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On March 24th 2023, at the Poznań University of Technology, we summarized Poland's (and also the world's 😉) very first hackathon where participants were challenged to develop business process prototypes using WEBCON BPS Designer Desk. Our objectives in organizing the hackathon were twofold: First, in compliance with the definition of such events (although not taken too seriously

(...) p; Indicators that have finished calculating behave similarly to date fields on the report, you can filter looking for a range, or find those that Exceed/Fit in the expected time.   LAS t but certainly not least, configured performance indicators will appear in the Instance history. These will be shown differently depending on if the calculation is ongoing, was paused and restarted, (...)

(...) enter the password for the admin user who will be able to complete the configuration of the WEBCON BPS installation after logging in to Designer Studio. Be sure to remember that password. The LAS t step is Search Server address. Here, the installer needs to change the default user passwords in Search Server and register this Search Server instance in the configuration database. To do so, sel (...)

Applies to version: 2022.3.x and above; authors: Jacek Język, Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction WEBCON BPS version 2022 R3 comes with a dedicated database read account. During each new installation, a database account named bps_user is automatically created in all Content databases, which is used by BPS to read data from the database. In contrast, when upgrading the system that

(...) of task execution in queues The number of threads is one of the factors that can affect the moment of execution of tasks in queues. Such a situation can take place if execution of certain tasks LAS ts long and the number of available threads is smaller than e.g. the number of cyclical actions (e.g. 4 threads and 5 actions). When this happens, if all 4 available threads are busy at the same time (...)

Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction Printing barcode labels is a WEBCON BPS functionality used to identify documents stored in paper form, for example, in accounting offices, companies providing shipping, logistics and courier services, as well as in warehouse spaces. In On Premises installations, which by default have access to the res

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Mike Fitzmaurice   WEBCON BPS offers several ways to handle parallel activity. If the scenario involves a single task assigned to multiple people, a few task configuration settings are all that is needed. But when entire sets of activities, instructions, and decision logic must take place in parallel, subworkflows are necessary. The va

Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction In the era of globalization, multilingualism in a company is almost a standard. The dominant language in most companies that operate internationally is, of course, English, while locally employees usually communicate in their native tongue. This also applies to electronic correspondence. WEBCON BPS me

Applies to version: 2019.1.x and above; authors: Wojciech Mleczko, Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction WEBCON BPS supports barcodes as a method of identifying documents and workflow instances. Using barcodes allows to automate the process of scanning and registering paper documents. Stickers with barcodes simplify archiving documents, and based on barcode labels it is possible to quickl

(...) ta anonymization/removal is conducted   Actions and plugins WEBCON BPS provides a dedicated SDK toolkit for GDPR. All the plugins are located in the WebCon.WorkFlow.Extensions.GDPR cLAS s. Tools provided: 4 SDK actions are used for operating on data sets 1 action – anonymization/data removal 3 custom data sources are used for providing data to Data Table (SQL Grid) (...)

(...) le. After running the tool, copy http://localhost:9090/targets and paste it in the Internet browser window. The window shown in the screenshot below is displayed.   Grafana The LAS t step consists of configuring Grafana – a tool used for visualizing and monitoring metrics by means of interactive and dynamic navigation screens (the so-called dashboards). The tool’ (...)

Applies to version: 2021 R1 and above; author: Mike Fitzmaurice   Introduction WEBCON BPS offers several ways to handle parallel work. If the scenario involves a single task assigned to multiple people, a few task configuration settings are usually all that is needed. There are exceptions to this, though, especially when you have elaborate criteria to apply to the task results. &

(...) e certificate is valid for 2 years, after which it must be updated by attending a recertification course.  From September 2023, the approach to recertification will change. The entire course LAS ts two days: - The first day is a presentation of the changes and innovations introduced in the LAS t two "major" versions of the system – this year, versions 2022 and 2023. The pres (...)

Applies to version: 2023 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz   Introduction Efficient database searching often plays a crucial role in determining the effective operation of the system, as well as the applications created within it. The problem becomes especially evident over time. Growing databases, when managed incorrectly, can considerably slow down system operation and n

(...) ort prototypes to WEBCON BPS Designer Studio, influence the further development of processes configured on the basis of "their" prototypes. Organizational information The training LAS ts approx. 5 hours (including the theoretical part: 30 minutes – the remaining time is for practical exercises) and starts punctually at 9:00 am. The training is delivered remotely via MS Tea (...)

WEBCON offers a wide range of training courses on the main BPS components. Regardless of whether a particular training course covers basic, advanced or highly advanced operation of the system, it is designed to introduce the participants to the world of BPS and to show them its basic and most frequently used functionalities. The universal character of the training, the time constraints, and the hi

Applies to version: 2023 R3 and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction Version 2023 R3 introduced the ability to use the CONCAT function within the LIKE function to create advanced filter conditions on Data sources. This is particularly applicable when configuring Choice fields, allowing the list of returned values to be limited to those required by the user. This article

On October 12, 2023, the Krakow University of Economics hosted a conference entitled  "Alignment of ICT Related Curricula With Labour Market Expectations".  The conference summarized the results of the ICAM project, which involved researchers from both the Krakow University of Economics (UEK) and the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) who aimed to align educational

(...) to the Parameters tab in the path configuration with the following settings: Require – one authorization is required for the entire authorization session. The authorization session LAS ts 5 minutes by default, but this value can be changed globally for the environment. During the session, the end user may go any number of times through any path (on any workflow instance) for which t (...)

Applies to version: 2023 R3 and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction The users of WEBCON BPS Designer Studio have a number of form fields at their disposal, thanks to which the forms prepared by them can take a variety of forms, and the end users of the system can easily exchange written information. One of the groups of form fields available in the system are Survey field