When you create a process application, you provide a name,
acronym, and optional description of the process application.
About this task
You create process applications in
Process Center. You
can access the Process Center console in the following ways:
- Through the Process Center URL
(for example https://servername:9080/ProcessCenter) into a web browser.
- Through a link in Process Designer.
Tip: If you are creating processes or straight-through
processes in your process application, use the Process Center URL.
If you are building BPDs in your process application, use the Process
Designer desktop editor.
Procedure
To create a new process application, complete the following
steps:
- Start Process Center.
- In the Process Apps tab, click the Create New Process App option.
- In the Create New Process App window,
enter a name, acronym, and description of the process application.
The acronym for the process application must be unique and
limited to 7 characters. IBM® BPM uses
the acronym as an identifier for this process application and the
library items that it contains. For example, when you manipulate the
items within the process application with the IBM BPM JavaScript API, you can use
the acronym to specify the namespace of the items.
Providing a description is optional. When you enter a description,
you can view it in Process Center by
clicking the question mark next to the process application name.
- Open your process application to create your processes
and other artifacts. By default, process applications
open in the web Process Designer. To open a process application in
the desktop Process Designer, open Process Center from
the desktop Process Designer. The Process Designer
then displays the Process App Settings editor.
This editor is where you can update settings that apply globally to
the process application such as setting the theme used by its coaches,
setting the namespace, and exposing services. For information, see Editing process application settings