Sharing assets

When you want to share the business process management (BPM) artifacts that you create, store them in a central WebSphere® Business Process Management that you and others can browse. For example, you want to be able to find and reuse the approved version of a process model even if someone else created it. With the WebSphere Business Process Management, you can do just that.

About this task

Assets, in this case, are a collection of files that provide a reusable solution to a specific business problem. In the WebSphere Business Process Management, which runs on IBM® Rational® Asset Manager, you can store or link to assets that were developed in different content-management systems and browse the assets using categories as filters. The WebSphere Business Process Management tracks how assets are related and who owns them.

In contrast with versioning systems for content under development, such as Concurrent Versions System (CVS) or Rational ClearCase, where you back up your work every day when you are actively making changes, you add assets to the WebSphere Business Process Management only when work on them is complete and they have gone through the approval process that your organization uses.

In addition, using the WebSphere Business Process Management enables you to link to and browse files that are stored in specialized repositories, such as WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (for SOA services), along with all of your other BPM assets.

  • Asset repository
    The WebSphere Business Process Management is a central location for sharing business process management (BPM) assets such as processes. If you have a supported version of IBM Rational Asset Manager installed, you can browse the WebSphere Business Process Management for assets that have already been developed and approved by others.
  • Configuring Rational Asset Manager Version 7.1.0.1 or 7.1.1
    Before you can use Rational Asset Manager Version 7.1.0.1 or 7.1.1 to store business process management assets, you must import asset model that is required for it to function as an asset repository for WebSphere Business Modeler.
  • Configuring Rational Asset Manager Version 7.1.1.1
    Before you can use Rational Asset Manager Version 7.1.1.1 to store business process management assets, you must import asset model that is required for it to function as an asset repository for WebSphere Business Modeler.
  • Configuring Rational Asset Manager 7.2
    Before you can use Rational Asset Manager Version 7.2 to store business process management assets, you must import asset model that is required for it to function as an asset repository for IBM WebSphere Business Modeler.
  • Connecting to the WebSphere Business Process Management
    Before you can search for assets, you must connect to the WebSphere Business Process Management.
  • Browsing assets in the asset repository
    To look for assets that you might be able to reuse in your projects, you can browse through the WebSphere Business Process Management or search for the assets you want.
  • Importing assets from the WebSphere Business Process Management
    You can import an asset (such as a project, process, resource, or business object) from the WebSphere Business Process Management to use in WebSphere Business Modeler. By reusing an asset that already exists, you can save time and effort in your modeling project.
  • Adding assets to the WebSphere Business Process Management
    To make an asset available for others to use and to make sure that the most recent version is being distributed, you can put the asset into the WebSphere Business Process Management.
  • Setting up notification when assets change
    If your project depends on an asset that you acquired from the WebSphere Business Process Management, you can subscribe to that asset and be notified by email if it changes. For example, if you have a project that uses a Customer Order process from the WebSphere Business Process Management, you are notified by email if the Customer Order process is updated and you can therefore choose whether to keep your current process or import the newer one.