Applies to version: 2019.1.4.x and above; author: Wacław Stawiarski WEBCON BPS 2019 is our first product that can operate without SharePoint in what we call a Standalone version. In the year 2019 the Standalone version was gradually improved with mechanisms emulating/replacing functionalities of the full installation – especially those regarding the operations of the SharePoi
Applies to version 2019.1.4.x; Author: Paweł Drab WEBCON BPS Designer Studio can be launched from a local machine but in order to connect smoothly to both Portal and the database, it requires an environment configuration. Depending on the chosen type of WEBCON BPS installation: with SharePoint, StandAlone and following methods of authentication:
(...) BCON BPS Workflow Service will be run. If this user is not a local administrator, then add this account to be stored in the DCOM service of the FineReader 11 component. More information here: HTTP ://knowledgebase.abbyy.com/article/794 Once you install FineReader 11, in the WEBCON installer you will be asked if you want to configure the privileges using the Component Services tool. This is t (...)
(...) ivileges: 2. Creating user in AAD with REST invoke method Methods which we can use in order to manage user’s object in AAD are described here: HTTP s://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/users?view=graph-rest-beta. User is created by using: HTTP s://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-post-users?view=graph-rest-beta&tabs=htt (...)
Applies to 2019.1 version; author: Agnieszka Mazur Introduction WEBCON BPS Portal allows to customize the look of the platform by changing the logo and website theme. These options are available to the global system administrator. Privileges are provided in WEBCON BPS Designer Studio: System settings – Global parameters – Global privileges – System administrat
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Agnieszka Mazur Introduction There is handful of articles about Microsoft Word Add-In already. The most general one covering the installation process and basic functions can be found here: Microsoft Word Add-In The following article describes comparing Word documents. Basic information Webcon BPS Word Add-In allows to fo
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Agnieszka Mazur Introduction This article describes an additional functionality introduced in WEBCON BPS 2019 that allows you to define substitutions on the Portal. In the previous BPS versions, it was only possible to define them with WebParts. Please refer to this comprehensive article: Substitutions in WEBCON
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Agnieszka Mazur Introduction One of the key business process optimization elements is proper task assignment. WEBCON BPS Designer Studio is designed in such a way that even the most complicated tasks are easy to manage and their assignment, as well as execution, are simple and clear. For more information, see: Task assignment Predefine
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Agnieszka Mazur Introduction WEBCON BPS Designer Studio allows you to create documentation for each created process. It consists of two files - DOCX that contains the text description of the process, and XLSX that contains the form field matrix. Generating documentation There are three options to generate documentation: right
(...) : SQL data bases (solutions like: HA Cluster, Always On Availability Group, Log Shipping) – security policy and available budget are usually the deciding factors when choosing a solution. HTTP s://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/sql-server-business-continuity-dr?view=sql-server-ver15 SharePoint front-end or Windows Web Server (IIS) – redundancy is achieved by adding ext (...)
(...) ; 3.4. Webview – WEBCON BPS Portal In the Webview, a user has access to the full interface functionality of WEBCON BPS Portal. For more information about this functionality see: HTTP s://howto.webcon.com/webcon-bps-2020-mobile-application/. 3.5. REST API for the mobile application Communication between the mobile application and WEBCON BPS is performed via R (...)
Applies to version: 2020.3.x and above; author: Paweł Fijał With the introduction of version 2019 and the entire Portal interface, several search methods have been included in Portal that allow you to search not only the content of the workflow instances but also the structure of all applications available on Portal (e.g. reports, dashboards, start buttons). This article descri
Applies to version: 2020.3.x and above; author: Dawid Golonka On WEBCON BPS Portal, one of the standard tabs that can be selected from the menu on the left is the “My tasks” tab. After selecting it, you see a report that describes a list of tasks assigned to the currently logged in person. Fig. 1. The "My tasks" report view On th
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Jarosława Markopolska Introduction This article is an extension of Translation of WEBCON BPS Portal user interface content and contains more information about language configuration in WEBCON BPS Designer Studio: System language setting Mass notification language setting (added in BPS 2020.1.3) Application language setting
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Łukasz Kraśniak Introduction Form field, path, and task tooltips are a massive help for users to easily understand the concept of WEBCON BPS business applications. Consistently providing tooltips and task details across all your processes and workflows will teach users to rely on these elements to learn about their intended task. This help im
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Adrian Baszak Introduction Task and step descriptions are brief instructions on a form that help users complete a task. Descriptions can improve the workflow instance by reducing the number of errors and questions. They can contain basic information which helps a new user get started with the application, and also may explain the more complex d
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Dawid Golonka Introduction While working on WEBCON BPS Portal, you can see the error messages displayed by the system in the upper right corner – they are displayed when the system encounters a problem and the execution of any action fails. From version 2020.1.3.277 there is the ability of previewing error logs from the administration too
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Konrad Wojtycza Introduction From the point of view of business requirements, a common need is the approval of the document by people on the designated approval path. WEBCON BPS introduces functionality that simplifies the configuration of your approval workflow – a list of items. A person authorized to approve can edit only the line
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Dawid Golonka Introduction The „Analysis” tab available in WEBCON BPS Designer Studio allows you to see the time of the instances being in a given step and the time of their edition at individual steps. You can also set the planned time of editing an element and the time in which the element should be in a given step. It allow
Applies to version 2019.1; author: Jarosława Markopolska Introduction The instance number is a unique string of characters in the system (e.g., EXP/2020/09/00002) that uniquely identifies each workflow instance, and it is created when the instance is first saved. This number will always refer to the same instance and there is no option to change them, even by administrators.&nbs