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Applies to version: 2022.1.x and above, author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction Menu button is a button available in the top bar of a form in WEBCON BPS Portal, used to trigger automations added by the user globally or in a particular workflow step. Choosing this form of triggering automations allows you to maintain a high level of readability of the form – an automation (incl

Applies to version: 2022.1.x and above, author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction Users who participate in a business process take on specific roles: there are those responsible for creating documentation, registrants, acceptants, and employees who carry out tasks assigned to them or who are otherwise affected by the process. In WEBCON BPS, the form fields that store information ab

Applies to version: 2022 R4 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz   Introduction In WEBCON BPS system applications, processing values entered by end users in forms is a fundamental function, alongside data gathering and analysis. The system offers several solutions to quickly and easily define arithmetic operations on values entered in form fields. This article provides examples

Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above, author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction With the release of version 2023.1. WEBCON BPS gained 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

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

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

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. &

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

Applies to version: 2024 R1 and above, author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction In an era of technological advances, there is an increasing emphasis on providing equal access to information, education, work, entertainment, and services for all people, regardless of their location, resources, skills, or limitations. Many of these basic aspects of life are now carried out over the Inte

Applies to version: 2024 R1 and above, author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction WEBCON BPS is equipped with application export and import mechanisms, enabling users to create applications in one environment (DEV/TEST/PROD) and then deploy them in another. Until now, export and import operations have been initiated by administrators in WEBCON BPS Designer Studio, requiring user input

Applies to version: 2024 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz   Introduction Fast and easy access to information is one of the key aspects of a well-designed form. With crucial information readily available, users can not only perform tasks faster, but also make better decisions in the process. But how do you distinguish this crucial information from other data and present it

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

Applies to version: 2024 R1 and above; author: Konrad Keppert 1. Introduction Upgrading to a newer version is inevitable for any WEBCON BPS environment due to the acquisition of new functionalities, bug fixes, and security patches. It is therefore in the interest of the system administrator to become familiar with the capabilities of the WEBCON BPS installer and to master the procedure for

Applies to version: 2021 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Chechelski   Introduction The OAuth2 authentication standard is becoming increasingly popular, as it enables integration between different systems. In many cases, the connection takes place in the API → Application model, which makes authentication much easier. In this case, a predefined set of data is used – Client ID

In many tasks we need the same info from the current user. So it would be nice, the user have to write down this only once. Preferred into an additional and self-configurable dictionary, that's called via user-icon. In this way the user can run only one instance.

(...) Hi all! I need to create an email alert that will be triggered if a Task Assignment Workflow is created for a specific user. My goal is to check if that user is a User cal (has a Webcon licence) and if not send me an email so I can give the user the access required. I've created a Send custom email and I'm trying to define the execution rule that will be checking the previous statement. My query is (...)

Hi, a user just tried to search for a word through all documents in a report via the report's search panel, using the "Search in Attachments" option. As the hitlist was way too small I got called. I found out that the result only includes instances that have the searched term somewhere in the metadata. If i do a global search I get hundreds of hits - so the documents are properly indexed, and c

HI all, I have a process that will be opened for tax payment. By law, the payments need to be handled until each 20th day for each month. So, the idea is to create a reminder taking that date, so the user does not forget to make the payment. I have a Date of Request from where I pick up the month and year, and I want to set the reminder date as 20th/Month of Request Date/Year of Request Date

Hi, I need to add an event to the AAD group calendar. Webcon uses/is synced with local AD. AD is synchronized with AAD. On the AAD side, an application with API permissions has been added Adding AAD groups and adding users to groups via graph API from webcon works fine. But, for example, if you want to add an event to the group's calendar POST method https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/gro

Hi, in an Azure Active Directory environment it would be great to add an option to the people field which would configure it, whether external /guest users are selectable at all. Default value should be false. A customer worked around this by limiting the selection to a BPS group and adding AAD Groups as members of the group. No external user was a member of the AAD group. Technically t