Transparent scalable access to active and completed process and task information

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for execution by the processor for performing a method comprising:
• receiving requests for active process instance information and completed process instance information;
• maintaining an active process manager database and at least one secondary process manager database in a process management environment, the active process manager database supporting newly created process instances and including information about active process instances, and the at least one secondary process manager database including information about completed process instances;
• and
• responding to the requests, the responding comprising accessing an appropriate process manager database of the active process manager database and the at least one secondary process manager database to obtain information for responding to a request, and responding to the request with the obtained information.

A computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
• receiving requests for active process instance information and completed process instance information;
• maintaining an active process manager database and at least one secondary process manager database in a process management environment, the active process manager database supporting newly created process instances and including information about active process instances, and the at least one secondary process manager database including information about completed process instances;
• and
• responding to the requests, the responding comprising accessing an appropriate process manager database of the active process manager database and the at least one secondary process manager database to obtain information for responding to a request, and responding to the request with the obtained information.