9 Sharing BPM Projects Using the Process Asset Manager

You can use the Process Asset Manager to share BPM projects between the different persons ... It stores multiple versions of the same business asset. Gotomaincontent 17/45 9SharingBPMProjectsUsingtheProcessAssetManager Thischapterdescribeshowtostorebusinessassetsinaprocessassetmanager.Theprocessassetmanagerrunsinanapplicationserverthatyouconfigure. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: IntroductiontotheProcessAssetManager WorkingwithBPMProjectsStoredintheProcessAssetManager WorkingwiththeProcessAssetManager 9.1IntroductiontotheProcessAssetManager TheprocessassetmanagerprovidesauniformwaytomanagethedifferentbusinessassetsthatarepartofaBPMprojectandOracleBusinessProcessArchitectprojects. YoucanusetheProcessAssetManagertoshareBPMprojectsbetweenthedifferentpersonsworkingontheproject.ProcessdevelopersworkingwithOracleBPMStudiocansharetheirBPMprojectswithotherprocessdevelopers,orwithprocessanalystsusingOracleBusinessProcessComposer.Formoreinformationaboutthedevelopmentlifecycle,seeOverviewoftheApplicationDevelopmentLifeCycle. Afteryoucheckoutaprojectfromtheprocessassetmanager,theJDeveloperSVNfeaturesareenabled.YoucanchoosebetweenusingtheprocessassetmanagerversioningfunctionalityoftheSVN.Forexample,youcanpublishaprojectusingtheprocessassetmanagersaveaction,ortheSVNcommitaction.AprojectthatyoucheckedoutfromtheprocessassetmanagerisanSVNprojectforJDeveloper. Theprocessassetmanagersupportsthefollowing: Collaboration Itenablesmultipleuserstoworkonthesameprojectsimultaneously. SecurityandAccessControl Itprovidesfinegrainedsecurityandaccesscontrolofthebusinessassets.Theapplicationaccessingthecatalogdeterminesthecorrectaccessrightsgrantedtotheprincipaloftheapplication. Versioning Itstoresmultipleversionsofthesamebusinessasset. ConflictResolution,DiffandMerge Whenabusinessassetismodifiedsimultaneouslybydifferentusers,theprocessassetmanagerenablesyouviewthedifferencesbetweenthedifferentversions,resolvetheconflictsbetweenthemandmergethechanges. LifeCycle Itsupportsaflexiblelifecyclemodelthatenablesabusinessassettomaturefrominitialbrainstormingtodevelopmentandtesting,tointegrationtestandfinallydeploymentinproduction. Reporting Itprovidesadetailedreportingofthebusinessassetsinthecatalogandtheirhistory. BackupandRecovery Intheeventofhardwarefailure,softwarebugs,andhumanerror,youcanrevertthechangestoastableversionoftheproject. 9.2WorkingwithBPMProjectsStoredintheProcessAssetManager ThissectioncoversthetypicalusecasesoftheProcessAssetManager,includingsettingupanenvironmentandaddingandexportingBPMprojects. SettingupanenvironmenttoworkwiththeProcessAssetManager SeeHowtoSetUpanEnvironmenttoWorkwithProjectsStoredintheProcessAssetManager. WorkingwithBPMprojectsstoredintheProcessAssetManager SeeHowtoModifyaBPMProjectStoredintheProcessAssetManager. AddingaBPMprojecttotheProcessAssetManager HowtoaddaBPMProjecttotheProcessAssetManager ExportingaBPMprojectfromtheProcessAssetManagertoazipfile HowtoExportaBPMProjectStoredintheBusinessProcessManager 9.2.1HowtoSetUpanEnvironmenttoWorkwithProjectsStoredintheProcessAssetManager BeforeyoustartworkingwithaBPMprojectstoredintheProcessAssetManager,youmustsetupyourenvironmentbyconfiguringaconnectionandcheckingouttheBPMproject. Tosetupyourenvironment: CreateaProcessAssetManagerconnection. SeeHowtoCreateaProcessAssetManagerConnection. CheckouttheBPMprojectfromtheProcessAssetManager. SeeHowtoCheckOutaBPMProjectfromtheProcessAssetManager ModifytheBPMproject. SavethechangestotheProcessAssetManager. SeeHowtoSaveaBPMProjecttotheProcessAssetManager. 9.2.2HowtoModifyaBPMProjectStoredintheProcessAssetManager YoucanmodifyaBPMprojectthatyoucheckedoutfromtheProcessAssetManagerandthensavethechangestotheProcessAssetManager,tosharethemwithotherdevelopers. TomodifyaBPMprojectstoredintheProcessAssetManager: UpdateyourlocalcopywiththechangesfromtheProcessAssetManager. SeeHowtoUpdateLocalBPMProjects ModifytheBPMproject. SavethechangestotheProcessAssetManager. SeeHowtoSaveaBPMProjecttotheProcessAssetManager. 9.2.3HowtoaddaBPMProjecttotheProcessAssetManager YoucanaddaBPMprojectthatyoucreatedandstoredlocally,totheProcessAssetManager. ToaddaBPMprojecttotheProcessAssetManager IfyoudonothaveaProcessAssetManagerconnection,createone. SeeHowtoCreateaProcessAssetManagerConnection. SavetheBPMprojecttotheProcessAssetManager. SeeHowtoSaveaBPMProjecttotheProcessAssetManager 9.2.4HowtoExportaBPMProjectStoredintheBusinessProcessManager YoucanexportaBPMprojectintheprocessassetmanagertoazipfilethatyoucanstorelocally. ToexportaBPMproject: OpentheProcessAssetManagerNavigator. Right-clicktheBPMprojectthatyouwanttoexport. SelectExport. TheExportProjectfromPAMwizardappears. ClickNext. Ifyouwanttoavoidviewingthewelcomepagethenexttimeyouexportaproject,selectSkipThisPageNextTime. Enterafilenametoidentifytheexportedfile. ClicktheSearchbuttonnexttotheLocationfield,toselectadestinationwheretostoretheexportedfile. ClickNext. TheIncludedFilespageappears.Thispageshowsallthefilesthatareincludedintheexportfile. ClickNext. TheFinishedpageappears.Thispageshowsiftheexportoperationwassuccessful. ClickFinish. 9.3WorkingwiththeProcessAssetManager TheProcessAssetManagersupportscreatingaconnection,checkingoutandsavingaBPMproject,updatingaBPMprojectlocally,removingprojects,andviewingthechangehistory. Creatingaconnection SeeHowtoCreateaProcessAssetManagerConnection CheckingoutaBPMproject SeeHowtoCheckOutaBPMProjectfromtheProcessAssetManager SavingaBPMproject SeeHowtoSaveaBPMProjecttotheProcessAssetManager UpdatinglocallystoredBPMprojects SeeHowtoUpdateLocalBPMProjects RemovingBPMprojects SeeHowtoDeleteaBPMProjectfromtheProcessAssetManager Viewingthechangehistory SeeHowtoViewtheChangeHistory 9.3.1HowtoCreateaProcessAssetManagerConnection Beforeyoustarttoworkwithaprocessassetmanager,youmustconfigureaprocessassetmanagerconnectiontolocatetheserverwheretheprocessassetmanagerisstored. Tocreateaprocessassetmanagerconnection: OpentheProcessAssetManagerNavigatorwindow: FromtheJDevelopermenu,selectWindow. SelectProcessAssetManagerNavigator. TheProcessAssetManagerNavigatoropensontheleftofthescreen. Right-clickthePAMnode,andselectCreateConnection. TheCreateProcessAssetManagerConnectionwizardappears. ClickNext. TheConnectionNamepageappears. Ifyouwanttoavoidviewingthewelcomepagethenexttimeyouexportaproject,selectSkipThisPageNextTime. Enteranametoidentifytheconnection. Entertheusernametologintotheprocessassetmanagerserver. Enterthepasswordtologintotheprocessassetmanagerserver. ClickNext. IntheWebLogicHostnamefield,entertheURLtolocatetheprocessassetmanagerserver. Optionally,configuretheport,SSLportandtheAlwaysUseSSLoption ClickTestConnectiontotestiftheprovidedinformationiscorrect. TheStatusfieldshowsiftheconnectiontotheprocessassetmanagerserverissuccessful. ClickFinish. ThenewconnectionappearsintheProcessAssetManagerNavigator. 9.3.2HowtoCheckOutaBPMProjectfromtheProcessAssetManager YoucancheckoutaspecificversionofaBPMprojectfromtheprocessassetmanagerandstoreitlocally.Youcanmakelocalmodificationstothislocalprojectandthencheckthemintotheprocessassetmanager. TocheckoutaBPMProjectfromtheprocessassetmanager: IntheProcessAssetManagerNavigator,expandtheconnectionnodeandtheexpandthespacenode. Right-clicktheBPMprojecttocheckout. SelectCheckOut. TheCheckoutProjectfromPAMdialogboxappears. ClicktheSearchbuttonnexttotheDestinationfieldtoselectalocaldestinationwheretostorethecheckedoutproject. ClickOK. TheCheckingOutProjectdialogboxappearswhiletheProcessAssetManagerchecksouttheproject. TheBPMprojectthatyouselectedisstoredtoalocaldestinationandappearsintheApplicationswindow.NotethattheBPMprojectcheckedoutfromtheProcessAssetManagershowsaniconwiththestatusoftheproject,toviewthestatusplacethecursoroverthenodeandwaitforthetooltiptoappear. 9.3.3HowtoSaveaBPMProjecttotheProcessAssetManager YoucanstoreaBPMprojectintheprocessassetmanagertoshareitwithotherusersandworktogetheronthesameproject.YoucanusethisproceduretostoreanewBPMprojectortosavethechangesyoumadetoaBPMprojectalreadystoredintheProcessAssetManager. TosaveaBPMprojecttotheprocessassetmanager: OpentheBPMprojectyouwanttostoreintheprocessassetmanager. IntheApplicationswindow,rightclicktheBPMproject. SelectSavetoPAM. Youmightneedtodoanupdateandresolveanypossibleconflictsbeforeyoucansaveyourchanges. TheSelectConnectiondialogboxappears. FromthePAMConnectionslist,selectaconnection,orclicktheAddbuttontocreateanewconnection. FromtheSpacelist,selectaspace,orclicktheAddbuttontocreateanewspace. ClickOK. TheSaveProjecttoPAMdialogboxappears.ThisdialogboxdisplaysthesourceoftheBPMproject,andtheconnectionandspacewheretostoretheBPMproject. Enteracomment. ClickOK. TheBPMprojectappearsintheProcessAssetManagerandisavailabletootherusersusingtheProcessAssetManager. Note: IftheprojectislockedfromBusinessProcessComposeryoucannotsaveyourchanges.Tosaveyourchanges,firstreleasethelockfromBusinessProcessComposer. 9.3.4HowtoUpdateLocalBPMProjects YoucanupdateyourlocalBPMprojectwiththechangesmadetotheBPMProjectintheProcessAssetManager. ToupdatelocalBPMprojects: IntheApplicationswindow,right-clicktheBPMprojectthatyouwanttorefresh. SelectUpdate.ThisitemislocatedundertheSavetoPAMitem. IftherearechangesintheBPMProjectstoredintheProcessAssetManager,theUpdateStatusdialogboxappears.ClickOKtoacceptthechanges. TheUpdatingLocalSourceDialogappearswhiletheProcessAssetManagerupdatesthelocalBPMProject. Figure9-1UpdateStatusDialog Descriptionof"Figure9-1UpdateStatusDialog" 9.3.5HowtoDeleteaBPMProjectfromtheProcessAssetManager YoucandeleteaprojectfromtheProcessAssetManager. TodeleteaBPMProjectfromtheprocessassetmanager: OpentheProcessAssetManagerNavigator. Right-clicktheBPMprojectthatyouwanttodelete. SelectDelete. TheDeleteProjectfromBACdialogboxappears. ClickYes. TheDeletingProjectdialogboxappearswhiletheProcessAssetManagerdeletestheproject. 9.3.6HowtoViewtheChangeHistory YoucanviewthehistoryofthechangesmadetoaBPMprojectsinceitwasaddedtotheProcessAssetManager,andyoucanbrowsethedetailsofeachofthosechanges. Toviewthechangehistory: OpentheProcessAssetManagerNavigator. RightclicktheBPMprojectfromwhichyouwanttoseethechangehistory. SelectHistoryandChanges. TheHistorydialogboxappears.Thehistorytableshowsthedate,authorandcommentsforeachofthechangesinthehistoryoftheBPMproject.WhenyouselectachangetheAffectedComponentstableshowsthemodifiedartifactsandfiles,dependingonwhichtabyouselect.Figure9-2showstheHistorydialogboxfortheBookFlightproject. Figure9-2HistoryDialog Descriptionof"Figure9-2HistoryDialog"