Download - Progress OpenEdge BPM: An Application Revolution Demonstration OpenEdge 11.0 and Savvion 8.0 Shelley Chase, Software Architect, OpenEdge

Progress OpenEdge BPM: An Application Revolution Demonstration

OpenEdge 11.0 and Savvion 8.0

Shelley Chase, Software Architect, OpenEdge

© 2012 Progress Software Corporation. All rights reserved.2

Agenda

OpenEdge BPM overview

OpenEdge 11.0 / Savvion 8.0

Summary / questions / discussion


OpenEdge BPM

What is it?

Tight integration of OpenEdge with Savvion

Purposed for OpenEdge use cases (internal workflow)

Platform for building Business Process Applications

What is the benefit?

Allows you to model the workflow of your existing application

Supports workflow customization without code changes

Adds workflow services into OpenEdge platform (OERA)

Adds new managed services (e-mail, file, …)

Provides external visibility into the application at runtime


Key Components of OpenEdge BPM

Savvion Business Manager (SBM) Server

Progress Developer Studio for Savvion

Savvion PortalSavvion Process Modeler

Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge

OpenEdge Application Server

OpenEdge ClientPortal

Monitor and Improve


Key Components of OpenEdge BPM: Define/Develop Model

BPM Studio

OpenEdge Architect

Savvion Process Modeler


Business Analyst

Application Developer



Key Components of OpenEdge BPM: Deploy/Test



Savvion Process Modeler




Key Components of OpenEdge BPM: Running Application



Savvion PortalSavvion Process Modeler




Monitor and Improve


What’s In a Process Model…

Swim lane “Performer”

System step “Managed Adapter”

User activity “Task”

Business Process Application: Explicit process model tightly integrated with business layer

Decision


Technical Use Cases and Architecture

WebSpeed Transaction

Server

WebSpeed in Savvion Portal

OpenEdgeAppServer

Savvion Portal WebSpeed OpenEdge

SBM Server

System step

User activity “Task”

Savvion e-mail

Adapter


Agenda





All OpenEdge PlatformsSavvion 8.0, OpenEdge11.0

SBM ServerOpenEdge AppServer

OpenEdge

DB

OpenEdge

DB

Progress Developers Studio for

OpenEdge and Savvion

Tight integration simplifies business process application development

Unified development environment

Native adapter to call OE AppServer

Built-in ABL classes to access process on SBM Server

ABL data type support in Savvion

Data storage and access are unified on OpenEdge DBMS

OpenEdge 11.0 / Savvion 8.0: Simplify Developer Experience





OpenEdge

DB

OpenEdge

DB










Unified Development Environment = Progress Developer Studio

Remote publishing to a Server

• OE AppServer

• WebSpeed

• ESB Server

• SBM Server

Targeted Perspectives

Multiple Projects per Process

Project Facets

• AppServer

• BPM Process

• GUI

• …




OpenEdge

DB

OpenEdge

DB











Native Adapter for OpenEdge AppServer



Run business logic on OE AppServer

• Supports state-free or state-managed AppServers

• Procedures can run as EXTERNAL or SINGLE-RUN

Native OE Adapter uses OE AppServer protocol

• Automatic data conversion for parameters


Using Native Adapter for OpenEdge AppServer

Define a system step to run business logic on OE AppServer• Simple, familiar connection model

• Parameter mapping with ABL data type support

• Drag-n-drop .p files

• No coding required


Unified IDE and Native Adapter for OpenEdge AppServer In Action

Demo




OpenEdge

DB

OpenEdge

DB











Built-in ABL Classes

Workflow defined in Savvion and controlled from ABL• Simple, familiar connection model

• ABL data type support

• Programmatic control of process including task management



OpenEdge

DB

OpenEdge

DB



Built-in ABL Classes Details

Progress.BPM.UserSessionConnect ( )Disconnect ( )StartProcess ( )GetAssignedTasks ( )GetAvailableTasks ( )GetTask ( )

Progress.BPM.ProcessGetDataSlots ( )UpdateDataSlots ( )

Progress.BPM.TaskComplete ( )MakeAvailable ( )GetDataSlots ( )Assign ( )DueDateStatus

Progress.BPM.DataSlotNameBPMDataTypeNameDataTypeNameValue

Communicates with SBM Server• Connect• Start process• Get tasks

Access to Process dataslots

Task for connected user• Complete task• Reassign task• Status

Dataslot = “global shared variables”• Name• Data type information• Value - ABL data value


Built-in ABL Objects In Action

Demo





OpenEdge

DB

OpenEdge

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ABL Data Types in Process Definition and OE Adapter





OpenEdge

DB

OpenEdge

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OpenEdge Database Repository: 10.2B04+


OpenEdge

DB


Agenda





OpenEdge 11.0 Application Platform

Integrated Development Environment

ABL

OpenEdge Deployment Platform

OpenEdgeRDBMS

OpenEdgeReplication

OpenEdgeDataServers

OpenEdge AppServer

OpenEdgeMgmt

Open Clients

OpenEdgeClients

SQLClients

ServiceInterfaces

OpenEdge BPM

“…demonstrate Progress' commitment to enriching the OpenEdge platform for its business application partners…”

“…further evidence of a shift toward process-centric business applications…”

-Gartner

A Complete “In the Box” Solution for “Business Process Applications”


More information and Next Steps

Progress Communities: OE BPM Videos

http://communities.progress.com/pcom/docs/DOC-106994

Progress Communities: AutoEdge | The Factory


OpenEdge 11.1 – Summer 2012






Questions and Discussion

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