IBM Cloud Orchestrator, Version 2.5.0.1

Setting up the IBM Process Designer

Install, configure, and log in to IBM® Process Designer.

About this task

IBM Process Designer is a stand-alone, local application that you install on a Windows operating system computer.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Business Process Manager user interface as an administrator user:
    https://ico_server_fqdn:443/ProcessCenter/login.jsp
    where ico_server_fqdn is the fully qualified domain name of the IBM Cloud Orchestrator Server.
  2. Install Process Designer on a Windows machine on which you design the workflows:
    1. On the right-side panel of Process Center, click Download Process Designer.
    2. Install the package as described in Installing IBM Process Designer in the Business Process Manager information center.
  3. Click Start > IBM Process Designer Edition > Process Designer and log in as user admin with password passw0rd.

Results

The Process Designer application opens and a list of process applications is displayed in the Process Apps tab. When you click the process application name, you can view its details, such as snapshots, history, you can edit some details such as name, or who can access it, but you are not able to configure the process application in this view. To configure a process application, click Open in Designer next to the item name.
You can switch between Designer, Inspector, and Optimizer tabs.
  • To plan and design processes, use the Designer view.
  • To test and debug processes, use the Inspector view.
  • To analyze and optimize processes, use the Optimizer view.
To return to the Process Center view, click Process Center in the upper right corner of the panel. In the Process Center view, click Open in Designer to get back to the Designer view.