Cooperation between business and academia is key to educate workers well-suited for dynamic digital transformation. Previous year was full of meetings, presentations, and conferences which brought us much closer to academia. We learned that sharing knowledge and exchanging experiences brings benefits for all – higher education workers, students, as well as for our clients and ourselves.
(...) GUID identifier. For all the three form fields, the GUID identifier is placed inside a dedicated tag referring to a specific element of a form field (header, row, footer). (The “GUID” text present in the below examples of code is replaced with the GUID identifier of a particular form field). Item list The item list forms a table that consists of a header, row, and footer. Ea (...)
We are delighted to share that on 24th and 25th January 2023 firefighters from the National Headquarters of the State Fire Service of Poland took part in a two-day training on the low-code solution based on the WEBCON BPS tool. The training will advance the State Fire Service's implementation of modern technology and equip participants with the skills to create IT applications without coding.
Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał Introduction WEBCON BPS has been expanded to include the so-called Edit mode which allows users to view the configuration of processes and edit them in Portal. This feature is dedicated especially to business users who carry out their daily tasks using ready-made applications/processes, often without being able to vi
(...) uickly choose and add various elements to the rule by double clicking or dragging and dropping. Such elements can be also added directly in the edition field – when entering the characters a context menu appears that suggests elements whose name starts with characters entered. Note that for a number of elements contained under the “Operations” and “Functions” tabs, it (...)
(...) a new feature for displaying statistical information about an application / a process. In Portal, users now have a dedicated Analysis node with tabs that compile key figures and time series in the context of available applications. It is now possible to track Trends on working with the system, as well as display a Heatmap for a selected application. This article briefly describes those new capabili (...)
(...) ability to insert the “Share” button directly in the form. Other modification is the appearance of new business rules. The aforementioned configuration elements are discussed below. Context variables Once you check the public link functionality, the business rule editor is expanded with new context variables. The Is instance shared? variable is added to the “Information” (...)
Applies to version: 2023 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz Introduction With the introduction of the 2023 R1 version, the WEBCON BPS offers a simple and convenient functionality for assigning tasks to a group of users. The system uses it to dynamically react to personal changes within the group. The functionality addresses a number of issues which staff turnover poses to
(...) re, discussing its configuration and key characteristics. What are change requests? Change requests are any type of feedback received from application end-users. They take a form of a text message with possible image attachment and their general purpose is to increase the quality of application (enhance it). Change requests can be submitted by users directly in Portal, but require prio (...)
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
Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above; author: Grzegorz Straś Introduction Performance indicators are a new feature available in the Configuration node of each Process. These indicators function similarly to the existing Analysis feature, but offer far more freedom to customize how they are calculated. Instead of focusing on the completion time of tasks in one specific step,
Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above; authors: Marcin Kapusta, Krystyna Gawryał Introduction The newly released version of WEBCON BPS (2023.1.x) enables containerization of the system components. Thanks to this, it possible to use Docker images provided for WEBCON BPS Portal, BPS Workflow Service, and Search Server (Solr) and run these modules in containers. Containerization
This document contains: Enterprise (Standalone) installation prerequisites, diagrams, and scaling SharePoint-hosted installation prerequisites, diagrams, and scaling Planning for High Availability WEBCON BPS Databases overview and size estimation Disaster recovery for Enterprise and SharePoint Good practices for system upkeep WEBCON BPS Farm communication diagram List
(...) ity to add a dedicated account for reading data from the database already existed in earlier versions of the system, but now it is created by default. Thus, bps_user is the standard account in the context of which SQL COMMAND rules and all queries using the Default connection are executed, e.g. when configuring selected form fields or actions, executing or testing SQL queries with the use of <Curre (...)
(...) ue are executed in the sequence from the oldest to the newest in a given database unless there are some eventual priorities set (which is possible for certain actions or tasks, e.g. tasks relating to text layer which are executed in the following sequence: priority → date of creation [first the oldest ones] → the fewest attempts to execute). Interval An interval determines t (...)
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
(...) To create a label template with two codes (one barcode and one Data Matrix code) and information about the date and author, select elements from the left menu. First add a text object. Select ① text from the menu and then place an object on the label. When you click on the object menu ②, a window will appear where you need to enter text , e.g. Date: {CU (...)
(...) 6. Anonymization results in an instance that obtained data from a personal data dictionary Configuration In order to be able to save identified records you need to: Create a text field for inputting keywords (Input/search) Create an Item list with columns for data The Item list has a straightforward construction. When searching the data source (which is also a BPS proc (...)