•  Preface
  • About this documentation
  • User types
  • Information on documentation
  • Conventions used in this manual
  • Product support contact information
• About Business Process Server
•  Business Process Server in OpenEdge
  • BP Server features
  • Duplicating a mapped name in an external workstep
  •  BP Server MDB control
    • Setting the configuration parameters
  • Archiver
•  Business calendar
  •  Business calendar tags
    • Working time tags
    •  Non-working time tags
      • Fixed holidays
      • Year-specific holidays
    • Time zone and locale tags
  •  Multiple calendars
    • Precedence for calendars
  •  Calculating the due date
    • Workstep instance due date
    •  Pre-script in workstep due date
      • Updating due date in pre-script
      • Retrieving due date in pre-script
    • Work item due date
  •  Calculating the duration
    • Working hours for regular business hours
    • Working hours for special business hours
    • Working hours for half-day holiday
  • BP Server API for due date calculation
  • BizCalendar SVO
•  Process refresh
  •  Changes during refresh
    • Adding worksteps
    •  Workstep properties
      • General properties
      • Fields properties
      • Advanced properties
      • Rollback properties
    • Adding dataslots
    • Modifying dataslot properties
    • Modifying link properties
  • API from ProcessTemplate SVO
  • BP Server admin commands for Process Refresh feature
•  Process instance migration
  •  Migration features
    • Process instances
    • Worksteps of process instances
    • Work items
    • Dataslots
  • Migration architecture
  •  Migration mapping
    • Workstep mapping
    • Dataslot mapping
  • Filters for migration
  •  Migration run
    • Migration commands
    • Restoring to old process instance
•  Fetching the next available work item
  • Fetch next available work item methodology
•  File class loader
  • Class loading
  • Resource loading
  • Logging and debugging
•  Dynamic class loader for adapters
  • Searching class files
  • Controlling dynamic class loader
  • Modifying the JAR files
  •  Loading adapter classes
    • Application class loader
    • Adapter class loader
  • Dynamic class loader APIs
•  Process template versioning
  • Naming process templates
  • Versioning and APIs
  • Versioning example
  •  Creating process templates
    • Installing process template
    • Creating versions
  •  Accessing versions
    • Getting version list
    • Getting version ID
    • Getting version state
•  Workstep performers
  •  Types of performers
    • Specifying performer precedence
  •  Understanding workstep performer hierarchy
    • Default performer for tasks assigned to user groups
  •  Excluding performers for worksteps
    • Specifying the exclude performers
    • Actual performer of completed work item
    • Workstep properties in OpenEdge
•  Dynamic user profile
  • Working with the UserProfile object
  • Using the UserProfile object with queues
•  Query service
  •  Working with queries
    • QSWorkItem
    • QSWorkStepInstance
    • QSProcessInstance
  •  Working with filters
    • Filter properties
    • Constructing Filters
    • Filter constraints
    • Parameterized condition support for filter
  • Query service results
  • Configuring Business Process Server for query service
•  Smart value objects
  • Process SVOs
  • Collection SVOs
  • Dataslot SVOs
•  Application management
  • Accessing applications
  • Using BP Server APIs
  • Creating applications
  • Retrieving applications
  • Removing applications
•  Process template management
  • Accessing process templates
  • Using BP Server APIs for process template management
  • Creating process templates
  • Retrieving process templates
  •  Working with process template states
    • Getting the process template states
    • Changing the process template states
  • Setting the process template priority
  •  Managing the process template information
    • Setting process template attributes
    • Retrieving process template information
    • Getting dataslot information
  • Working with dynamic process templates
  •  Working with subprocesses
    • Subprocess alias
•  Process instance management
  • Using BP Server APIs for process instance management
  • Creating process instances
  •  Retrieving process instances
    • Retrieving process instances from BP Server
    • Retrieving process instances from class ProcessTemplate
  •  Working with process instance states
    • Getting the process instance state
    • Changing the process instance state
  • Setting the process instance priority
  • Removing process instances
  • Working with dynamic process instances
•  Workstep template management
  • APIs for workstep templates
  • Retrieving workstep templates
  •  Working with workstep template states
    • Using PreJavaScript
    • Using Post-JavaScript
    • Using compensatory JavaScript code
    • Using reactivate workStep
  • Working with workstep template priority
  • Working with workstep template attributes
  • Working with workstep template dataslots
  •  Nested workstep with multi-subprocesses
    • Limitations
  •  Accesing infopads from BP Server
    • Accesing infopads from pre and post-JavaScript
    • Infopad access in a precondition of a workstep
    • Infopad access for defining a condition for a decision workstep
•  Work item management
  • Accessing work items
  • APIs for work items
  • Working with work item states
  • Working with work item priority
  •  Assigning work items
    • Assigning an available work item
    • Reassigning an assigned work item
    • Reassigning bulk work items
    • Making an assigned work item available
  •  Using dataslot information
    • Getting dataslot information
    • Getting metadata information
  • Completing work items
  •  Accessing performing apps
    • APIs for performing apps
    • Working with work item performing apps
  •  Getting work items from other classes
    • Getting work items from BP Server
    • Getting work items from class ProcessInstance
    • Getting work items from class WorkStepInstance
•  Workstep Instance Management
  • Accessing workstep instances
  • APIs for workstep instances
  • Retrieving workstep instances
  • Working with workstep instance types
  • Working with the workstep instance states
  • Working with the workstep instance priority
  • Reactivating workstep instances
  • Retrieving and updating workstep instances
  • Setting activation time
  • Resuming workstep instances
•  Dynamic work item management using queues
  •  Push and pull mechanisms for work items
    • Work item pull
  •  Work item management
    • Retrieving available work items
    • Specifying timer action for available work items
    • Completing assigned work items
    • Removing user / group from a queue
    • Removing a queue
•  Dataslot management
  • Using BP Server APIs for dataslot management
  •  Using dataslots
    • Retrieving dataslots
    • Getting dataslot information
  •  Using DataSlotTemplate
    • Retrieving DataSlotTemplates
    • Setting attributes of DataSlotTemplate
    • Saving attributes of DataSlotTemplate
  •  Working with different types of dataslots
    •  Document dataslots
      • Adding documents
      • Retrieving documents
      • Saving locally
      • Removing documents
      • Miscellaneous
      • Storing document dataslot attachments in external location
      • Supporting multiple DMS user credentials
    • INTEGER dataslots
    • DATETIME-TZ dataslots
    •  OBJECT dataslots
      • Dynamic class loading for object dataslot
    • LIST dataslots
    • CHARACTER dataslots
    • MAP dataslots
•  Configuring performers
  •  Remote JNDI external performer application
    • Configuring remote JNDI properties in oebpsjndi.properties file
    • Adding a remote external performer workstep to the process template
    • Creating and deploying the ear for the remote external performer
  •  Local JNDI external performer application
    • Adding a local adapter workstep to the process template
    • Mapping the JNDI name of the external performer to a fully qualified class name
  • Callback code example
  •  EJB performer in atomic workstep
    • Performer string
    • Application server
    • JNDI name of the EJB
    • Method name of the EJB
    • Client view of the EJB
•  E-mail templates for task completion
  • Enabling task completion by e-mail
  •  Variables
    • Formal reference notation
  • Expressions
  • Variables using formal notation
  •  System variables
    • BP Server variables
    • E-mail variables
  • User defined dataslot values
  • Pre-populated output dataslot values
  • API for sending e-mails to assigned task
  • E-mail recipients
  • E-mail subject
  • E-mail backup
  • E-mail search
  • E-mail clients
  • E-mail security
  • Types of e-mail templates
  •  Text e-mail template
    • E-mail templates locations and file format
    • BP Server default e-mail templates
    • Custom text e-mail template
    • E-mail template viewer
  •  HTML e-mail templates
    •  SendHtmlEmail method
      • SendEmail authentication
    •  HTML images
      • Content-ID URLs for images
      • HTML parser
    • Multipart e-mail content
    • HTML template with dynamic content
    • Default HTML template
    •  Custom HTML e-mail template
      • Custom templates with static file name
      • Custom templates using form fields
      • Configuring a custom template using the form fields
    • HTML composer
    • Guidelines for custom template
    • Reply e-mail
    • Decoding of document file names
    • Features of default template
  •  Dataslot handling
    • Text E-mail Templates
    • HTML E-mail Templates
•  Inline adapters
  •  Inline adapters
    • Usage of Inline adapters
•  JMS based event publisher
  • Event publisher architecture
  • Event reader
  •  Event sender
    • JMS sender implementation
    • User-defined sender implementation
  •  Event channels
    • Event channel name
    • Event channel persistence
    • Event channel cache
    •  Event channel examples
      • Creating a new event channel
      • Modifying an event channel
      • Removing an event channel
  •  Event filters
    • Prefilter conditions
    • Prefilter conditions on event context data
    • Post-filter conditions
  • Event publisher example
  •  Administering the event publisher
    • Starting/Stopping event publisher
    • Modifying event publisher properties
    • Managing the log file
    • Error handling
•  Messaging workstep
  •  Message
    • JMS based message
  •  Message descriptor
    •  XML template
      • XML instance
    •  Header
      • System properties
      • Custom properties
    • Payload
    • Namespace
  •  Creating MessageDescriptor
    • Template tab
    • Header tab
    • Payload tab
    • Correlations tab
    • Namespaces tab
    • Export and import of message descriptor
  •  Channel
    • BP Server channel
  •  Message publisher workstep
    • XML tags for publisher workstep
    •  Construction of JMS message
      • Creation of JMS message payload
      • Creation of JMS message header
    • Publisher message handler
    • Error condition for publisher message handler
    • BP Server operations on activation of a publisher workstep
  •  Message subscriber workstep
    • Message properties and dataslot mappings
    •  Message correlation
      • Named correlations
      • Correlation using message payload and process dataslots
      • Restrictions for message correlation
    • Subscriber message handler
    • Target process information
    • Error condition for target process information
    • Sequence of steps for message subscriber worksteps
    •  What if the received message is invalid?
      • Workstep State
  •  Process instance creation on a message
    • Start workstep message subscription
    • Process instance creation using messages
    • Message flow diagram
  • Messaging example
•  Using the BP Server admin utility
  • Starting BP Server admin
  •  BP Server admin commands
    • Command parsing
    • Using help for BP Server admin commands
    • Debugging BP Server admin commands
  •  Refreshing configuration parameters
    • Refreshing BP Server properties and resources
    • Refreshing JMS cached resources
    • Refreshing Business Process Server properties and resources
    • Broad outline for executing the commands
  • Sample BP Server admin session
•  Working with Monitoring process
  • Overview
  • External Instance Id
  • Workstep transitions
  •  Supported events
    •  JMS event gateway
      • JMS message
      • Message properties
      • Message body
    • Connecting to a JMS event gateway
  •  External event operations
    •  Process instance creation
      • Process instance creation for non-monitoring external process
    • Workstep activation and completion
    •  Dataslot update
      • Loop
      • Subprocess
  •  Multiple events in a single message
    • ObjectMessage with multiple events
    • MapMessage with multiple events
    • Processing of messages with multiple events
  •  Event processing
    •  Exception handling
      • Handling duplicate and invalid events
      • E-mail notification for invalid events
      • Debugging Monitoring process events
      • Handling out-of-sequence events
  • Refreshing a Monitoring process
  • Migrating a process instance of a monitoring process
•  Reporting tables and views
  • Reporting tables
  • Database views
  • Creating views
• ACL manager
• Activity workstep
• Adapter
• Administration
• Application
• Balanced scorecard
• BAM
• BPM Events
• BPM Webflow
• BPEL
• BPMN
• BP Server
• Business calendar
• Business flow
• Business logic
• Business object
• Business process
• Business Process Server application
• Business Process Server Web services
• Business Process Portal
• Business process management
• Business Process Modeler
• Business rule
• Control flow
• Dashboard
• Dataslot
• Expression editor
• Group
• Heatmap
• Home
• Infopad
• Instance
• KPI
• Managed Adapter
• Management
• Migration
• Performer
• Presentation flow
• Process engine
• Process refresh
• Process template
• Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge
• Role
• Rollback
• Rule wizard
• Swim lanes
• Task
• User
• Workflow