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Configure AppDynamics to monitor IBM BPM/BAW effectively

Overview In this article, I'm not going to focus on how to configure AppDynamic agents to work with IBM BPM/BAW because that's a simple task that consists of adding corresponding generic JVM parameters in IBM WebSphere. Instead, I'd like to focus on what are the main areas you may want to pay att...
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Enabling Case in Cloud Pak for Business Automation (CP4BA) in RedHat OpenShift Kubernetes Service (ROKS)

Overview If you have deployed Cloud Pak for Business Automation (CP4BA) on IBM Cloud in RedHat Openshift Kubernetes Service (ROKS) then you may experience an issue where you don't have the ability to create Case Business Automations and do not have the ability to use internal document store in yo...
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IBM BPM 8.6 and IBM BAW v.19.0.0.x / 20.0.0.x / 21.x purging/cleanup full guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Critical amount of runtime data (New feature in IBM BAW) Terminology BPM database and relation between important tables Types of cleanup (Runtime data , Snapshot Data, PA/TK) What you need to know before you begin Process instances cleanup Tasks cleanup Purging I...
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IBM Business Automation Workflow WebPD debug of runtime instances in Runtime Workflow Servers (Process Servers)

Introduction If you're preparing to fully migrate to WebPD from desktop Process Designer (eclipse) or already migrated and lacking some of the functionality that many IBM BPM/BAW clients had been waiting for, specifically - debugging of runtime instances in Runtime (Workflow/Process servers) then...
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Prepping to move from IBM BAW On-Prem to BAW Cloud Pak (Containers) - what do I need to know?

Question What do I need to know and how can I be prepared to move from IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) on-premise to IBM BAW Cloud Pak (Containers)? If you're running your IBM BAW on-prem at the moment most likely a question of moving to the containerized environment came up in your org...
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Stuck Event Manager tasks in IBM BAW 23.x/24.x? New configuration properties could be the cause

Overview IBM BAW 23.x/24.x introduced performance improvements through new configuration properties (defined in the XML configuration). However, these changes may lead to unexpected and unpredictable behavior in the Event Manager when processing Event Manager tasks. Problem After upgrading from a...
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Summary of LOG4J Vulnerabilities in IBM Business Automation Workflow

Question "What should I do with IBM BAW servers to address all vulnerabilities related to log4j?" If you try to search for log4j vulnerabilities in IBM BAW you will find that there are too many different security bulletins with cross-posts / cross-links to technotes, fixes, and other places. So, ...
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BPMCheckOrphanTokens - Care and Feeding Guide

The wsadmin command "BPMCheckOrphanTokens" is used to determine whether there is a likelihood of tokens being orphaned when migrating from one snapshot to another on a runtime Process Server. It does currently appear to have some undocumented limitations and IBM's L3 team is investigatin...
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Change Deployment Environment admin user password in IBM BAW 19x/20x/21x/22x

Question How to change Deployment Environment (DE) admin user password in IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW)? You have gone through the security audit in your IBM BAW environment and it indicated that the Deployment Environment (DE) admin user password has not been changed since day one of I...
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Error Handling Options for Client-Side Scripts in Client-Side Human Services

The use of Client Side Human Services (CSHS) continues to become more attractive as IBM incrementally improves the tooling for and implementation of them. Current differences in features and capabilities between Heritage Human Services (HHS) and CSHS require adjustments in development practices. ...
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Event Manager in IBM BPM Standard - the missing manual

Table of Contents Overview Event Manager Design Event Manager Model Example Main pieces of EM scheduler Event Manager Primary Function Understanding EM queues Event Manager JMS Queues and Topics in WAS Understanding general parameters of EM Event Manager Monitor Troubleshooting issues related...
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General Performance Testing

To begin, we should look at understanding the areas of testing and how we determine success criteria. Let's break down the testing sections: Unit test Specify and test one point of the system, process, service, etc. This should have a very narrow and well defined scope. You can use automated un...
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Heritage Human Services vs. Client-Side Human Services

In IBM BPM v. 8.5.5 IBM introduced Client-Side Human Services (CSHS). The IBM Knowledge Center articles cover the basic feature comparison but guides the choice between CSHS and Heritage Human Services (HHS) towards using CSHS unless you have a reason not to. While it is generally a good idea to ...
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I Need to Generate PDFs from IBM BPM -- What Are My Options?

Introduction At BP3, we often receive questions from customers about generating PDFs based on their IBM BPM process data. While there is no catch-all solution, we can certainly guide you toward the right solution. What problem are you really trying to solve? Before we can give you the best option...
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IBM BPM Event Manager history data table - LSW_EM_TASK_HISTORY

In the Event Manager (EM) configuration file (80EventManager.xml) there is the following setting:  As you can see it's commented out by default. If you un-comment or make...
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IBM BPM LSW_LOCK table - the missing manual

In some rare cases you might experience issues related to LSW_LOCK table in IBM BPM and this can result in inability to login to Portal of one or few users and restart will not help either. Typical error you will see in the logs would look similar to this (might look different depending on which...
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Instrumentation Monitor page in IBM BPM - the missing manual - part I

Introduction: IBM BPM Instrumentation Monitor page and instrumentation logging are often underestimated because one might consider it's more of a rocket science. There is a good technote that covers all the basics on instrumentation logging that you can generate using the instrumentation monitor ...
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Instrumentation Monitor page in IBM BPM - the missing manual - part II

In Part I of instrumentation monitor page in IBM BPM we discussed how instrumentation monitor page can be used to monitor and troubleshoot performance issues in IBM BPM. In Part II I would like to focus on some additional tricks you can do with instrumentation monitor page and how it can be used ...
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