Subscribing to Blueworks Live processes in Process Designer

If you want to access one or more Blueworks Live™ processes from IBM® Process Designer, create a subscription.

About this task

When you subscribe to Blueworks Live processes, consider the following information:

  • To subscribe to Blueworks Live processes, you need a Blueworks Live account. See http://www.blueworkslive.com.
  • The Blueworks Live administrator must configure Blueworks live to work with IBM Business Process Manager.
  • To enable IBM Business Process Manager to work with Blueworks Live so that you can create subscriptions, the administrator must import the Blueworks Live signer certificates into the IBM Business Process Manager server truststore. See Adding a signer certificate to the default signers keystore.
  • You cannot subscribe to Blueworks Live processes from a toolkit in Process Designer. Blueworks Live subscriptions are available only from existing process applications.
  • You can subscribe to multiple Blueworks Live processes from one process application.
  • Linked processes are included as separate subscriptions.
  • Tip: You can set the Blueworks Live server URL and email address in the preferences for Process Designer. Select File > Preferences from the main menu, expand the IBM Business Process Manager entry, and then click the Blueworks Live option. Enter the server URL and the email address that you want to use for the Blueworks Live integration. If you want to log in to Blueworks Live with a different email address, change the preferences.
  • Restriction: Consider the following information about details in Blueworks Live that are imported into BPD processes:
    • Policies and attachments associated with Blueworks Live processes are not imported into IBM BPM.
    • Only Blueworks Live processes with a snapshot can be imported.
    • Only Blueworks Live processes with a diagram can be imported.

Procedure

Before you subscribe, complete the following steps:

  1. Start IBM Business Process Manager and open the Designer view.
  2. Click File > Preferences > IBM BPM > Blueworks Live. This opens the preferences to subscribe to Blueworks Live .
  3. Change the field Blueworks Live server URL to https://www.blueworkslive.com/.
  4. Enter your email address to the field Blueworks Live email address. The email address you enter should be the same email address you use as your user ID to log into Blueworks Live.
  5. You might also need to reimport the Service Provider certs into WebSphere Application Server. You can use the GeoTrust.cer file attached to the tech note on the Blueworks Live Support Portal Knowledge Base at https://bwl.support.ibmcloud.com/link/portal/5377/31018/Article/19241/How-do-I-subscribe-to-Process-Designer.

To create a subscription to Blueworks Live processes, complete the following steps:

  1. Click the plus sign next to Blueworks Live Processes in the library in the Designer view.
  2. If needed, type the email address and password that you use to log in to Blueworks Live.
  3. Select the check box next to the processes to which you want to subscribe.
    Tip: To preview the Blueworks Live process in a web browser, click the preview icon next to the process name.

    Any process that you want to work with in Process Designer must be associated with a diagram.

  4. On the Summary page, verify the list of Blueworks Live processes shown. If you want the subscription name that is displayed in Process Designer to be different from the Blueworks Live process name, type a new name in the BPD name field.

Results

Blueworks Live processes that you subscribe to are displayed in the Blueworks Live Processes category in the library. The Blueworks Live process names that are longer than 64 characters are truncated in the list. If you go to the All category and click to see all library items in the current process application, Blueworks Live items are marked with a Blueworks Live tag. When you subscribe to a Blueworks Live process, all associated library items (such as timing intervals and tracking groups) are created automatically.

Note: If you subscribe to Blueworks Live processes and must change those processes later, you can open the processes in Blueworks Live directly from Process Designer. You can make the required changes in both Blueworks Live and in Process Designer, and then reset the subscription date so that you know your process application is in sync with Blueworks Live. Make sure to subscribe to only those Blueworks Live processes that you want included in the process application.

To learn more about Blueworks Live, see Blueworks Live.

Parent topic: Subscribing to Blueworks Live processes