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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

The WEBCON team works tirelessly to improve the WEBCON BPS platform. We constantly strive to fix any errors and make sure that our system always functions as intended.   Every year, we publish a major version that introduces a multitude of new features. Additionally, updated builds are released at least once a month, they aim to resolve any existing issues and implement small c

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

Applies to version: 2019.1.x and above; authors: Wojciech Mleczko, Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction WEBCON BPS supports barcodes as a method of identifying documents and workflow instances. Using barcodes allows to automate the process of scanning and registering paper documents. Stickers with barcodes simplify archiving documents, and based on barcode labels it is possible to quickl