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(...) ntroduction In workflow instances, there is often a need for people who do not have active tasks at the indicated steps to have appropriate privileges and be able to e.g. view (read privileges) or edit an instance. In such a situation, you can use the action of adding/removing privileges at the level of individual workflow instances. You can find these actions in the “Actions” tab of (...)

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Konrad Wojtycza Introduction The WEBCON BPS system enables the synchronization of exchange rates. The available sources of currency data are exchange rate tables provided by the National Bank of Poland, the European Central Bank, and the Central Bank of Russia. This article describes how to download and convert the rates provided by the Eu

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Mateusz Syrek In the WEBCON BPS 2020 version, the attachment preview window has been expanded with the option to switch to the preview of the next or previous attachment from the list of all files attached to instances. There is also the option to download an attachment directly from the preview window.     The preview win

(...) a JavaScript expression that sets the value of a specific attribute. Form field identifier has been defined with a tag.   Fig.7. JavaScript expression configured with a tag (advanced edit ing mode)   The same expression in the JavaScript Expression edit or Basic Mode. Fig.8. JavaScript expression configured with a tag (basic edit ing mode)   Using global cons (...)

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Adrian Baszak Introduction This article presents a workflow for checking user’s and group’s privileges in one place. It can become useful when having many deployed applications and roles with different privileges. This workflow may be used as a part of a larger group management application based on WEBCON BPS.  In the workf

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Józef Cyran Introduction In the 2021 WEBCON BPS version, business rules were added that make it easier to work with item lists and allow you to color and dynamic style modification of the selected cells. The coloring of the item lists is shown on the example of a process for handling orders in a restaurant. Operation of the applicat

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Józef Cyran Introduction The article presents two workflows, the first is used to plan absence by an employee, and the second to register absence requests (using wizard). A special workflow for creating absence plans allows the employee to plan the absence (e.g. at the beginning of the year), which will then appear on the Gantt chart.

(...) y number of data rows organized into columns. In business practice, there is a need for the item list to be updated based on the values from other elements or updated automatically, and a user cannot edit it. For this purpose, you can use the “Change items list values” action which will be presented in this article based on the simple “Invoice approval” workflow.   (...)

Applies to version: 2019.1.x and above; author: Jacek Język Introduction WEBCON BPS platform allows you to manage business applications in multilingual environments. Particular parts of the form were designed in such a way, that you can provide translations to any language that is used by the users while creating the workflow. From version 2019.1.2 on multilingual choice fields are com

Applies to version: 2017.1.x and above; author: Krzysztof Gaszczyk WEBCON BPS is a great tool to create and use constant values. There are two types of constants: Global and Process. This article presents configuration and practical use of both of them. Global constant – this constant is visible across the whole system. It is frequently used when the value is present in many proc

(...) provided message, system will inform user about improper number of characters.   Summary Regular expressions are very useful tools to validate correctness of entered data. UseREGEX edit or to find an adequate phrase to check, place appropriately and define an information for the user. The end-user is provided with a simple tool to check correctness of the data such as e-mail, bank ac (...)

(...) nbsp; Item list now utilizes In-memory technology which allows it to work a lot faster which end-users will definitely notice. Here is what the form field looks like when you are able to edit multiple rows at once:   Additionally, if option the „Single row edit ing” option is used, adding new rows to the list is by default opened in a separate pop-up window in tr (...)

Applies to version: 2019.1.x and above; author: Paweł Jawień Introduction One of the most important development changes in WEBCON BPS platform in version 2019 is the introduction of a new presentation layer for the user – WEBCON BPS Portal. To complement this functionality, in environments working on the MS SharePoint platform, you can display WEBCON BPS Portal presentation element

(...) s to notify” form field. In this field, we select people who will receive a notification about an instance to be approved.   Fig. 1. The SELECT VALUES function in the expression edit or Business case As you can see below, users copied to the “Approvers to notify” form field will receive an e-mail notification at the “Approve” step. A person who fill (...)

(...) t count for a specific element Setting attempt number counter to 0 for a selected element in the queue. For each queue element, a context menu is available:     edit  - edit ing properties of the selected element in the queue. For example, it allows you to change the priority or execution date. Copy - Copying task details to the clipboard (you (...)

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Konrad Wojtycza Introduction This article describes the “Read data from an Excel file” action that allows you to import data from an Excel file to the form. You can use this action in the following scenarios: Part of the information entered into WEBCON BPS is filled out by people who do not have access to the company’s

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Konrad Wojtycza Introduction Electronic documents often contain barcodes that allow you to find the appropriate document in the system using a barcode scanner. The “Read a barcode” action is used to decrypt information saved in the barcode and transfer it to the WEBCON BPS form. The action supports a wide range of numeric and alpha

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Konrad Wojtycza     Document generation actions The application designer can use several actions to generate documents from templates in WEBCON BPS. They are grouped in the group "Excel, Word and PDF".   Fig.1 . Document generation actions.   Generate/Update Word file The configuration

(...) in the process configuration, there are built-in options: All – search attachments belonging to all categories. Custom – dynamically construct a category (using variables from the edit or) or enter it manually. The category should be provided in the BPS format (i.e. ID#Name) or just the ID. None – search attachments not belonging to any category.   Fig. 3. A (...)

Applies to version: 8.3.x and above; author: Przemysław Sierant Introduction The form field “Choice field” is used for selecting a value from a set list of choices (either predefined, or loaded from a data source). Until now, there were two ways of selecting these values: from a drop-down menu (default) and through a separate pop-up window (this option allows multiple value