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Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Mateusz Syrek   Introduction In WEBCON BPS there it is possible to configure several authentication providers. One of them is ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services). If the organization uses the single-on with ADFS and we want the authentication process in the WEBCON BPS application to be “transparent/invisible?&

Applies to version: 2020.1.x; author: Przemysław Sierant   Description of the functionality In WEBCON BPS 2020 we have the ability to embed Power BI reports on Portal dashboards. It is used to present any data which we have already prepared in the Power BI service. We can embed both a view of the entire report, as well as individual components.     Configura

 PDF version   1. Prerequisites (SharePoint platform)   1.1.Software   Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013/2016/2019 MS SQL Server 2012 or higher (full text search mode required) Active Directory (or Azure Active Directory) environment 1.2

Applies to version 2019.1; author: Tomasz Pytlak   Introduction Working with attachments is one of the basic functionalities in WEBCON BPS. Some processes, such as document repository, are only used to catalog and make files available to selected users. In others, the attachments may be of secondary importance. For example, when you want to work on a file together with your cl

Applies to version 2020.1.3; author: Michał Kastelik   Introduction It may be necessary to grant access to WEBCON BPS Portal and its processes to users from outside the organization. Such a user will most often not have an account in the organizational Active Directory (or in another user database). Examples of such situations are: processes of negotiating contracts with

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Michał Bednarz From version 2021, you can authenticate in WEBCON BPS with any provider using the OpenID Connect standard. In this article, we explain how to configure it using Google authentication as an example. Please note that the configuration is identical when you use another provider.  It is necessary to register the applicatio

  PDF version   1. Prerequisites (SharePoint platform) 2. Prerequisites (no SharePoint platform) 3. High availability 4. WEBCON BPS databases 5. Disaster-recovery scenario (SharePoint platform) 6. Disaster-recovery scenario (no SharePoint platform) 7. Good practices in WEBCON BPS platform maintenance 8. WEBCON BPS Farm internat/external communication diagr

Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Michał Bednarz This article describes the process of integration WEBCON BPS with Keycloak. Keycloak is an open source software that enables single sign-on using identity and access management in modern applications and services. Requirements WEBCON BPS StandAlone (version 2021) – the portal available with the use of SSL by the addr

Applies to version: 2017.1.x and above; author: Mateusz Syrek Introduction SharePoint server allows authenticating users based on Claims add-on. It also allows authenticating users based on different authentication providers which you trust but are managed externally. This article describes external provider configuration which will be Azure Active Directory from SharePoint Server 2019 (

Applies to version: 2020.1.x and above; author: Piotr Dąbrowski Introduction   WEBCON BPS handles digital signatures through dedicated actions (SDK – Software Development Kit). There are 4 plugins available to integrate with external digital signature providers: AdobeSign Autenti DocuSign Skribble This article describes the process of signing document wit

Applies to version: 2021 R5 and 2022 R3 and above; author: Dominika Skórko   Introduction   WEBCON BPS 2021 R5 and 2022 R3 versions allow users to configure Portal–Service connection. Until now, such communication took place only via the SSPI-protected HTTP protocol. Now users can change the type of communication to NetTCP protocol secured by automatically gen

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: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz   Introduction The following article explains how to enable user entry logging on the Portal website. This allows WEBCON BPS platform administrators to obtain information about individuals who have logged into the Portal.   The appsettings.user.json file You can activate the functionality of registe

Applies to versions: 2024 R1 and above; authors: Łukasz Chechelski, Jacek Język   Introduction Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) enables secure identity management and control of access to cloud resources and on-premises applications. With the integration of WEBCON BPS with Entra ID, an effective and advanced identity and access management is possible in hybrid an

Hi everyone, does someone has an idea, how I can add a mail address to a local user account? If I want to add one, I get an error, that the existing BPS Id does not match the UPN format. background information: a customer uses a single server machine for running a test environment for WEBCON BPS. The VM has no access to a domain so the installation has been executed using local user accou

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 restar

Hi, I'm sorry, if this a duplicate, but I'm not sure if I added it already or maybe someone else. If selecting a value of a choose field from a data source throws and this causes an error, it's not easily possible to see the actual "request" which was used to get the data. There are ways around this: - In case of SQL and you have access to the server you could activate the SQL profiler -

I searched the site and found the latest post on AAD from 2021, and only one request for help with EntraID... Nobody seems to have a problem with this? Or maybe no one uses WebCon without local domains? Impossible! So... How to build WebCon BPS with EntraID as the only source of identity? I have some ideas for preparing some business processes in a cloud environment (Azure) that will neve