Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd. Version 1.1 Espen Jervidalo, Magnolia International Maciej Swiderski, Red Hat, jBPM core developer 19.09.2013 at Magnolia Conference Magnolia Workflow and JBPM 1 Friday, September 20, 13
Get the Maximum Out of Your Magnolia Workflow
May 08, 2015
This presentation was given at Magnolia Conference 2013 by Maciej Swiderski, Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat (http://www.redhat.com) and Espen Jervidalo, Senior Software Engineer at Magnolia International.
When discussing the integration between Magnolia and jBPM as part of Magnolia's workflow, there are several parts that might be worth to know when designing your own processes that will be included in the platform. Even if the integration comes out of the box some level of customization is possible and gives the opportunity to take advantage of the powerful workflow engine.
A joint effort of engineers from Magnolia and jBPM will allow to efficiently present currently available capabilities and provide more ideas on how it could be extended. Moreover, the workshop nature of the talk allows people to ask questions and get immediate feedback from core developers.
When discussing the integration between Magnolia and jBPM as part of Magnolia's workflow, there are several parts that might be worth to know when designing your own processes that will be included in the platform. Even if the integration comes out of the box some level of customization is possible and gives the opportunity to take advantage of the powerful workflow engine.
A joint effort of engineers from Magnolia and jBPM will allow to efficiently present currently available capabilities and provide more ideas on how it could be extended. Moreover, the workshop nature of the talk allows people to ask questions and get immediate feedback from core developers.
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Magnolia is a registered trademark owned by Magnolia International Ltd.Version 1.1
Espen Jervidalo, Magnolia InternationalMaciej Swiderski, Red Hat, jBPM core developer 19.09.2013 at Magnolia Conference
Magnolia Workflow and JBPM
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Outline
jBPM
Magnolia Workflow
• Usage• The Pulse - your user
task hub
jBPM Integration
• Content Apps• your processes
Outlook
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jBPM
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What’s Business Process Management?
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A business process is a process that describes the order in which a series of steps need to be executed, using a flow chart
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Why we need BPM?
Higher level
Visibility
Continuous improvement
Increased agility
Speed of development
Monitoring
Automation and orchestration
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jBPM Business Process Management Suite
Standards based, embeddable, lightweight Java process engine, supporting native BPMN 2.0 execution
BPMN 2.0 process modeling in Eclipse (developers) and the web (business users)
Human interaction using an independent WS-HT task service
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BPMN2 processes Pluggable human task service Business Process Simulation
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jBPM Business Process Management Suite
Tight, powerful integration with business rules and event processing
Process collaboration, monitoring and management through the Guvnor repository and the web console
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Domain specific processes
Build domain specific processes by using custom activities (work items)
Extend palette with domain-specific, declarative service nodes
Define input / output parameters
Runtime binding (work item handlers)
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Domain specific processes
Benefits of domain specific processes
• Domain specific• Declarative• High level• Reusable
Examples
• Email• Twitter• Google Calendar• FTP, WebService, REST• YOUR SERVICES!
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Magnolia Workflow
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Use caseUser Interaction
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Workflow - Use case
Four eyes principle
Two users
• Editor• Publisher
Publication from author instance to public
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Workflow - Interaction with user
Workflow process
• service tasks• user tasks
How does the process interact with users?
• The Pulse
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The Pulse
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The Magnolia communication hub
Single entry point for user
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The Pulse
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Publication Demo
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Integration & Extension
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Content appsExtending the workflow
• Custom processes• Custom activities
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Content App - Use workflow
Three command catalogs
• Default• Versioned• Workflow
Set the desired catalog in your actions
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Workflow
Other EnginejBPM Engine
MyModule
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Extending the workflow module
Extend the default jBPM implementation
• create a new module• own processes• custom activities
Change the engine
• your desired implementation
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Registry
WorkflowMyModule
WorkflowsWorkflow
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Register processes
Model your processes
• BPMN2 modeler
Add them to your modules classpath
Register in Magnolia by configuration
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WorkItem
WorkItemHandler
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Custom Activities
Break the workflow up into testable, reusable units
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Work item handlers
Access to data
• Workflow parameters• From definition in magnolia
Dependency Injection
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Registry
WorkflowMyModule
HandlersHandler
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Register your handlers
Create your handlers in your module
Register using configuration
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Outlook - What’s in the pipelinejBPM6Pulse revisedGuvnor integration
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jBPM 6
brand new tooling (web based that covers complete BPM life cycle)
state of the art BAM (Business Activity Monitoring) capabilities
CDI integration out of the box
and much more...
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Pulse revised
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Questions?
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References
Magnolia documentation
• Workflow
jBPM documentation
• User guide• Domain-specific processes• Business Rule Task
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