Camunda BPM 7.4 - What can you expect from the next release?

Camunda BPM 7.4 PreviewDaniel Meyer @meyerdan

Camunda 7.4 Preview

Camunda 7.4 is the upcoming minor release of Camunda BPM.

We perform two minor releases per year.

Camunda 7.4 will be released on 30.11.2015

Highlights of Camunda 7.4

● Support for Business Decision Management based on DMN.

● Improved BPMN Support and Coverage.

● Improved CMMN Support and Coverage.

● Better Operations and Asynchronous Execution Performance.

● Improved Documentation.

DMN (Decision Model and Notation) is the new standard for Business Decision Management.

DMN is developed by the OMG (Object Management Group), the same “guys” behind BPMN and CMMN.

Related terms:

- Business Rules Management (BRM),- Business Rules Engines,- Decision Tables,- JBoss Drools, Visual Rules, ...

DMN and Business Decision Management

Decisions play an important role in Business Processes:

Why Business Decision Management?

Example

Just like Processes, decisions are “Business Logic”.

1. Need to be understood by Business and IT,

2. Need to be implemented sothat they can bea. versioned,b. monitored,c. changed quickly.

Decisions are Business Logic

Read:

“Why DMN is the next big thingand you will be excited”

by Jakob Freund

http://www.bpm-guide.de/2015/08/23/dmn-camunda/

Homework:

With Camunda 7.4 we release an end-to-end Framework for DMN:

1. Embeddable, super fast and lightweight Decision Engine written in Java,2. Browser-based Decision Table Editor written in Javascript,3. Seamless integration with Camunda BPMN and CMMN Engine

a. Decision Repository,b. Business Rule Tasks, Scripts and Conditions,c. History and Audit Data,d. Rest API

4. Monitoring in Cockpit5. Live Changes of Decisions in Cockpit

DMN in Camunda 7.4

1. BPMN Coveragea. Complete support for all Escalation Events

b. Improved Support for Compensationi. Start Event (Event Subprocess)ii. Throwing End Event

c. Improved Support for Signal Events (Event Subprocess)

2. Asynchronous Continuations for Multi Instance Activities

Implemented in 3 weeks by Philipp: our continuous improvements and refactorings in the engine core have really payed off!

Improved BPMN Support

BPMN Escalation

Improved CMMN Support

CMMN Repetition Rule has landed!

Job Executor Improvements

Important when you process 100000+ Jobs per day.

1. Powerful yet simple Job Prioritization Feature

<bpmn:serviceTask … camunda:asyncBefore="true" camunda:jobPriority="100" />

2. Scalability and Performance Enhancements

And much more

● Native Support for File Variables & File Upload (Engine + Tasklist),

● Tomcat 8 Support,● Stack Overflow Bugfix,● Improved Scripting Support (yet again),● Cockpit usability improvements● BPMN Heatmap● ...

New Documentation

● Better usability● Builds in < 1 second● Easier to contribute to● “Makes writing Documentation fun again”

(Sebastian Menski)

http://docs.camunda.org/manual/latest