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(...) Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Tomasz Słuszniak   One of the methods to start a bpm workflow in WEBCON BPS is to use REST API BPS. It can be especially useful in situations such as: Data exchange between different WEBCON BPS instances – e.g., there is an internal application for your organization and a public application available for your clients. Data e (...)

(...) Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Marcin Wołosz   Introduction Authentication Use of REST API Summary     Introduction The WEBCON 2019 version introduced the possibility of using REST API technology to create programming integration solutions with the system. The REST API provides full support and allows you to start new workflow instances, tr (...)

(...) cation it might be necessary to create user management in O365 from the WEBCON BPS level. WEBCON BPS provides dedicated actions for local AD. You can use the standard actions available in WEBCON BPS (REST invoke action) and REST Service Microsoft Graph.    1. Preparing the application in the AAD Register a new application in the AAD management console. It is done in a similar manner (...)

(...) for an hour, and additionally it needs to be made available for the system, it is best to create a technical workflow. It will be to store this token and periodically renew it using the “Invoke REST Web service” action. The example workflow:    Fig. 11. The workflow   When registering an instance, fill in the call parameters in the form. Two first paramet (...)

(...) Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Dawid Golonka   Introduction One of the functionalities in WEBCON BPS system is the ability of using the REST API interface. API is the basic method of data exchange between two systems and it is often used both to download data and transfer it from WEBCON BPS to other applications (e.g. data transfer to the vacation system). For more information (...)

(...) Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Franciszek Sakławski   Introduction One of the functionalities significantly extending the potential of WEBCON BPS is the possibility of using the REST API interface. This article describes how to configure a data source based on information returned by the external services that provide their API. An example of using a REST data source can be a (...)

(...) bility tab The “Visibility” tab on the selected form field allows you to define the visibility of this form field on the SWE/SWC reports, and on the form (Fig. 10). Availability REST riction on reports – you can indicate people/groups for whom the form field will be visible on the report. If in the “Visibility REST riction on form” field a rule has been set, that (...)

(...) w instances due to their type and size. This option can be used to block the ability to add potentially dangerous attachments to the Portal such as scripts, executables, spreadsheets with macros. The REST riction will be set globally for all applications/processes and all places where you can add an attachment – forms, HotFolders, HotMailBoxes, API. When specifying the attachment size &ndash (...)

(...) ompanies delegate the task of receiving and registering incoming documents to one, appointed unit (often the main office) or person. To prevent unauthorized barcode label printouts, it is possible to REST rict the availability of menu button triggering printout a barcode label action to defined workstations, users, or defined users working on defined workstations.   This article describes a (...)

(...) ion: 2021.1.x and above; author: Agnieszka Burda   Introduction With WEBCON BPS you can use API interface. The article available here: https://community.webcon.com/posts/post/the-invoke-REST -web-service-action/170/ describes the “Invoke REST Web Service” action provided in Designer Studio that allows users to use external services sharing their own API. This article describes (...)

(...) ed to add support for more field types, I didn't want to define the test data for each step and field type on my own.  Therefore, I focused this time on generating the form data using the REST API. After all, we already have the workflow steps, field, and field matrix, why should we define this again for Playwright? :) What has happened: I focused on PowerShell this time for acces (...)

External content by Daniel Krüger; July 15, 2024 ;  The original post has appeared on daniels-notes.de WEBCON BPS 2024 added a public API to import applications. WEBCON made this easy by providing a command line utility which is described in the knowledge base article Importing applications using the public API: Since I want to use the API in another use case I needed to play ar

Hi everyone, is someone here how understands power query? I got a task to retrieve data from a BPS report in excel to use it for additional analysis. I was able to retrieve the data but transforming the json response to a table is beyond me. Just in case there's someone who would be able to do it but doesn't know how to retrieve the data I add the logic below which can be put into the advanced

(...) In the release notes of WEBCON BPS 2021 the new option of using the openid authentication flow is mentioned. However, i did not find an option to use this authentication when calling REST API's. https://webcon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WEBCON-BPS-2021-New-Release-Overview.pdf Did i miss something or is it not yet released?

(...) Hello! Is there anyone who could help me figure out how to call an external REST API from behind a corporate proxy? I manage to successfully call it using Postman application installed on the server where Webcon is installed. However, when the same call is made from Webcon, it doesn't work. I'm using the POST method of the "Invoke REST Web service" action on a menu button. If I enable "Use proxy" in (...)

(...) When adding or updating elements via REST Api, for picker fields it is required to provide Id and name. Quite often the name is known, but not the id. As picker fields are usually based on datasources, it would by great, when the api would be extended with methods to query datasources. There should be at least two methods: 1) getting a list of all available datasources (overall / by application) 2 (...)

(...) Dear WebCon Team, we most urgently need the possibility to have further authentication methods using OAuth 2.0 / OpenID in the context of REST - Web Service. At the moment the limitation does us not allow to communicate with other systems in the way of microservices. This extension would be a great increase of data communication. Thanks a lot Best regards Thomas

(...) Hi everyone, I just noticed that for some reason step names are no longer displayed in reports or data grids using internal views. The root cause of this is that I used the REST Designer Studio. When you save a process using the REST designer studio unset translation of changed objects are saved as a blank string instead of null. This may lead to empty Step and Form Type columns in reports and other (...)

(...) on every workflow element every minute, but this didn't happen. What did I do wrong? I know this is a dangerous scenario, but it is for testing purposes only. What we want to achieve is a 'Invoke REST service call' which updates some fields in current element and saves current instance only if any of the fields has changed. Is that even possible? Many thanks in advance & best regards, Nik

(...) Hi, we have a column visibility/edit/requirement REST riction for every field in an item list. But there is no column visibility REST riction for the delete button, so you cannot prevent deletion of some rows. It is something you can do easily with js, but only with classic display form mode. It doesn’t work with modern forms. The problem is that it is not guaranteed that your form rules “Main form - (...)