BPA Server 7

WORKFLOW DESIGNERWorkflow Designer is a powerful tool for designing and developing automated business processes. Icons in-cluding tasks, conditions, and flow controls are dragged-and-dropped using a highly visual, intuitive interface. SERVER MANAGEMENT CONSOLEAside from creating new objects, reusable objects can be dropped into Workflow Designer from the object DEPLOY The Server Management Console provides centralized management and administration.repository. This makes incorporating previously created tasks, schedule templates, and conditions into new workflows a snap, and eliminates duplication of effort. DEPLOY AUTOMATION across multi- User-Based Roles, Rights, & Views Reusable Object RepositoryUsers must log into Server Management Console, and adminis- Administrators and developers have access to all objects in the machine, cross-platform networks trators can specify roles, rights, and views. Administrators can repository including workflows, tasks, and conditions. These Tasks with a few mouse clicks. INTEGRATE also specify the policies for promoting objects from the develop- objects can easily be edited and incorporated into new work-Tasks are the workhorses of workflows and provide the ment and testing phases to actual production, as well as what flows.NO CODE, NO LIMITS instructions for automated execution on agents. They are AUTOMATED EXECUTION into business objects a user can access and/or see.built using the Task Builder. processes involving ONE MACHINE or ReportingAgent Management To view workflow execution in real time or track historical per-A rare combination of power Conditions the ENTIRE ENTERPRISE. Server Management Console provides tools for installing and formance, Server Management Console provides a rich report-Conditions arise from system, application, and network uninstalling agents responsible for workflow processing. Ad- ing interface. A wide selection of summary graphs, charts and and simplicity, AutoMate BPA events that transpire across the automation network. They ministrators can see all agents connected to the server and the tables display the status and properties of workflows. Opera-make workflows nimble because automation is triggered licensed number of agents the server can support. tors can drill down to specific details of a workflow with a click of Server is a major advance in and resumed by events, not just predefined, hard-coded the mouse. Workflow reports can also be utilized for high-level calendars. They make workflows intelligent because deci- capacity planning and change management.the automation of systems sions are made based on a network's or system's status.
and applications across Flow Controls SERVER AGENTFlow controls include the elements that relate tasks and The server is the repository of To enable multiple-machine, multiple-machine, cross- conditions and make the workflow a cohesive unit. Exam- all information necessary for the cross-platform automation, the ples include success and failure arrows, which show the management of an organization's server component connects with platform networks. path the workflow travels depending on the success or fail- automation needs. Server stores execution agents via TCP/IP. ure of the object in question. objects in an XML file, or option- Agents can detect system, appli-ally, in a connected database cation and network events/condi-Machine / Agent Specification server such as Microsoft SQL tions that can trigger workflows, as Workflow Designer enables designers to specify which machines/agents execute the various tasks and conditions within a given workflow. Server. Server objects such as well as initiate conditional branch-Connected machines appear in a list in conjunction with the workflow objects, and the designer simply selects the appropriate machine for workflows, tasks, conditions, and ing within workflows. Agents are MANAGEflow controls enable intelligent also able to interpret and execute This software is by far one of the easi- executing the task or evaluating the condition. reuse of resources. In operation, detailed tasks sent by the server. est-to-use automation products I have the server is the multi-threaded CENTRALIZE STORAGE AND communication hub between con- There are two versions of agent, tried. And the functionality is robust CONTROL. Elimin... [download for more]