•  Preface
  • About this documentation
  • User types
  • Information on documentation
  • Conventions used in this manual
  • Product support contact information
•  OpenEdge Business Process Server overview
  • Business Process Server components
  • How Business Process Server works
  • Business Process Server user types
•  Introducing Business Process Server application development
  • Outlining Business Process Server application requirements
•  Developing an application
  •  Application development stages
    • Constraints when naming applications
  •  Using a sample application to demonstrate application development
    •  Defining the process flow of an application
      • Assign_A_Task_V1 worksteps
    •  Using dataslots to define the information flow
      • About predefined dataslots
      • About user-defined dataslots
      • Using dataslots in the process template
      • About LIST dataslots
      • Creating document dataslots
      • Document dataslot scenarios
  • Using performers in activity worksteps
  • Selecting workstep interfaces
  •  Using the BPM Workflow Web interface generator
    • JSPs generated for a default presentation
  •  Using BPM Workflow JSP tags
    • Using the getLabel tag
  •  Determining duration, due date, and overdue periods
    •  Setting overdue actions in a workstep
      • Action details for overdue and last overdue tasks
  •  Using JavaScript in a workstep
    •  Integrating JavaScript
      • Reading dataslot values
      • Using new datatypes in JavaScript
      • Updating dataslot values
      • Sending e-mail using JavaScript
      • Setting e-mail to a different language with JavaScript
      • Invoking Java methods in JavaScript
      • Invoking an adapter for communicating to BP Server API
      • Using ‘blserver’ in JavaScripts
      • Reading process information
      • Including a driver function
      • Understanding exceptions
      • Managing collections of commonly used JavaScript code
      • Improving JavaScript performance
    • Debugging the JavaScript code using writeLog
  •  Publishing the application
    • Installing the application
  • Running the application
  • Removing and reinstalling an application
  •  Suspending/Resuming installed applications
    • Resuming the suspended workstep
•  Using an LIST dataslot to invoke multiple subprocesses
  •  Reviewing the publisher
    • Defining the main process worksteps
    •  Defining the main process dataslots
      • User-Defined dataslots in the publisher application
    • Defining an LIST dataslot
    •  Assigning an LIST dataslot as the subprocess performer
      • Adding a Subprocess workstep to the process template diagram
  • Running the application in Business Process Portal
•  Developing business objects
  •  Using business objects in applications
    •  Using scripts in business objects
      • Defining styles for HTML tables
•  Using custom dataslots
  • Reserved dataslot names
  •  Defining custom dataslots with complex objects
    •  Defining custom dataslots
      • Initializing the MyTable custom Object dataslot
      • Initializing custom dataslots
      • Custom dataslot sample code
    •  Using the getPresentation function
      • Using getPresentation() with custom dataslots
    • Using template-based interface generator for custom dataslots
  • Using form validation
•  Developing Business Process Server adapters
  •  About BP Server adapters
    •  Synchronous adapters
      • Asynchronous adapters
  •  Developing adapters
    • Defining set/get methods (setters and getters)
    • Adapter interface
    •  Using setAllInputDataslots and getAllOutputDataslots
      • Sample code
    • Handling adapter exceptions
    • Creating adapters that call a C function through JNI
  •  Data mapping
    • Example of mapping an object dataslot
    • Mapping existing methods from a predefined adapter
  • Using the setProcessContextData method
  • Dynamic reloading of adapters
  •  Sample adapter code
    • Generating the sample adapter
•  Developing BPM Workflow adapters
  •  Using system adapters
    • Properties required for system adapters
    • Using the PAKCreatePI adapter
    • Using the PAKUpdateDS adapter
    • Using the PAKReassignWI adapter
  •  Developing custom adapters
    • Sample adapter code for BPM Workflow-style adapters
    • Sample adapter code for BP Server-style adapters
    • Adding custom adapters to the process template
  • Compiling adapters
  • Deploying adapters
  • Debugging adapters
•  Using Callback Adapter
  •  Developing the Callback Adapter
    • Understanding the XML structure
    •  Developing the Callback Adapter Java class
      • Implementing adapter methods
      • Using constructors
      • Invoking adapter methods
      • Compiling and testing the adapter
    •  Enabling the Business Process Server components to invoke the adapter
      • Configuring for BP Server
      • Configuring for BPM Events
      • Executing the adapter
  • Troubleshooting the Callback Adapter
•  Developing applications with rollback support
  •  Attributes of the compensatory enabled process
    • Creating rollback points
    • Selecting dataslots for replacement
    • Writing compensatory JavaScript code (optional)
    • Activating rollback points (optional)
  • Rollback restrictions
  • Rollback process example
  •  Writing JavaScript code for rollback worksteps
    • Sample Javascript code
•  Using the Rule Wizard framework
  • Composing macros and editors
  • Controlling the layout
  • Specifying alternatives
  • Collecting macros
  • Using editors in separate dialogs
  • Code generation
  •  Standard macro types
    • Properties common to all macros
    • Macro type: varname
    • Macro type: boolean
    • Macro type: date
    • Macro type: date-expression
    • Macro type: combo-box
    • Macro type: list-box
    • Macro type: enumeration
    • Macro type: scale
    • Macro type: dummy
    • Macro type: label
    • Macro type: description
    • Macro type: dynamic-description
    • Macro type: composite
    • Macro type: process
    • Macro type: workstep
    • Macro type: dataslot
    • Macro type: completeworkstep-action
    • Macro type: sendmail-action
    • Macro type: reassign-action
    • Macro type: changepriority-action
    • Macro type: module
  •  How to write additional macros and editors
    • Sample macro implementation
    • Sample editor implementation
  • Skipping a macro
•  Understanding the Business Process Server repository
  • Understanding the BPM Process Store database
  •  Business Process Server event management
    • Event and CommonEvent class
    •  Schema for event tables
      • BizEvent table
      • BPM Process StoreEventCounter table
      • BPM EventsEventCounter table
    •  Event database keys
      • ProcessEvents’ keys and event values
      • ProcessInstance’s events keys and event values
      • Workstep Events’ keys and event values
      • Work Item Events’ keys and event values
      • Dataslot Events’ keys and event values
  •  Schema for process tables
    •  Process template tables
      • Dataslot tables for a process template
    • Process instance tables
    • Meta data information tables
    • Workstep tables
    • Work item tables
  •  Dashboard database tables
    • STAT_APP_AVG_DURATION table
    • STAT_APP_PRIORITY table
    • STAT_APP_DUE_INFO table
    • STAT_APP_STATUS_HISTORY table
    • STAT_WI_DUE_INFO table
•  Developing management applications to control infopads
  • Creating a custom HTML application
  •  Creating a Java applet
    • Using the setInfopadRequest service
    • Using the requestInfopadValues service
    • Using the updateInfopad service
  •  Parameter values for applet HTML file definitions
    • Configuring BPM Events
•  Developing Balanced Scorecard applications
  •  Understanding the Balanced Scorecard
    • Focus on four perspectives
    • Key performance indicators (KPIs)
    • Estimating relative importance of KPIs
    • Performance data collection and monitoring
  • Balanced scorecard rules
  •  Balanced scorecard infopads
    •  Defining rule file syntax for balanced scorecard infopads
      • BalancedScorecard infopad rule file syntax
      • BalancedScorecardimp infopad rule file syntax
      • Finance, customer, innovation/growth, and internal infopads rule file syntax
      • Rule file syntax for modifying each scorecard table
• 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