Stopping Workflow from backend?

Hi is there a way to stop the workflow from running?
So that all workflow processes are halted.
Which job, process, etc would I have to stop, delete, etc in the DB? And how to start it again?
Thanks
Remy

Remi,
There are no seperate processes to monitor. The database itself is the main process.
The workflow processes are initiated and resumed using API's. If there are no such API's being invoked, you are essentially not processing any workflow. However, workflow does use the background engine to process deferred processes. These could be submitted as dbms_jobs. So, you want to stop these processes to stop workflows from progressing forward.
If you want a particular process from not getting processed, you can stop them by using the API's (wf_engine.abortprocess).
Hope this helps,
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