Creating process applications

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:

  1. Start Process Center.
  2. In the Process Apps tab, click the Create New Process App option.
  3. In the Create New Process App window, complete the following steps:
    1. In the Process App Name field, specify a name for the process application.
    2. In the Acronym field, specify an acronym by:
      • IBM BPM version 8.6.0 cumulative fix 2018.03Accepting the generated acronym, or
      • Typing a new acronym.

      The acronym 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.

    3. In the optional Documentation field, type a description. You can view the description in Process Center by clicking the question mark next to the process application name.
    4. IBM BPM version 8.6.0 cumulative fix 2018.03If you want Process Designer to immediately open when the new process application is created, select the Open in Process Designer check box.
    5. Click Create.
  4. 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

What to do next

Creating a process
Parent topic: Building process applications