Using the administrative console to configure the Business Process Choreographer Explorer

You can use the administrative console to configure Business Process Choreographer Explorer and the optional Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function.

1. Click either Servers > Clusters > WebSphere application server clusters > cluster_name or Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name, then on the Configuration tab, in the Business Integration section, expand Business Process Choreographer, and click Business Process Choreographer Explorer.
2. To configure a new instance, click Add.
3. Enter values for the following fields:
   • If you want the new instance to start automatically at server start, select Enable autostart.
   • The Context root must be unique on the deployment target server or cluster.
   • Explorer search result limit.
   • Managed Business Process Choreographer container.
   • Business Flow Manager REST API URL , for standalone servers a default value is provided that points to the server's Web container.
   • Human Task Manager REST API URL , for standalone servers a default value is provided that points to the server's Web container.
   For more information about these fields, see Business Process Choreographer Explorer settings.
4. Optional: If you want to configure the Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function perform the following.
   1. Ensure that a Business Process Choreographer event collector is installed and configured.
   2. Select Enable reporting function.
   3. Select which Business Process Choreographer event collector will be visualized. If the list is empty, you must first install and configure a Business Process Choreographer event collector, as described in Configuring the Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function and event collector.
   4. For Report at snapshot range specify how many days of data will be visualized.
5. Click Apply. Messages are displayed indicating the progress.
6. Optional: If any problems are reported, check the SystemOut.log file.
7. Start the enterprise application named BPCExplorer_scope. Where scope identifies the server or cluster where you configure the Business Process Choreographer Explorer.