as part of the process instance's context, and it is available to all subsequent steps within the same workflow. The context data persists for the lifetime of the process instance. Once the process is completed, the data will be completely gone and not accessible anymore, correct? 

If that is not true or correct, how can I fetch or trace them?

[Dan_Wroblewski · Accepted solution]

Do you want the context to disappear? I don't know if that is possible (our SnapChat version).

But generally you can retrieve the context anytime. I have a simple process that:

• Has a trigger form
• Has a simple form for the user to add additional info.
• Has an approval form, with an input.

Here is a display of the context after the instance completes.

And here I can call an API to retrieve the context long after the process instance completed.

Hope this helps

😺

[ElyasD · Accepted solution]

Hello Dan,

Thank you for replying.

I actually want to have access or retrieve the data for end user. I do not want them to disappear.

Your steps of showing how can I find them helped a lot and I really appreciate it. 

Now I need to find a good storage to have end users see the data. Any recommendations? To be honest, I prefer something within BTP and with no need of development. 

Thank again. 

[Dan_Wroblewski · Accepted solution]

You can't just create a front end that retrieves the data from the API?

[ElyasD · Accepted solution]

No, how and where can I do that?

[Dan_Wroblewski · Accepted solution]

Well, you can use SAP Build Apps, or if you know CAP or RAP you can do it with those.