Applies to version: 2021 R1 and above; author: Mike Fitzmaurice Introduction WEBCON BPS offers several ways to handle parallel work. If the scenario involves a single task assigned to multiple people, a few task configuration settings are usually all that is needed. There are exceptions to this, though, especially when you have elaborate criteria to apply to the task results. &
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: 2024.1 and above; author: Marcin Kapusta Introduction In WEBCON BPS 2024 R1, the Search Server component uses a new version of the Apache Solr index to search for data – 9.6.0. Because of this, updating WEBCON BPS will require additional steps. Most of these steps will be carried out automatically by the installer, nonetheless, some will need to b
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
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
External content by Daniel Krüger; September 12, 2024 ; The original post has appeared on daniels-notes.de Have you ever wanted to contact a person via Teams to whom a task has been assigned? If your answer is yes, you should take a look at the video and the blog post. I finally found a solution for starting a chat by clicking on an assigned user. In case Microsoft
External content by Daniel Krüger; September 29, 2024 ; The original post has appeared on daniels-notes.de Another post about starting a Teams chat? But this time it’s not about contacting a person who has a task but starting a chat/call with anyone who is referenced in a workflow. This could be: A single person field. A field which allows only groups. Or eve
Applies to version: 2024 R1 and above; author: Konrad Keppert 1. Introduction Upgrading to a newer version is inevitable for any WEBCON BPS environment due to the acquisition of new functionalities, bug fixes, and security patches. It is therefore in the interest of the system administrator to become familiar with the capabilities of the WEBCON BPS installer and to master the procedure for
I'm banging my head on the wall... I'm sure there is an easy solution but can't figure it out at the moment. I would like to prevent users entering duplicate values in a field when starting a new workflow and I don't want to use the Instance Number to achieve that. I have a process ABC with field WFD_AttText1. How do I prevent the user to enter a value that already exists in the field WFD_AttTex
Hi all, I am starting my adventure with Webcon. And as a beginner I sometimes find that Webcon is not what I think is. Example - I have application named A. I would like to get an exact copy of this application named B (or maybe almost exact becase of data sources and keywords list). I want to have all workflows and forms working exactly the same in A and B. The only differnce will
Hello, after restarting server on which we have installed webcon 2021.1.3.188 (freemium) there is some problem with SOLR. Similar problem is in thread https://community.webcon.com/forum/thread/776 but solution which community suggest there doesn't help me. I've tried to restart Webcon WorkFlow Service but it's still not work. In log: Message=SOLR not initialized Source=WebCon.WorkFlow.
Automatic tool to check compatibility after upgrade to new version and reporting potential issue on new version. Steps how it could work: 1. Upgrade DEV to new version (small or big version) 2. Pick list of IDs from PROD (global admin or app admin). 3. Tool is reading all attributes and follow on production processes to recreate all steps as user did (including changing user and their privi
Hello, I'm facing a challenge. I'm starting the workflows from a hotmailbox so I have no control over the attachments order. I'm also using the "Show first attachment on page load". I believe the system shows the attachment with the lowest ATT_ID. Is there any way to control which attachment is shown on page load? Thank you, Martin
Hello, I'm configuring a clone feature for nested workflows, and i need to copy attachments from parent workflow to new parent, and from child elements to new children. Something like this: -Parent --Child --Child -NewParent --NewChild1 --NewChild2 It's easy to copy Parent attachments - I'm starting parent with `Start a subworkflow` action, which has `Copy attachments to subworkflow
Hello, I've developed a process (start - finish). In the System Settings, I've configured a HotMailbox using Microsoft Graph, specifying a user mailbox, and the connection is OK. The issue I'm encountering is that 90% of emails are returning a validation error and the workflow is not starting and e-mails are not moved to the ERROR folder either. For other emails, it has moved them to the
After app migration between enviroments strange error occured which shows up every time existing instance is opened or new instance is started in all apps. Reverting back the previous version of the app did not solve the problem. Designer studio throws the error on clicking every item as well. Restarting server did not help. Has anyone came acress similar issue? Any ideas on how to find the sour
Hello all, I have a use case where for a parent workflow (let's say order) I'm starting many child workflows (suborders). There are some details which i don't want to duplicate on suborders like 'customer' for example - it should be stored only on order, but not on suborders. In the reports i have one report for orders, second one for suborders - on suborders I'm able to show 'customer' usi
(...) ubworkflows from Excel file? Business case is that, I have MS Excel file with estimated 500 rows. I want to attach sheet to attachments section and start workflow by path or button on menu bar with starting workflow action. Is any way to do it without special SDK customization? Subworkflows should have data from in excel sheet. Every workflow contains one row.