Introduction

TIBCO Active Matrix BPM is implemented as a number of independent components that expose services, exploiting the benefits of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) provided by the TIBCO Active Matrix runtime.

Prerequisties

• Knowing the basics of Business Process Management is enough to take up the course.

Course Content

1. Introduction to AMX BPM

• BPM overview
• TIBCO Business Studio
• Model-Driven Development to TIBCO.
• Runtime: TIBCO Active Matrix Administrator.
• Active Matrix BPM User Clients.
• Analysis with Active Matrix BPM with Big Picture View.

2. Organization Modeller

• Creating a Project and Organization Model.
• Modeling Elements in an Organization.
• Defining Relationships.
• Adding Groups.
• Assigning Privileges.
• Capabilities.

3. Deploying Organization Model

• Active Matrix runtime components.
• Deployment Configuration.
• TIBCO Active Matrix Workspace.
• Organization Browser.
• Linking Organization Model to LDAP Users.

4. Object Models

• Business Object Modeler.
• Business Object Model Editor.
• Defining Packages and classes.
• Primitive Types.
• Enumerations.
• Defining Attributes.
• Linking Objects with Generalization and Compositions.

5. TIBCO Modeling Business Processes

• Process Modeling in TIBCO Business Studio.
• Creating Business Process Model.
• Hierarchy of Process Projects.
• Defining Process Packages.
• Package Contents.
• Project Explorer.
• Process Details.
• Participant Details.
• BPMN Elements.
• Executing Business Process Model.

6. Modeling Forms

• Data Fields and Parameters.
• Defining Data Fields and Parameters.
• Configure User Task Interface.
• Form Preview.
• Default Form Layout.

7. Process As A Service

• About PAAS (Process As A Service).
• Expose Process as a Service.
• Business Service to call a PAAS.
• Types of Business Service.
• Creating a Business Service for a PAAS.
• Starting Business Service.
• Recap- Workspace, event and Process Views.

8. Events and Gateways

• Overview of Gateways.
• Exclusive Data-Based Gateway.
• Sequence Flows.

9. Intermediate Events

• Timer Intermediate Events.
• Signal Intermediate Events.
• Activity Deadline.
• Withdraw Activity.

10. Pageflow Processes

• Page flow as a Business Service
• Enhancing User Form Interaction.
• Characteristics of Page flow Process.
• Creating a Page flow Process.
• Create Page flow Process Wizard.
• Associate Page flow with Work Item.
• Page flow Example: Work Item Form.

11. Custom Forms

• Forms Design Environment.
• Form Outline Views.
• Creating Custom Forms.
• Form Bindings.
• Direction of Bindings.
• Cascading Style Sheets for styling Actions.
• Action Types Rules.
• Form Parameters and Form Fields.
• Form Controls.
• Specifying Validations.
• Form Scripting Scope of Variables.
• Script Execution Order.
• JSON Files.

12. Resource Management

• User Task Participants and distribution Strategy
• Work Allocation Strategy.
• Piling.
• Chained Execution.
• Chaining Example.
• Chaining with Page flow Example.
• Separation of Duties.
• Retain Familiar.
• Workspace- Allocating and Reallocating work.

13. Sub-Processes and AMX-BPM Logging

• Sub-Process Types.
• Reusable Sub-Process.
• Refactoring a Process.
• Embedded Sub-Process.
• TIBCO AMX-BPM Logging and Auditing.
• TIBCO Active Matrix Log Files.
• Logging Levels.
• Active Matrix BPM Loggers.
• Configuring Log level.
• Event Views.

14. Service Tasks

• Active Matrix BPM Service Tasks.
• Java Service Task.
• Java Task Execution.
• Database Service Task.
• Database Connection Profile.
• JDBC Connection Resource Instance.
• Database service Task Configuration.
• E-Mail Service Task.
• SMTP Resource Instance.
• Deployment of Service Tasks.

15. Using Web Service Tasks

• SOAP Web Service Operations.
• Process as a Service: Use Cases.
• Business Process as a Web Service.
• Service Descriptors Folder.
• WSDL Document.
• Service Types.
• Web Service Task Configuration.
• HTTP Client Resource Instance.
• Deployment of Web Service Task.

16. TIBCO AMX BPM Enhancing Pageflows

• Page flow Processes and usage Patterns.
• Long Running Services.
• Short Running Services.