spiff-arena/docs/how_to/suspend_a_process.md

# How to suspend a process


| ⚙ How do I get there \| Menu hierarchy |
| --- |
| Find an **active** Process Instance |
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## 📔How to guide

### **Step 1: Find the active Process Instance** 

```{admonition} Note

⚠ Note that the suspension of a Process Instance is only applicable to active instances. 
If an instance is not active, it indicates that the process has already been completed, and therefore, it cannot be suspended.
```

In order to locate the active Process Instance, have a look at these pages to find an active instance to suspend.

[How to find an Instance assigned to someone else](/how_to/find_an_Instance_assigned_to_someone_else)
[How to find an Instance assigned to myself](https://github.com/sartography/spiff-arena/blob/main/docs/how_to/find_an_Instance_assigned_to_myself.md)

### **Step 2: Locate Icon** 

![img|20x21](images/suspend.png)

- Next to the Process Instance Id, look for the icon that resembles the icon on the right and select it to initiate the suspension of the process instance.

### **Step 3: Select suspend button**

- Click on the suspend button. This action will pause the process instance, granting you the ability to make edits and modifications. When ready the process can be resumed. 

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## **Outcome**

| ✅ Success                                                     | 🚫 Error |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| Confirm that the status has changed from ‘user_input_required’ to ‘suspended’ ![suspend_status](images/suspended.png) [Helpful links to guide next step](https://github.com/sartography/spiff-arena/blob/main/docs/how_to/resume_a_process.md) |None|