uCosminexus Service Platform, Basic Development Guide

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5.1 Definition Work Flow

The following figure shows the workflow for defining business processes.

Figure 5-1 Workflow for defining business processes

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The tasks involved in defining business processes are explained below.

Organization of this section
(1) Adding business processes
(2) Defining business process contents
(3) Saving business processes
(4) Validating business processes
(5) Debugging business processes
(6) Editing business processes
(7) Deleting business processes

(1) Adding business processes

To add business processes, use either one of the methods described below.

To add a new business process
Use a wizard to add new business processes.
There are two methods for adding a new business process with a wizard, one method is to add an undefined business process, and the other method is to first import the BPEL file created by the high level design tool in which BPMN is used, convert the BPEL file into a business process definition, and then add a business process.
For details about how to add new business processes, see 5.2.1 Adding New Business Processes.

Using already defined business processes
You can add a business process by copying an already defined business process. When you copy an already defined business process, a business process with the same definition contents is added. You can also edit the definition contents of the copied business process.
For details about how to add a business process by copying an already defined business process, see 5.2.2 Using an Already Defined Business Process to Add Business Processes.

(2) Defining business process contents

Define business process contents in the Business Process Definition screen.

For details about definition methods and definition contents, see 5.3 Defining Business Process Contents. For details about the Business Process Definition screen, see the manual Cosminexus Service Platform Overview.

(3) Saving business processes

You need to save the definition information of edited business processes in a repository as needed.

For details about how to save business process definition information and the timing for saving it, see 5.8 Saving Business Processes.

(4) Validating business processes

Validate the conformity of the business processes you have defined. You can perform validation at any time, such as when the business processes are being defined, or after they have been defined.

For details about the validation method, see 5.10 Validating Business Processes.

(5) Debugging business processes

Debug the defined business process in the development environment. After defining the business process you can debug them at any time.

For the method to debug a business process, see 9. Debugging Business Processes.

(6) Editing business processes

You can edit and change the definition contents of already defined business processes as needed.

For details about the business process editing method, see 5.9 Editing Business Processes.

(7) Deleting business processes

You can delete business processes that are no longer needed as necessary.

For details about the business process deletion method, see 5.11 Deleting Business Processes.