With IBM® Business Automation
Insights, you gather data from
your applications and display it in dashboards. You can analyze your business data and present the
results using clear visualizations, graphs, and diagrams. You get a data-based view of your
operations to make informed decisions.
Before you begin
Before you begin:
- Complete the cluster administrator setup by running
./baw-clusteradmin-setup.sh.
- Ensure that you have a namespace created for your IBM Business Automation
Workflow deployment.
- Verify that Kafka is available in your environment. Business Automation Insights requires Kafka for event streaming.
About this task
Business Automation Insights is
installed as an optional component during the Business Automation Workflow installation
process. When you select Business Automation Insights during installation,
the generated Custom Resource (CR) includes the configuration for Business Automation Insights. Upon applying the
CR, all Business Automation Insights-related operands are deployed, and the relevant pods start.
Procedure
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Run the prerequisites script to continue the installation process:
./baw-prerequisites.sh -m property -n namespace
Replace namespace with the name of your Kubernetes
namespace.
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When prompted, select the optional components to include in your deployment.
The script displays a list of available optional components. To install Business Automation Insights, select
Business Automation Insights from the list.
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Complete the remaining prompts in the prerequisites script to generate the CR file.
The script generates a CR file that includes the Business Automation Insights
configuration.
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Apply the CR to deploy Business Automation Workflow with Business Automation Insights:
kubectl apply -f ibm_cp4a_cr_final.yaml
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Verify that the Business Automation Insights pods are running:
kubectl get pods -n namespace | grep bai
Wait until all Business Automation Insights-related pods show a status of Running.
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Retrieve the Business Automation Insights access information from the ConfigMap:
kubectl get configmap bawdeploy-cp4ba-access-info -n namespace -o yaml
After Business Automation Insights is enabled and all relevant pods are running, the system updates the bawdeploy-cp4ba-access-info ConfigMap with access details.
Results
Business Automation Insights is now installed and running in your IBM Business Automation
Workflow environment. All Business Automation Insights-related operands are deployed, and the relevant pods are started.
What to do next
After installing Business Automation Insights, you must configure
event emitters to capture business events from your workflow applications. You can configure events
for BPMN, Case, Content, and WorkForce at any time and view the data being populated in Business Automation Insights dashboards.
Configure the following event emitters as needed: