IBM Forms with Workflow – automate processes

IBM Forms enables customers to automate forms based processes. Our new IBM Forms with Workflow offers a "built-in" workflow engine and design tool that enables users to create process flows through a point and click GUI, assign forms to those processes, view, fill and route the forms to users and even monitor workflow operations with valuable reports. Electronic forms and workflow now operate in one elegant package. Please note that the offering is currently available in English only.

The new functionality in this release includes Workflow runtime and tooling that have the following features:

• Apply business logic rules to electronic forms

• Route electronic form’s data between users

• Out-of-the-box workflow monitoring and statistics with visual representation of eform data

• Manage and monitor on-going action items from IBM WebSphere Portal

• Receive real-time action item notifications via email, SMS or system notification

• Concurrently execute multiple workflow tasks

• Utilize an infinite level of nested conditions to help implement business rules

• Apply digital signatures to electronic forms for approval cycles

• Support for Web 2.0 - portlet refresh without server roundtrip for easier workflow management via IBM WebSphere Portal

• Enhanced support for submitting web services from a workflow

• Users can programmatically initiate workflows, check action-items and run reports with API enhancements

• Commence sub-workflows from primary workflows with data manipulation to and from the primary workflow

• Electronic forms can be printed automatically through workflows

Ease of Use

• Creates web based, self-service applications for enterprise portal environments

• Applies simple or complex workflow rules to electronic forms

• Offers point and click, wizard driven workflow and workflow reporting design

• Requires no formal IT training or custom coding to create simple or complex workflow

• Provides side by side design with electronic form and workflow reports for simple creation and modification

Flexibility

• Routes electronic forms to and from content management systems such as IBM Lotus Quickr

• Concurrently runs multiple workflow tasks

• Supports open standard based electronic forms formats such as IBM IBM Forms

Integration

• Integrates with IBM Collaboration Software for comprehensive workflows and workflow reporting

• Integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure

• Writes information from electronic forms to databases

• Reads information from a database to an electronic form

• Delegates action to a colleague via a directory integration

• Integrates with IBM Dashboard Framework for real-time business insight

• Provides real-time reports of electronic form and workflow data

Productivity

• Improves productivity with reduced manual labor, lost action items and forms processing time.

• Reduces operational costs and corporate carbon footprint