Glossary
Definitions of the terms used throughout the Flowable Hub user guide.
Action instance A record of an executed action — a reusable unit of logic triggered from a process, case, page or another action.
Agent connection Configuration that tells the environment how to connect to an AI provider and model used by AI agents.
Agent instance A running or completed execution of an AI agent.
App The deployable unit that bundles the models making up a solution. Deployed to an environment, it produces definitions.
Batch A large bulk operation processed in the background as many smaller parts (for example a definition-wide migration).
Case instance (CAS) A running or completed execution of a CMMN case definition.
Cluster A Flowable runtime environment that Hub connects to. Registered clusters appear as selectable environments.
Content item A document or file managed by the content engine and associated with the work in an environment.
Definition The immutable, deployed blueprint the engine uses to start instances — for example a process or case definition. Each deployment of an updated model creates a new version.
DMN (Decision Model and Notation) The standard used to model decision logic in Flowable.
Environment A runtime cluster that Hub monitors and manages, selected from the top-left environment selector.
Form instance A record of a submitted form, capturing the data a user entered.
Group A collection of users, used to manage permissions and assignments by team or role.
Hub Configuration Hub's own administration area, covering clusters, users, groups, roles, permissions, the audit log and the license. Distinct from a runtime environment's IDM.
IDM Identity management for a runtime environment — the users, groups and user definitions used by Work.
Incident A record of an execution problem, such as a failed job or an unhandled exception.
Instance migration Moving a running process or case instance to a different version of its definition, mapping activities from the source version to the target version.
Job A unit of asynchronous background work scheduled by the engine, categorized as Executable, Timer, Suspended, Deadletter or History.
Master data Reference data managed centrally and reused across applications.
Model Hierarchy A view of how a definition or instance relates to other models, including linked sub-processes and reusable components.
OAuth2 client A registered configuration the environment uses to obtain access tokens when calling OAuth2-protected services.
Process instance (PRC) A running or completed execution of a BPMN process definition.
Rendition An alternative representation of a content item, such as a PDF preview or thumbnail.
Role A named bundle of permissions assigned to users or groups (for example Flowable Cluster Reader or Flowable Hub Admin).
Secret A sensitive value (API key, token or credential) stored securely for use by the environment.
Sequence A generator of running numbers (such as reference numbers); its current value is shown under Sequence Values.
SLA audit instance A record tracking a service-level agreement against an instance's execution.
Tenant variable A key/value setting scoped to the environment's tenant, readable by applications at runtime.
Token (process state) A marker of where execution currently sits in a process; tokens can be moved between nodes with Change process state.
Work instance A running or completed execution of a definition — a process instance or a case instance.