Managing external files

External files are images, style sheets, JAR files, or other assets that are part of an IBM® Business Process Manager implementation but that are developed outside of IBM Process Designer. You can add these external files to your process application or toolkit in the Designer view so that all project assets are included in the Process Center repository.

Adding these files to your process application ensures that all required assets are available and installed when your project is ready for testing or production.

You can add image files (.png, .gif, and .jpg) to your Process Designer projects. In addition, you can add the following content and stylesheet file types: .html, .css, .js, .zip, and .xsl.

Note: Before adding managed files, be aware of the following requirements:
  • You must have write access to the current process application or toolkit to add external files as assets.
  • The files that you add must be 100 MB or less.
  • The file name must not be longer than 64 alphanumeric characters.
Parent topic: Managing the Process Center repository