Based on their extensive experience in building robust enterprise wide Metastorm BPM
systems, Process Mapping have created an integrated set of Metastorm BPM
components that will enhance and improve almost any Metastorm BPM installation.
The included component are designed to solve the typical issues faced when
creating new Metastorm BPM systems. The savings in time and effort can be
significantly reduced, and the enhancements to a system can provide continued
benefit over many years.
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Create Folders automatically from existing data View a demo...
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Add a dedicated Email Sender with records
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Add user Feedback functionality
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Add user editable HTML Help View a demo...
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Import Folders from existing Data
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Create and maintain System Variables
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Add setable Tasks to any process
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Easily configure and use Web Services
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Using a simple form segment, you can add the ability for users to provide Feedback
on any part of your Process. The categories and severity of issues are easily
configurable. Typical examples are to provide feedback on faults and suggestions for
enhancements. All Process and user details are automatically stored with the
Feedback Folder. Once submitted, Feedback Folders are routed based on severity
and category. The Process allows a tracked dialog with the submitter, and the
submitter may track its process.
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This gives you the ability for allocated users to create HTML help within the
Metastorm BPM system for other users. You can easily empower a selection of more
experienced users to perform this task as they work just by adding a form segment
to any form. In this way the interactive help is kept up to date, and the overhead of
creating user help is much reduced. It also fills what we feel is an important omission
in Metastorm BPM in a seamless and friendly manner.
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One of the most common requests is to create Metastorm BPM Folders from existing
data. We decided to build a very simple process to manage this for just about any
conceivable situation. All you need to do is add one simple flagged action to the
Process, create an 'Import Folders' Folder selecting this action, add the TSV data
file as an attachment, and the system does the rest automatically.
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The error log in Metastorm BPM is pretty comprehensive. There are, however, many
errors that still go into the Event log and not the Designer Log. It is also required
that an administrator actually looks for errors, rather than being informed of them
We have built a process that monitors both the event log and the Designer log, and
can email you when errors occur. Spurious and irrelevant error messages may be
excluded, effectively 'teaching' the system what to ignore.
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It is common practice for us to produce some kind of query and exception reporting
for all Metastorm BPM systems we create. One very common 'minor enhancement'
has been exception reporting on the state of a process. We decided to implement a
user-configurable Process Monitoring system.
This allows you to set up alerts based on:
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The average and maximum time Folders remain at a stage
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The average, maximum and minimum throughput of Folders for any Stage or
Action from that Stage
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The total number of Folders at any Stage.
These can be set up to send email alerts, or can be left open in an automatically
refreshing 'Dashboard' form.
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