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Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Franciszek Sakławski   Introduction When designing the processes and individual workflows in WEBCON BPS, it is good to know how the data is stored in the tables, what are the relations between them and how individual information is displayed on the form. This article describes the Calendars table.   Table descr

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Józef Cyran   One of the built-in WEBCON BPS functionalities is the ability to create a vacation process. This process can be generated by using the absence process wizard – you can also present the vacation requests on the Gantt chart.   More information about creating the process and typed data sources can be f

(...) e searched from the available list on the right. The value is a variable that refers to the contents of a form field that will be passed to the new form that is launched. The value can also be plain text (in this case do not use the apostrophes). The parameter is the target field that will be initialized with values from the form of the original workflow instance.. The parameter name should contai (...)

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Dawid Golonka   Introduction The processes designed in WEBCON BPS use the e-mail sending actions in their workflows – e.g. e-mails about active tasks waiting for the user or e-mails containing various reports. The configuration of sending e-mails was described on the technical blog -> E-mails and templates in BPS.

(...) es is stored is the WFSecurities table.   Description The WFSecurities table contains information about current privileges granted at the process level, instance and type form in the context of a given workflow. The table consists of the following columns: SEC_LevelID – information about the access level: 1 – Admin 2 – Modify without delete 3 – ReadOnl (...)

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Józef Cyran   Introduction During normal use of WEBCON BPS, users can select which path (among those available) the instance will go through to reach the next step. However, when going through the system step, not the user but the system moves the instance to the next step after executing the appropriate action e.g. receivin

(...) Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Michał Kastelik   Introduction The SharePoint Framework extensions are client-side components that work in the context of a SharePoint page. They can be implemented in a SharePoint Online environment and you can use JavaScript tools and libraries to create them. This article presents the methods for starting WEBCON BPS workflows fro (...)

(...) and their form fields, there can be only as many global fields as specified in the table below:   Global field type Maximum amount Date field 5 text field 10 Picker field 10   Form fields The following table presents the limits of a single process. The number of workflows in the process does not affect t (...)

(...) nsisting of eight steps was created for the purpose of the article: Start – a start step Wait for scan – a step in which the workflow instances are waiting for the scan Wait for text layer – a step in which there are workflow instances, whose attachments are waiting in the queue for processing (text layer queue) Wait for OCR AI (TAX ID) – a step in which there are w (...)

Applies to version 2020.1.x, author: Dawid Golonka   Introduction Actions are commonly used in WEBCON BPS to design the processes and individual workflows. They are performed without any user interaction and defined on the transition paths or steps. An example actions perform such activities as calculating the field value, making an entry to AD, sending an e-mail. While wor

Applies to version 2020.1.x, author: Dawid Golonka   Introduction If an employee is absent, their tasks can be automatically passed to another person. Read this article to learn how to configure substitutions in WEBCON BPS Designer Studio. WEBCON BPS allows you to use this workflow automation in many places. More information about the substitutions can be found in the following

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Tomasz Słuszniak   WEBCON BPS allows you to start workflows in several ways. In addition to a manual start by the user, instances can also be launched by the system using dedicated actions.   The “Start a subworkflow” action The action allows you to start a workflow within the same application. By using them

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Tomasz Słuszniak   One of the methods to start a bpm workflow in WEBCON BPS is to use REST API BPS. It can be especially useful in situations such as: Data exchange between different WEBCON BPS instances – e.g., there is an internal application for your organization and a public application available for your clients. Da

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Franciszek Sakławski   There are situations in which, after going through a path, you will need to go back to one of the previous steps of the workflow e.g. when the form has been incorrectly completed or you forgot to add an attachment to the instance. The article describes two basic configuration methods: Moving back an instanc

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Franciszek Sakławski   Introduction WEBCPON BPS supports your office365 workflow by enabling you to generate printouts (e.g., car reservation, order, or shopping list). It is possible when you use the MS Word add-in. This article describes how to Install the add-in. Installation To install the add-in, go to the WEBCON BP

(...) value settings   For each type of form field (except for charts and data table and rows), you can define the default value. You can use the values of other form fields, business rules, context variables, fixed values and data sources in the configuration. Setting the default value of the form field will take place: At the first step, where the form field is visible (this also applies (...)

(...) e 2016 release – it was previously called “Update the parent workflow”. The proper configuration of the action to which the article applies can be found in the second part of the text in the section “Configuring the action – Update related workflow instance”.   Configuration The simple workflow was created to support the registration of a contra (...)

(...) ally moved to the next step through the “default path”. More information -> https://howto.webcon.com/secretarys-office-a-sample-workflow/   c) OCR steps (Waiting for text layer/OCR AI/OCR AI learning) More information -> https://howto.webcon.com/custom-ocr-fields/   d) Waiting for subworkflows More information -> https://howto.webcon.c (...)

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Mateusz Syrek   Introduction In WEBCON BPS there it is possible to configure several authentication providers. One of them is ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services). If the organization uses the single-on with ADFS and we want the authentication process in the WEBCON BPS application to be “transparent/invisible?&

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Michał Kastelik   Introduction WEBCON BPS applications can be made available in several different languages. Users who use Portal and can select one of them – currently six languages are available: Polish (pl-PL), English (en-US), German (de-DE), French (fr-FR), Italian (it-IT), Russian (ru-RU). There is also the ability t