Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Marcin Wiktor This article presents how we can facilitate the maintenance of the application that we use across many business entities and have different people responsible for specific tasks (e.g., accounting). Business case We implement an application for the assignment of cost invoices. Our company has two departments
Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Marcin Wiktor Introduction SOLR (added in the 2019 version) is a search engine that allows you to efficiently search for content even for very large data sets. A detailed description of the functionality can be found in the article “Portal search engine – how does it work?”. From version 2020 WEBCON BPS allows creating
Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Małgorzata Dębowska Introduction WEBCON BPS gives us the ability to create reports in the application and then embed them on dashboards and external websites. However, there may be a situation when, for a particular application, many reports have been created, which will result in the long list of reports in the navigation menu (located on the
Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Marcin Wiktor Introduction For applications with a large number of interconnected workflows there is often a problem with performance these applications due to creating/moving multiple workflow instances at the same time. The speed of creating/updating sub-workflows depends on many factors such as the type of the form, the amount of data/a
Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Michał Kastelik WEBCON BPS add-in for MS Teams enables the integration of the WEBCON BPS platform with Microsoft Teams. The article below presents the process of add-in installation and configuration. We will also show how can you access to the task list. Installation of MS Teams add-in The process consists of downloading the a
Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Michał Kastelik With the introduction of the Modern form and the WEBCON BPS Platform we have the possibility to add many attachments faster and more intuitively. To add attachments just select them with the mouse and drag them to the Attachments section – no need to install any plugins. This functionality works
(...) key, because it isn’t stored by us and if you will lose it, it cannot be viewed again. There is also a possibility of using “Impersonation” which allows you to call API in the context of a specific user. Before starting your tests, you need to give your newly registered App the privileges to start the process – you can do this in exactly the same as you would assign privi (...)
Applies to version: 2024 R1; authors: Przemysław Sierant, Krystyna Gawryał Description of the functionality From version 2020 R1 of WEBCON BPS we have the possibility to embed Power BI reports on Portal dashboards. It allows us to present any data previously prepared in the Power BI service. We can embed both a view of the whole report as well as individual components. &nb
Applies to version 2020.1.x; Author: Paweł Drab Introduction Contracts, employment applications, invoice templates, or technical documentation – a repository of documents in our company can grow to incredible proportions. In this article, we will show you how to use WEBCON BPS as a document management system. In WEBCON BPS, we usually store documents in
Applies to version 2020.1.64.x; Author: Mateusz Kunior Introduction Adding the dictionary processes Dictionary processes – report Importing/exporting dictionary processes Introduction WEBCON 2020 version introduces the possibility of using dedicated processes as standardized data dictionaries. Thanks to this, we have the possibility to easily crea
Applies to version 2020.1.64.x; Author: Michał Bednarz When working in environments managed in parallel by many people (or teams) there is often a need for two types of processes to coexist within one environment – supported by the export/import mechanism and those implemented directly in the production environment. In this situation we cannot block the environment from
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
(...) it into four parts – one for each combination of installation and authentication method. Links to specific subsections are found in table 1. WEBCON BPS Designer Studio always opens in the context of the currently logged in Windows user. This means that when using more than one domain, you should use SQL login to connect to the database. Installation type (...)
Applies to all versions; author: Adrian Motyka During the installation of the FineReader 11 component, one must consider the user privileges of the account on which WEBCON 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://knowledgeb
Applies to version 2019.1.4.x; Author: Michał Bednarz When implementing a system based on AAD authentication it might be necessary to create user management in O365 from the WEBCON BPS level. WEBCON BPS provides dedicated actions for local AD. You can use the standard actions available in WEBCON BPS (REST invoke action) and REST Service Microsoft Graph. 1. Preparin
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 In WEBCON BPS processes are divided into stages named as workflow steps. Each stage has tasks – collection of actions which need to be performed for the form to easily move to the next step. Assigning tasks makes sense if the user can fill the necessary data and send form to the next step in a short time. Ho
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