(...) ut three questions (three columns in Excel, three attributes on the form) - WHAT? WHO? WHEN? :) Sometimes we need an extra information/column - we can call it "Remarks", "Others" or .... COMMENT... webcon bps has extraordinary feature available out-of-the box without even single line of code...VERSIONING and detailed HISTORY. Such feature is really needed for admins/troubleshooting and for business analy (...)
(...) Every webcon bps Applications needs permissions to work properly. Of course best practices is to use groups: webcon bps , Active Directory, SharePoint ones. It is worth to some have naming convention for them. It is also crucial to know which are used within the specific Application. We can dig into the BPS Studio and check Application, Process, Worfklow, Document Types permissions. We can check actions, (...)
(...) Hello, Can you assist me with the following? I'm attempting to test an outgoing/sending email but receiving an issue during the installation and setup of the webcon bps . I'm now working on webcon bps 2023.1.1.89 demo version. Error image attached.
(...) Hi, could you please extend the "webcon bps System administrators" tool (exe), with a required field for the display name in addition to the BPS ID? I just spend about three hours hunting down the exception: Unable to cast object of type 'System.DBNull' to type 'System.String' at WebCon.WorkFlow.BusinessLogic.ElementManagement.Checkouts.ElementCheckoutsRepository.UpdateOrTakeOverParameters.UpdateA (...)
(...) Hello, It would be great if webcon bps could allow to configure application available only "via Browser", not visibible in webcon bps Application (for Android/IPhone) at all. Configuration could be on Application level via e.g. 2 checkboxes: "Visible in Anroid App" / "Visible in IPhone App". That solution would enhance Mobile user experience not be overhelmed via full list of application which e.g. mo (...)
(...) Hello, Introduction: 1. right now webcon bps allows to configure actions which triggers on path, on exit, on entry (and of course on a few more) 2. sometimes process is configured to assign the task to multiple users, e.g. multi-approval (without subprocesses), e.g. assign tasks to 3 users 3. again sometimes business got the need that after every approval (finalizing single task) they would like to t (...)
(...) Hi, Blocking access based on login. Situation related to last webconaday :). Suddenly, there was a need to block access to the webcon bps platform for a specific user. The situation was a bit more complicated because the user could not be deactivated at the AD level. Of course, it can be done, but it requires analyzing data, ad groups, places on configuration forms where such a person can be indicate (...)
Hello It's my firs question, so please dont "eat" me at the start :) In our workflow we assing form to specifich worker. Workers are assingned first by AD groups (which decide if they can acces webcon or not) and than by specific BPS groups. Problem arise, whet person to whom job is assingned stops working. He's automaticli removed from AD and any atempt to move proces is an error. We circu
Hi everyone, I would like to ask for your expertise. I think I generally understand how Webcon works, but there are a few areas where I still fail, or have no idea how to go about it. Currently I have a process that has a field "Reminder Date" with a date in an end step of each instance. Now I would like to check the "Reminder Date" in all instances at regular intervals (e.g. daily) to see
(...) Hello, our information security office has detected a log4j vulnerability. We currently have the log4j-1.2.17.jar version for webcon bps 2023 R2 Is it possible to upload version 2.21.1 according to the article https://kb.webcon.pl/security-podatnosc-cve-2021-44228-w-apache-log4j2/? https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/download.html Will the new version of BPS include this type of fix?
(...) Hi, We recently migrated Webcon to new servers on SharePoint 2019. Apparently, the configuration under webcon bps Configuration on each SharePoint site got lost (the database name etc.). 1. Is this behavior expected during migration? 2. Is it possible to set it globally or is it necessary to set it manually on each SharePoint site/subsite? 3. Are there any other such settings that might have gotten l (...)
(...) is changing from Calibri to Aptos: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/new-office-theme-e7bbfe02-d1fb-4c4d-b3b7-6a47f0cefd3f If you already have this font on your device, give it a try in webcon bps . In my opinion, it looks really good in webcon bps Portal. If you want to test it, just set global CSS style in your configuration: body {font-family: Aptos} This may not be the best CSS solut (...)
(...) % CPU, 40% Heap, 1.8 Gb of Disk usage, where 1.5 are BPS_Elements, 330MB are BPS_Activites. Looks like Solr is working fine, but for random elements it gets "hang". Updated to latest version of webcon bps but without any change. Using 2022.1.4.346. Tried to use OpenJDK 21 (instead of default 16) - same result. Any feedback is highly appreciated.
(...) % CPU, 40% Heap, 1.8 Gb of Disk usage, where 1.5 are BPS_Elements, 330MB are BPS_Activites. Looks like Solr is working fine, but for random elements it gets "hang". Updated to latest version of webcon bps but without any change. Using 2022.1.4.346. Tried to use OpenJDK 21 (instead of default 16) - same result. Any feedback is highly appreciated.
(...) Hi, I have just upgraded the environment from version 2023.1.2.68 to 2023.1.3.29. Unfortunately, AD authentication has stopped working. webcon bps Portal is not located at the specified address - this is the message I receive from Designer Studio, and from the BPS Portal level, after authentication, the login window pops up again. Has anyone encountered a similar problem? I will add that I restarted the We (...)
(...) ve query. Then I changed "Column edit restrictions" to just check this Data Row Column and block column depending on technical row. That was great, 6x faster form loading. And that all worked in webcon bps 2022. In BPS 2023 it is not working. I beleave there was a change in the order of Data Row column of Item List execution. I think Data Rows queries are now executed at last, after it checks if col (...)
(...) While I greatly appreciate the functionalities and flexibility provided by the webcon bps mobile application, many of us find ourselves predominantly using webcon bps on desktop computers due to the nature of our workflows and the complex tasks we perform. However, the mobile application's interface and functionalities do not always translate seamlessly to desktop usage, where the majority of our work occur (...)
(...) Hello, on my test instance the webcon bps service restarts. On average every 3 minutes. I get messages like below. Have any of you encountered this type of problem? The WebCon WorkFlow Service service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 107 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service. == Failed to activate some modules Category: Activatio (...)
Hi community! I have to implement a choice field (Autocomplete or Popup), whose results should be dependent of the following: 1. Current step 2. If second choice field is selected, it should narrow down the results from a subquery (Item list) First of all Webcon doesn't accept a DECLARE statement in the first line of a custom datasource based on 'Current BPS connection'. A workaround her
(...) Dear WEBCON Team, I would like to propose a new feature to enhance social interactions within webcon bps : the ability to tag other users in the comments field. This would function similarly to tagging features on popular social media platforms, allowing users to directly mention and engage with colleagues within the platform. Additionally, it would be highly beneficial to receive alerts when someone t (...)