What's new in IBM Business Automation Workflow 22.0.2

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Learn about the many new features in IBM® Business Automation Workflow 22.0.2.

For the new features of Business Automation Workflow in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, see What's new in 2022.0.2 - December 2022.
For information about features that are deprecated or removed in 22.0.2, see Deprecated and removed features of IBM Business Automation Workflow.

Update to Business Automation Workflow 22.0.2 to experience all the highlights, such as these added abilities and improvements.

Build

  • Create common case patterns more easily.
    • Rename system properties that are displayed in case in-basket columns for easier data mapping and customization.
    • Reorder case activity properties for improved display in the Case Activities UI view of human service case pages.
    • Enable supervision of work through the new support for process manager teams when you define case roles. New information Learn more...
  • Enhance the usability of Case Client by using improved views from the Case toolkit and client-side human services.
    • Enhance the usability of the case UI by including Add Activity, Split Case, and Create Package UI View buttons in the Case Details human service pages. New information Learn more...
    • Benefit from the easily customizable Split Case human service flow that aligns with the pattern that is used for Add Case and Case Details human service pages.
  • Easily synchronize case changes with client-side human services in Process Designer.
    • When you build case user interfaces and update case property variables in Case Builder, you can now apply the changes by synchronizing the variables in the client-side human services.
  • Use the enhanced auto-complete function when you enter scripts in Process Designer.
  • This topic applies only to the IBM Business Automation Workflow Advanced configuration.Benefit from the improved support for calling external REST services from Business Automation Workflow Advanced.
    • Business Automation Workflow Advanced 21.0.2 introduced the ability to invoke REST services by using OpenAPI 3.0. Now, in Business Automation Workflow Advanced 22.0.2, you can also discover and invoke external REST services that use content type text/plain as specified in their OpenAPI 3.0 definitions. New information Learn more....

Run

  • Work more efficiently with case tasks and documents in Case Client.
    • View and complete process tasks from the Case Tasks UI view in case details human services pages.
    • Benefit from the improved sorting, filtering, and property data display for large numbers of Business Automation Workflow and FileNet® tasks that are displayed together in case in-baskets. New information Learn more...
    • Display case documents by using the powerful Document Viewer on case and process human service pages.

Manage

  • Manage work, track, and migrate data more efficiently.
    • Manage work more efficiently by receiving email notifications when process tasks are reassigned to you.
    • Track the status of your process variables efficiently in Business Automation Insights dashboards by using intermediate tracking events.
    • Migrate process instances that originate from case activities. New information Learn more...

Install

 Containers: 
  • Scripts are provided for quicker installation of Business Automation Workflow on containers. You can now run a cert-kubernetes script (baw-prerequisites.sh) to generate database SQL statements and YAML templates for Kubernetes secrets to validate the LDAP and database connection, and to generate the final custom resource (CR). New informationLearn more...
  • You can configure multiple directories in the LDAP configuration in your deployment and as a result authenticate users across multiple LDAPs. A mix of directory types is supported, which allows administrators to isolate teams with a specific domain.
  • You can configure PostgreSQL to authenticate clients with SSL certificates. When SSL is enabled, a certificate is used to encrypt the traffic between the PostgreSQL client and the PostgreSQL server. The PostgreSQL server listens for both password authentication and SSL connections on the same TCP port, and negotiates with any connecting client on whether to use SSL.
  • The Content Services toolkit is now available in Business Automation Workflow on containers. It connects to FileNet Content Manager to provide a rich content folder view that can be used for both case folders and process task pages.
 Traditional: 
  • The Content Services toolkit has been updated with new automation features and Carbon Design System guidelines. It now connects to FileNet Content Manager and uses its features to provide a rich content folder view that can be used for both case folders and process task pages. New informationLearn more...

Find out more about the supported environments for Business Automation Workflow.

IBM Process Federation Server

  • Process Federation Server now supports version 8.x of Elasticsearch. New information Learn more...
  • Create more targeted saved searches by using the new In operator that helps you filter tasks using multiple values in a single condition. For example, by using the following condition, you can define a saved search that only returns tasks from two different process applications, Process App A and Process App B: 
    {
    "field": "processAppName",
    "operator": "In",
    "value": "Process App A;Process App B"
}
    New information Learn more...
This topic applies only to the IBM Business Automation Workflow Advanced configuration.

IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service Bus

  • The new version of IBM Business Process Manager Enterprise Service Bus 8.6 is IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service Bus 22.0.2. An enterprise service bus (ESB) is an architectural pattern whereby a centralized software component performs integrations between applications, like a “bus” that picks up information from one application and delivers it to another. New informationLearn more...
  • If you are using IBM Business Process Manager Enterprise Service Bus 8.6, then, after you install Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service Bus, you can transfer your artifacts. New informationLearn more...