How’d you like to learn to build a simple ProcessFlow in just 30 minutes? Join us for this webinar. A brief overview of ProcessFlow. The presentation covers: What is ProcessFlow? Introduction to components and terminology Building an actual flow Implementation methodology Troubleshooting

1. ProcessFlow
The basics to get you started

2. Have you used
ProcessFlow before?
Prior knowledge (Registration poll)
Yes
No
Kinda

3. What is covered
• What is ProcessFlow?
• Introduction to components and terminology
• Introduction to the tools and menus
• Building an actual flow
• Implementation methodology
• Troubleshooting

4. PA52HR11
PROCESSFLOW
Nodes
ProcessFlow
DB
CSV
RM

5. ProcessFlow

6. What can it do?
• Build interfaces between S3 and Other Systems
• Perform automation and information flow within the
S3 applications
• Build interfaces between two 3rd party applications
• Perform automated maintenance tasks (Adding
users …)
• Create approval chains and scenarios
• Call outside applications to do other things
• All kinds of stuff

7. Components
Server SideClient Side
• Designer
• Administrator
• Scheduler
• Event management
console
• RMI
• ProcessFlow Server
• Scheduler
• Event Manager

8. Sample Project
• Extract employee records out of Lawson into a CSV
file
• Introduce some logic to differentiate between
records
• Send out an email if a record matches a logical
criteria

9. How to log in
o Server: Same sever as your Portal URL (you don’t
need to type in the “Http://”
o User: Has to be a processflow user
o Password: Same password as used on Portal

10. Designer

11. Live demo

12. Testing on server
http://<yourservername>/bpm/menu.do

13. Troubleshooting
o Test your flows in the designer using the test
function.
o Check the flow log file in $LAWDIR/bpm/wflog
• <999>.wuerr : Contains error generated by
flow components
• <999>.wulog: Contains all flow activity
o Check the processflow administrator tool to see
status of your flow
o Use the file node to write variables to a file in
order to help with debugging
o Try to do the task manually

14. More training
• An in-depth course on this topic will include:
o Using all common nodes
o Using the Lawson S3 nodes to perform updates and queries
o Using the SQL node to perform updates and queries
o Using the web services node to call a service
o Using the RM node to update a user’s RM records
o Using the DataStage Transformation Extender to transform data [2-3 days]
o Advanced performance considerations and error handling

15. Additional help
Nogalis offer (Ends October 30th 2013)
One day of free consulting from one of our 14 Lawson professionals to help
get your project started with no obligation.
Contact:
tan@nogalis.com
949.285.2349
www.nogalis.com

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