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Applies to version: 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. Th

(...) Applies to version: 2021.1.x and above; author: Konrad Wojtycza   Introduction WEBCON BPS Designer Studio allows users to configure global business and form rule s. As global rules, they are available for all applications created in a given environment and thanks to parameters they are universal and may be used in multiple processes.   Global business and form rule s can be configur (...)

Applies to version: 2023 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz   Introduction WEBCON BPS offers many useful functionalities, including HTML templates that allow you to generate PDF or HTML files and send custom e-mails. This article explains how to identify the item list and data table form fields using the GUID identifier in HTML templates used in the “Generate a PDF fi

Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction WEBCON BPS has been expanded to include the so-called Edit mode which allows users to view the configuration of processes and edit them in Portal. This feature is dedicated especially to business users who carry out their daily tasks using ready-made applications/processes, often without being able to vi

(...) t can be accessed in the rule editor is available in the following article: https://community.webcon.com/posts/post/function-dictionary-for-business-rules-and-form-rules/237.   Business vs form rule For the purpose of this article, form rule s are used to execute arithmetic operations in the presented examples. It is one of the possible methods, but not the only one – a different one is (...)

Applies to version: 2023 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz   Introduction Effective competition on the current market demands that companies possess a high degree of flexibility and the capability to access and make use of external resources. Many times, particularly when the internal resources of a company or its division appear to be insufficient, it is necessary to invo

Applies to version: 2023 R1 and above; author: Łukasz Maciaszkiewicz   Introduction With the introduction of the 2023 R1 version, the WEBCON BPS offers a simple and convenient functionality for assigning tasks to a group of users. The system uses it to dynamically react to personal changes within the group. The functionality addresses a number of issues which staff turnover poses to

Applies to version: 2023.1.x and above; author: Grzegorz Straś   Introduction Performance indicators are a new feature available in the Configuration node of each Process. These indicators function similarly to the existing Analysis feature, but offer far more freedom to customize how they are calculated. Instead of focusing on the completion time of tasks in one specific step,

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: 2023.1.x and above; author: Krystyna Gawryał   Introduction In the era of globalization, multilingualism in a company is almost a standard. The dominant language in most companies that operate internationally is, of course, English, while locally employees usually communicate in their native tongue. This also applies to electronic correspondence. WEBCON BPS me

Applies to version 2017.1.3.x; Author: Bartłomiej Spyrka SDK configuration for an ‘Administration process’ used to find and manage personal data This article presents methods of utilizing features available in WEBCON BPS to prepare a process for GDPR-related data management. In this article you will learn: How to approach the Administrative process which is used to tra

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. &

(...) nctionality along with a business case for its use.   Basic definitions and functional assumptions LIKE and CONCAT are functions that can be used in WEBCON BPS to create business rules, form rule s, SQL queries, and to retrieve values from data sources. CONCAT combines text values into a single string and is available among the functions dedicated to text. With CONCAT you can retrieve globa (...)

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

(...) ld result in the insertion of an identifier for that instance. The SCAN QR, SHOW QR and HIDE QR rules You can control the input of values into form fields or columns through QR codes using form rule s.  The SCAN QR rule enables you to specify a relevant form field or column for which the QR code scanner will be initiated. The rule can be executed when loading the form or when changing the v (...)

Applies to version: 2023.1.3 and above   Introduction This article concerns the system data source <Users and Groups>  and its effect on the Person or group form field from 2023 R3 onwards. The system data source <Users and Groups> (distinguished by the triangle brackets) is meant to act as a filter on top of the list of synchronized users -

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

(...) d from the configuration of the main form. However, it is possible to break the inheritance and configure the compact form independently. - You can control the behavior of the compact form through form rule s. By default, the configuration of such rules is inherited from the settings of the main form, but, similar to the first case, it is also possible to break the settings inheritance; security le (...)

(...) It would be nice if there were the following changes to the form rule alerts/confirmation functions: a) Modal dialog They could reuse the modal dialog from the "single row edit" instead of using the browser integrated alert/confirmation window. This would result in a more consistent user experience. Of course it would be nice to set title, body and button texts but I would be fine with setting the body at (...)

(...) here the action goes on each row of an item list and if a row has option A for a specific column then column B cannot be empty? There are some new functions for the item list but they only work as form rule s and for action (even creating a business rule, form rule s don't work as it needs to a TRUE/FALSE result). Even using SQL Command I think it would only work for a subquery because I need to check (...)