Lawson ProcessFlow

ProcessFlowThe basics to get you started

Have you used ProcessFlow before?

Prior knowledge (Registration poll)

Yes

No

Kinda

What is covered• What is ProcessFlow?

• Introduction to components and terminology

• Introduction to the tools and menus

• Building an actual flow

• Implementation methodology

• Troubleshooting

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Nodes

ProcessFlow

DB

CSV

RM

ProcessFlow

What can it do?• Build interfaces between S3 and Other Systems

• Perform automation and information flow within the

S3 applications

• Build interfaces between two 3rd party applications

• Perform automated maintenance tasks (Adding

users …)

• Create approval chains and scenarios

• Call outside applications to do other things

• All kinds of stuff

Components

Server SideClient Side

• Designer

• Administrator

• Scheduler

• Event management

console

• RMI

• ProcessFlow Server

• Scheduler

• Event Manager

Sample Project• Extract employee records out of Lawson into a CSV

file

• Introduce some logic to differentiate between

records

• Send out an email if a record matches a logical

criteria

How to log ino Server: Same sever as your Portal URL (you don’t

need to type in the “Http://”

o User: Has to be a processflow user

o Password: Same password as used on Portal

Designer

Live demo

Testing on server

http://<yourservername>/bpm/menu.do

Troubleshootingo Test your flows in the designer using the test

function.

o Check the flow log file in $LAWDIR/bpm/wflog

• <999>.wuerr : Contains error generated by flow components

• <999>.wulog: Contains all flow activity

o Check the processflow administrator tool to see status of your flow

o Use the file node to write variables to a file in order to help with debugging

o Try to do the task manually

More training• An in-depth course on this topic will include:

o Using all common nodes

o Using the Lawson S3 nodes to perform updates and queries

o Using the SQL node to perform updates and queries

o Using the web services node to call a service

o Using the RM node to update a user’s RM records

o Using the DataStage Transformation Extender to transform data [2-3 days]

o Advanced performance considerations and error handling

Additional help

Nogalis offer (Ends October 30th 2013)

One day of free consulting from one of our 14 Lawson professionals to help

get your project started with no obligation.

Contact:

[email protected]

949.285.2349

www.nogalis.com

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