Applies to version: 2023 R3 and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał Introduction In the 2023 R3 version of BPS, WEBCON has implemented a new functionality that enhances security against unauthorized path transition .and prevents the execution of an unrequested task, such as signing a contract. If enabled, users who want to proceed to the next step must confirm their identity based on
Applies to version: 2023 R3 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz New WEBCON BPS 2023 mobile application The WEBCON BPS 2023 mobile application is a component of the WEBCON BPS platform designed for mobile devices. It offers flexible and convenient access to the applications published in Portal from any location, even without direct access to the company’s compu
Applies to version: 2023 R3 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz Introduction Designer Studio is a powerful programming tool often used within companies by multiple developers engaged in unrelated projects. Since access to all the extensive functionalities of Designer Studio is often not necessary when developing dedicated applications, and unauthorized access to certain asset
Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above; author: Marcin Smarzewski Deactivating Licenses on Test and Developer environments Before mirroring the environment, it is recommended to deactivate the test or development license service (depending on which environment will receive the production mirror), Doing so will make it possible to activate the license service without assistance. If
Applies to version: 2023 R3 and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał Introduction In WEBCON BPS, it is now possible to perform automated operations on the rows, columns, and values of the Item list. Previously, these operations were executed using the Change item list values action, with the final result determined by the mode chosen by the configurator. However, version 2023 R3 introd
Applies to version: 2023.1.3 and above Introduction The security of a WEBCON BPS system is influenced by two things: the infrastructure of the installation, and the configuration options within the system itself. In this article, we will focus on the latter – options that can be found in Designer Studio that can be used to control the system’s accessibility.
Applies to version: 2024 R1 and above, author: Krystyna Gawryał Update: 09.12.2025; author: Lily Adamowicz Introduction In an era of technological advances, there is an increasing emphasis on providing equal access to information, education, work, entertainment, and services for all people, regardless of their location, resources, skills, or limitations. Many of these basic asp
Applies to version: 2024 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz Introduction Designing a business application is a process that requires both good memory and coordination from the people involved in it. Unfortunately, when faced with a large number of tasks, lengthy execution times, many people involved, or often all of the above, even the most capable mind must yield. To add
Applies to version: 2023 R1 and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał Introduction Version 2023 R1 of WEBCON BPS introduced the functionality to invalidate all active user sessions with the Global logout button. When the button is pressed, the user is logged out of all environments and platforms that use cookie-based authentication, including web browser tabs and windows, the mobile app
Applies to version: 2021 R1 and above; author: Konrad Wojtycza, Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz Introduction This article examines the admin mode in Portal and the capabilities of users with Business administrator privileges. In addition to detailing the specifics of the aforementioned mode, the article addresses the process of granting Business Administrator privileges and configuring rule
Applies to version: 2025 R2 and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał Related documentation A detailed description of the functionalities mentioned herein and their configuration can be found in the following sections of the WEBCON BPS Help: Global automations | WEBCON BPS Introduction Global automations in WEBCON BPS are universal mechanisms that can be used rep
Applies to version: 8.0.x; author: Paweł Jawień Updated: 11.03.2026; author: Lily Adamowicz Related documentation A detailed description of the functionalities mentioned herein and their configuration can be found in the following sections of the WEBCON Help: Global parameters - MailApproval Workflow paths - MailApproval Functionality
Hi everyone, this is just a short list of actions I had to do, when I switched from a "local" text field, WFD_AttText1, to a global WFD_AttText1Glob: 1. Fixing Start Subworkflow actions Due to the change of the field type the assignment was "lost". Internally the action uses the database name, so it's obvious, that the assignment of field {690} to field WFD_AttText1 is no longer valid. Co
Hi all! We have a tricky problem, so it seems. We want to redirect to edit form of another workflow (ID is known). This should be triggered with button click on current form. Button is implemented as Html field and invokes a global menu action which has the correct hyperlink action and also returnUrl to current element. After save of the other workflow element, user should be redirecte
Hi all! We have to transfer some values from old database fields to new database fields, since we want to switch some fields in process to global fields. We plan to do this with well know T-SQL statement (UPDATE WFElements SET ...) within a cyclic action, which can be triggered on demand. Does anyone know if there are any restrictions in Webcon SaaS (Software as a service) regarding SQL
Dear Webcon Community! We have been working with Webcons BPS for 5 years, delivering several business solutions within a global company. We really like this platform however we have several proposals and ideas to make it better. I will share some of them in separate posts, sorry for flooding. Any comments, questions or suggestions are very welcomed. I would appreciate your vote! Problem:
(...) ocesses has to be split to smaller parts to fit in transaction timeout limit. For example if you have to move 50-1000 instances each morning taking some minutes, we have to use "select top " and run global action more often (eg. in every 10 minutes) Earlier (before BPS 2020), it was a once a day run. Proposal: have new GA setting to specify number of cycles it should perform after triggered by schedule. (...)
Hi, I want used the global business rule in a rest web services. I try use de business rule in Customer Headers, but when I run the action the value it's empty. I added an image with the configuration. (config_restWebServices.png) Is it possible using the business rule in Data sources Rest Web Services? Thank you, Raluca
Massactions in reports are quite usefull, but they only support path transitions. There are cases, where you would like to apply changes to workflow elements which are in different steps. For those cases i would be great having the option to just update the element rather than moving to another step. Background of this idea is a potentially new customer where we have to replace their curr
Dear Community, I have a question regarding serach option (Search everywhere on top in portal version). When I add permissions to the process (via permissions tab in BPS Studio) for some user / group of users (i.e. permission to all elements with attachments) how can I trigger any action to index it in Solr? From user perspective, when he / she search for particular document in search every