Process Portal: What's new in IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.5

The Process Portal that is available in V8.5.5 of IBM® BPM includes updates to the appearance and functionality from the Process Portal in IBM BPM V8.5.

Table 1. Main changes to the functionality provided by Process Portal in IBM BPM V8.5.5
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See a list of all active or completed process instances. Only available for individual process instances from the Process Performance dashboard. Click Processes > Process Instances. You can use the search filter to limit the instances that are shown in the list.

For more information, see Completing work on process instances with Process Portal.

View the details of a process instance, for example, the business data or the tasks that belong to the instance. Not available from a single page:
  • The Process Performance dashboard shows the business data for an instance in the Instances in Progress list. Hover over an entry in the list to see the business data.
  • The Process Performance dashboard for a process instance shows the tasks for a process instance on the Gantt View page.
The details page for an instance includes, for example, the business data and tasks that belong to the instance. You can access the page, for example, from entries in the Process Instances page, entries in the My Tasks list, or entries in the Instances in Progress list on the Process Performance dashboard.

A ready-to-use instance details page is provided in Process Portal for working on process instances. Custom instance details pages can be specified for the process when the process is created in Process Designer

For more information, see Completing work on process instances with Process Portal.

Monitor and act on a process instance Click Process Performance > process name > Instances in Progress > instance name

You can use the Gantt View and Set Path pages to monitor and act on a process instance.

You can now access the Gantt View and Set Path pages directly from the details page of a process instance by clicking the Gantt Chart icon.

For more information, see Working on activities in Process Portal.

Work on activities Not available Processes can now include activities that can be required or optional. If an instance has activities, they are shown on the details page for the instance.

For more information, see Working on activities in Process Portal

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