Creating a governance process for installing a process application
Before governance can be applied to a process application, someone must design and create the governance process. The governance process defines the steps that are required before the process application snapshot can be installed on a process server.
About this task
IBM® BPM includes the System Governance toolkit, which supplies the process templates, service flows, and business objects that you need to create a governance process. This topic describes creating a process relating to the installation of a process application snapshot. You can also create a governance process relating to changing the status of a snapshot for a process application or a toolkit.
By default, when anyone tries to install a snapshot of a process application, an instance of the Default Installation Requested governance process from the System Governance toolkit is started. That default governance process just allows the installation to proceed. If you want to apply governance to that process application, you need to replace that default governance process with one that is customized to your requirements. You can use the governance process to notify people of the installation or you can set approvals in place so that no one can install it from Process Center on a process server until those approvals have been completed. Governance can provide a way to ensure that proper testing is done and approvals are secured before a snapshot of a process application is installed.
A governance process created in IBM BPM V8.0.0 cannot be used in this version. You must use a governance process from V8.0.1 or later. You must use the process described here to create a governance process. You must build your governance process using a template from the System Governance toolkit.
Procedure
What to do next
When the governance process is complete, take a snapshot of the process application, label it, and set the status of the snapshot to "Released." Only a released snapshot can be applied to a process application by an administrator.
Apply the new governance process as the governance for process applications. See the related link to instructions for that task.
- An administrator changes the association to the default governance process from System Governance toolkit.
- An administrator changes the association to a different released snapshot of the same governance process.
- An administrator changes the association to a released snapshot of a different governance process application.