uEngine BPM 简介

Usermanual–uEngineIntroductionandBPMlifecycleUsermanual–uEngineIntroductionandBPMlifecycle...............................................11.OpenSourceBPMS-uEngineIntroduction.............................................................2EmbeddedBPM...........................................................................................................32.PracticalUseofBPMS-Lifecycle..............................................................................4HowtoinstallandrunuEngine.................................................................................42.1uEngineDownload.........................................................................................42.2uEngineinstallationandexecution.............................................................5WindowsEnvironment.................................................................................5uEngineUserInterface................................................................................72.3ProcessAutomation-ProcessEnactment....................................................8InitiateWork.................................................................................................8WorkProgress...............................................................................................92.4ProcessMonitoring......................................................................................12ConfirmProcessInstance'Progress'or'CompletionStatus'...................132.5ProcessAnalysis...........................................................................................14ProcessAnalyzerStructure.......................................................................14PracticalAnalysisofTroubleTicketTask................................................162.6uEngineUserRegistration/Management(AdministrationFunctionality).............................................................................................................................201.OpenSourceBPMS-uEngineIntroductionThismanualtriestoexplainthewholeprocessesofpracticalusesviauEngineopensourceBPMSwhichisavailabletoeverybodywithoutcharge.Therefore,anybodywhoisinterestedinmakinguseofuEngineBPMSorprovidingservicestootherscanexperienceusefulprocessesmuchmoredirectly.TheuEngineBPMSisthefirstprofessionalopensourceproductinKorea.Itisdesignedthatallcomponentsoftheproductcanbeeasilyembedded.Recently,manycompaniesfocusonadoptingBPMS,withtheirexistingsoftwareintegration,duplicatefunctionality,andTCO(TotalCostofOwnership),thesedifficultiescanbepositivelysolvedbytheuEngineBPMS.Figure4-1uEngineprovidesthemostfeaturesthatmanycommercialBPMSproviderssupportwithanintegrationbetweenBI,portal,WebServicesandprovedmanydifferentopensourcesThecoreofuEngineconsistsofcomponentframeworkwhichmakespossibleonspecialintegrationpatternssuchasnewactivitytypes,externalorganizationcharts,uniteddatamanagementsbetweenexternalapplications.Itisabigdifferencethatthe“embeddeduEngine’sBPMS”hasthecapabilityofhandlingvariousoverheadsduringintegrationsandcustomizationtaskswhilemostexistingBPMsolutionproviderscannotavoidtheseproblems.EmbeddedBPMSinceuEngineinitiallystarteddevelopmentsbasedoncomponentassemblyarchitecture,ithasexperiencedasanOEMproviderintegratedwithvariousproductsuitesfromothercompanies.Withhistoryandtechnicalbasedcharacteristicoftheproduct,ithelpsusershavenotonlyaserver/clientmode,butalsoalibrary/frameworkmodewhichhelpsusersintegrateexternalorganizationchartsviaacallbackimplementation,dataextractionthroughitsengines’eventextraction,interfacingwithexternalmessengerorworklistasanimplementationmodel.Inaddition,itprovidesanActivitywrappingfunctionalitythatusersmakeuseofvariousexistingsoftwareproductswhilemodelingbusinessprocesses.Figure4-2uEngineprovidesaframeworkandplugintoolsthathelpusersaddnewactivitytypestoexistingsoftwareorsoftwarebasedarchitecturewhichiseasilyadaptableinBPMenvironmentEspecially,thisfeaturegivesatleaseimpactonwell-structuredexistingapplicationarchitectures(organizationmanagement(HR),approvalsorgroupware,EAI,incaseofstandardizationsettled).ItcanbeagreatchoiceforcompanieswhowanttointernalizeBPM.ThosesoftwarecompanieswhodevelopERP,PDM,SCM,CRM,orexistingmanagementinformationsystemscanembeduEnginestotheirownsoftwareproductsundertheLGPLlicenseagreementwithuEngineSolutions.ItiseffectivethattheymakeuseofuEnginespecialfeaturesandabletoupgradeordifferentiatetheirownsoftwareproductstobeBPMbasedsystems.2.PracticalUseofBPMS-LifecycleHowtoinstallandrunuEngine2.1uEngineDownloadVisitthepage,)Clickthe“EnvironmentVariables”underthe“Advanced”tabmenuintheSystemProperties.(SetupthefolderpathinwhichJDKisinstalled)[Figure5-2]2)Like[Figure5-4]and[Figure5-5]RunbothDBandWAS.Figure5-2JAV