When an information processing apparatus performs the process, it stores hysteresis
data itemizing the process type, the apparatus in charge of processing, the person
for instructing the process, the process object information and execution time.
Then, necessary hysteresis data are searched for by designating the conditions
in the items, desired hysteresis data is selected from the hysteresis data that
are found, and the same process (re-printing of the same document) or a new process
(saving a printed document with a new file name) is performed for the object in
the selected hysteresis data. The hysteresis number is provided for the hysteresis
data, and a correlation is provided for the process that caused the process represented
by the hysteresis data, and the hysteresis number of the process that is caused
by the process represented by the hysteresis data. When a specific hysteresis number
is designated for the search for the hysteresis data, it is employed to acquire
the hysteresis number for the associated process, and the hysteresis data that
has the acquired hysteresis number is also added to be object for a search.
