Getting started developing process applications

A process application typically includes a business process definition (BPD), the services to implement activities and integration with other systems such as InfoSphere MDM, and any other items that are required to run the process.

Before you begin

Before you develop your process applications, ensure that you have completed the steps to get started with IBM BPM.

About this task

The basic steps required to develop process applications are described in the IBM BPM documentation. You can learn about creating a business process definition, human services, and coaches.

However, to connect to InfoSphere® MDM you must specify an adaptor. After the adaptor is specified, you will use the integration services provided with application toolkit to interact with InfoSphere MDM. With these integration services, your process applications can retrieve MDM entity data, make updates to the existing data, and create new records.

The primary steps in developing MDM-powered process applications are:

Procedure

  1. Create a business process definition.
  2. Import the data model from your InfoSphere MDM system to create the business objects.
  3. Create the human service and coaches required for your process application.
  4. Configure the nested services required for your process application. For viewing master data in a hierarchical tree or viewing relationship information, you must also specify adaptor information.
  5. Connect your process application components together.
  6. Test your process application.


Last updated: 8 Sep 2015