Creating and Editing Processes

In the Process Manager, you can open processes for editing via double-click that have been published on the server.

On the left-hand side of the Process Manager, you will find the link to New Process in the Actions area.

Assistant for New Processes

Select the event that is to initiate the process here. Initiating events can be changes to data records in portal applications or time-controlled events. With the setting Do not show this wizard again the wizard will not be shown again when a new process will be created. Click Next to continue.

If you have selected a change to a data record as initiating event, you will be informed of the following steps in this dialog. A data group event handler will be automatically created upon this selection, and the dialog for its configuration will be opened. Next, select the desired data group and application that is to react to the process. Then define a filter condition, if you only want to react to a restricted number of data records. Then the desired action that is to execute the process can be selected.

If you have selected a time-controlled event as an executing event, you will be informed of the further steps in this dialog. With this selection, a global timer will be automatically created with a timer events handler. The dialog for configuration of the global timer will be opened. After configuration, if desired, a filter condition can be defined for the timer events handler. Next, the desired actions that are to be executed by the process can be defined.

Creating a new Process without wizard

If the setting Use assistant when creating a new process is deactivated in the menu Extras / Options, you will not be supported by the wizard. An empty process will be created, which you can design as you desire.

When you click this link, a new, empty process will be opened for editing in the workspace of the Processes module.

Published Processes

In a newly created portal, you will find some processes already published in the Process Manager. With the Check free hard drive space process, you can find out how much space is still available on the hard drive.

A process that is currently being edited will always be so designated with the

symbol. When you place the mouse cursor on a process, symbols will be shown to the right of it. You can release a process here that is currently being edited. If you do so, please note that when changes are made simultaneously by two editors to a process, both may be lost.

A released process can be opened for editing by clicking on

Open process. Clicking on

Create copy of process duplicates the existing process and opens the copy for editing. The button to

Activate process conducts itself like the play button on a media player. If it has been clicked, the process will be “turned alive” and will execute as soon as relevant changes to the portal are made. The button itself will then be inactive. With

Deactivate process, a process will be turned off and will then no longer react to processes in the portal. With

Delete, an existing process will be deleted.

If you click on the link to Recently edited, all processes will be listed which were edited recently. By clicking on More… you have the ability to open processes again that have been saved as a working copy via the menu item File / Save process as.

If you click on the link to Import… existing processes can be imported.

If you have a long, comprehensive list, the search bar in the upper area of the Process Manager will simplify the location of processes. Simply enter the title or the GUID of the process for which you are searching.