The year 2023 begins for us with a visit to the Poznań University of Technology. The WIZ- BIZ-LOG DAY event held on January 16th at the Poznań University of Technology provided an opportunity for WEBCON BPS to be presented at the modern building of the Faculty of Architecture and Faculty of Engineering Management. It was also revealed that WEBCON BPS Designer Desk is an effective didactic tool fo
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.
Applies to version: 2023 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz Introduction WEBCON BPS offers many useful functionalities, including HTML templates that allow you to generate PDF or HTML files and send custom e-mails. This article explains how to identify the item list and data table form fields using the GUID identifier in HTML templates used in the “Generate a PDF fi
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
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
We are very pleased to inform that on February 21st, 2023, WEBCON signed a cooperation agreement with the Krakow University of Economics. The purpose of the agreement, signed by Marcin Jędrzejczyk, the Director of the Institute of Information Technology, Accounting, and Controlling of the Krakow University of Economics, on behalf of the University, and Łukasz Malina, Vice President of WEBCO
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 Effective competition on the current market demands that companies possess a high degree of flexibility and the capability to access and make use of external resources. Many times, particularly when the internal resources of a company or its division appear to be insufficient, it is necessary to invo
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 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz Introduction At the core of WEBCON BPS, a business process management platform, lies the principle of continuous improvement. The latest version, 2023 R1, introduces an innovative feature that allows users to submit requests for changes in applications and processes. This functionality is designed to gather infor
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
Applies to version: 2022.3.x and above; authors: Jacek Język, Krystyna Gawryał Introduction WEBCON BPS version 2022 R3 comes with a dedicated database read account. During each new installation, a database account named bps_user is automatically created in all Content databases, which is used by BPS to read data from the database. In contrast, when upgrading the system that
Applies to version: 2023 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz Introduction The logic behind the execution of tasks by service is a multi-faceted and complex issue. When planning tasks, application designers are often unaware of the mechanisms and rules used by the service. To fill this gap, this article describes the elements affecting the sequence in which the service exec
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
(...) on the label. Enter {WFD_ID} in the barcode configuration window. The default barcode type used in BPS is Code 128. To set barcode options, click on the Barcode tab. The barcode width depends on the X dimension value. An explanation of how this value affects the printout can be found later in this article. In the Human Readable tab you can specify whether the barco (...)