Implementing an interactive BPD task by using a client-side human service

To create an interactive task that participants can perform in a web-based user interface, you can implement an activity in your business process definition (BPD) by using a client-side human service. To create a client-side human service for the implementation of your activity, use the Activity wizard.

Before you begin

For some steps in this task, you must use the IBM® Process Designer desktop editor.

About this task

When you add an activity to the BPD, you initially implement the activity by using the default human service, which you can open by double-clicking the activity in the desktop editor.

To implement the activity by using a new client-side human service, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Open the Process Designer desktop editor.
  2. Open the BPD in the Diagram view.
  3. Right-click the activity that you want to work with and select Activity Wizard.
  4. Complete the Activity wizard. The new client-side human service, which includes a coach by default, is created and attached to the activity.
  5. Double-click the activity for which you created the client-side human service. The new client-side human service opens in the web editor in the Diagram view.
  6. Click the Coaches tab and then click the listed coach. The coach designer is where you customize the coach layout and create or edit the bindings that are between inputs and outputs. Notice that when the coach designer is open, the Palette view shows all the elements, sections, and controls that you can use in a coach. For more information about the coach designer, see Building coaches.
  7. In the coach designer, add controls and buttons to the coach, as required by your client-side human service.
  8. Click Save all Save all in the main toolbar to save your work.

What to do next

To run the client-side human service in the web browser, click Run Run.