# Example: Set up statuses and process monitoring

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After creating your first process, you can configure additional settings. They let you track the current status of a business process and its progress.

For example, for the **Contract approval** business process, you can check how many contracts have been approved, signed and registered.

## Step 1. Create statuses

Begin with setting up statuses, for example, **New**, **Approved**, **Signed**, and **Registered**.

To do this, go to the **Statuses** tab in the process designer. The switch is located in the top menu.

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Check the **Add Status field** box, then enter the status names. Do not forget to indicate the final status.

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## Step 2. Add statuses to the process

Return to the process diagram. Select the **System elements** tab on the right toolbar and drag the **Manage Status** element onto the process diagram.

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Place the element on the diagram where the contract should change its status**. **Suppose a new step was added to the process we created earlier: **Sign the contract**. The document goes to the registration only after this step is completed. Place the statuses in the following places of the process:

- **New** status after the **Start event**.

- **Approved** status after **Approval**.

- **Signed** status after **Sign the contract**.

- **Registered** status after **Register the contract**. This is the final status**. **

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Double-click on a status change element on the canvas to configure the settings. Choose the appropriate status for each stage.

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Save and publish the process. Now the status of the contract changes automatically. Depending on what stage the process is at, the contract will take on one status or another.

## Step 3. Set up Kanban view

The Kanban board in BRIX is a business process monitoring tool. As the business process is being executed, the contract automatically moves across the board, and you can easily see exactly what stage of processing it is currently in.

Go to the **Contracts** app page. After you have added statuses to the process, all the contracts are shown on the Kanban board.



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Each column of the Kanban board corresponds to a specific contract status. The columns representing final statuses have a different background color.

Items on the board can be expanded to view current tasks. To do this, click the gear icon in the top right corner and select **Board settings** in the menu. In the provided window, check the **Show tasks** and **Expand item** boxes. Also, here you can select other contract properties to be displayed, for example, the contractor and the user in charge.

The image below demonstrates what a configured Kanban board may look like:

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If a task in a business process has a deadline that has not been met, a red dot appears on the board item, and the task name is highlighted red. You can immediately see how many tasks are overdue.