The Process Portal that is available in V8 of IBM® BPM is very different in appearance and functionality from the Process Portal in previous versions of IBM BPM.
In V8, Process Portal has been redesigned so that you can complete your work more effectively. You can now collaborate in real time with experts and other users on your tasks, comment on and discuss the work on process instances, and subscribe to the events and discussion streams for process instances. In addition, the new task list provides you with better access to the related business information.
For IBM BPM Advanced, Process Portal spaces consolidate the separate Business Space feature that was available in earlier releases of IBM BPM Advanced and WebSphere® Process Server into one user interface for participating in processes. You can use the Human Task Management widgets in these spaces.
Action | Previous versions of IBM BPM | IBM BPM V8 |
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Work with tasks | ||
Request help from another user | You can get help from other users in several
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View alerts | Support for alerts is no longer available. However, you can see the activity on a process, including when tasks started and completed by clicking the Stream tab. In addition, you can set your user preferences so that you are notified, for example, when a new task is assigned to you, or you are mentioned in a post. |
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View task history | ||
Work with scoreboards and reports | My Scoreboards | Dashboards page. Scoreboards have been renamed to dashboards. |
Create saved searches | In the Process Admin Console, click Saved Search Admin. These saved searches appear in Process Portal in the tab. | |
Audit process data | Click the down arrow to the right of a process or task name, and select View Audit History from the list of actions. | |
Access the critical path management tool | Click the down arrow to the right of a process or task name, and select Critical Path Management from the list of actions. | |
Suspend, resume, or terminate a task | To perform any of these administrative actions, use the Process Admin Console or Process Inspector. |