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PaaS & Middleware Partner YouTube Update June 2017

June 7, 2017 Leave a comment

The June edition of the PaaS & Middleware Partner Update contains two key topics:

PaaS & Middleware sales play webcast for Oracle Partners
PaaS Summer Camps 2017

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What about CMMN (Case Management Model and Notation) ? by Jan van Zoggel

June 6, 2017 Leave a comment

When we started our Case Management adventure the Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN) standard was still relatively new and unknown. (May 2014 the official 1.0 release was released). Both our design tool (Enterprise Architect) and implementation software (Oracle Adaptive Case Management) did not support the CMMN notation so we created our own “way-of-modelling”.

In our teams that means that the process analysts/designers use powerful tools like SparxSystem Enterprise Architect (EA) with its integrated BPM(N) and SOA support. However manually adding text documents describing the relation the specific process or task has in the whole case. You would think that the CMMN notation could easily be integrated in one of the leading architecture and design tools out there. There are some niche products out there that see a market for CMMN modelling like Trisotech, however SparxSystem seems to have no plans at all. Read the complete article here.

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BPM Worklist API 12.2.1.1 and Custom ADF 12.2.1.1 Application by Andrejus Baranovskis

June 5, 2017 Leave a comment

I have updated my sample app with BPM API usage in ADF application to 12.2.1.1. Originally this was developed with ADF/BPM 11.1.1.7 – Dynamic ADF Buttons Solution for Oracle BPM Outcomes. There are several changes in BPM libraries usage. I will describe it all step by step.
Download sample application – adfbpm12211.zip. This archive contains both BPM and ADF app. BPM process implements two roles – request holiday and approve holiday:

Main goal of such use case – we don’t want to use out of the box Oracle Worklist app, but prefer to develop our own business logic and manage BPM process from custom ADF app through BPM API. It is important to initialize Workflow context one time during login, this can be heavy operation and we should not call it each time when BPM API is invoked: Read the complete article here.

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My private Corner – 10.000

June 4, 2017 Leave a comment

A year ago we set the ambitious goal to grow our partner communities above 10.000 members.

At our last conference I was excited to announce that the WebLogic & Developer Community achieved 2.529 members and the SOA & BPM Community 7.662 members. Combined we reached more than 10.181 partner community members. There are by far the largest and most active partner communities within the Oracle Partner Network. Every month we distribute our community newsletters, host our webcasts and interact in social media. What’s next? #jkwc

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RAMP UP Cloud Implementation Success Webcasts for Partners June 2017

June 3, 2017 Leave a comment

To help you compete more successfully in the implementing of cloud solutions we continue our series of webcasts for you. As a follow- up to the recent“Oracle Implementation Best Practices” training workshop delivered by the Implementation Success Team from our Oracle Customer Success Organization, we are pleased to offer 2 RAMP UP webcasts in June 2017.

Change Management in Cloud Implementations, 6 th of June 2017, 10:00-11:00 am CET time Register here

Managing & Dealing with Multi-pillar Cloud Environments, 27 th of June 2017, 10:00-11:00 am CET time

Register here

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Sending Dynamic HTML-based Emails for SOA and BPM Projects by Mark Peterson

June 3, 2017 Leave a comment

Sending email notifications in Oracle BPEL or BPM projects can turn into a major effort if you are not using ADF–and sometimes even if you are using ADF. If you use ADF, you can leverage features such as HTML editors and actionable emails. But in many situations you may need a stand-alone email formatting solution that doesn’t involve ADF, that can produce a simple HTML-based email, and that doesn’t need to be actionable. You will find that that simple SOA-based approach helps you implement your requirements efficiently and effectively.

This approach

Integrates with BPM and BPEL
Is HTML-based and can contain dynamic information from a database
Leverages BPEL and BPM direct assignments and role-based assignments
Includes a template selector, for sending different types of emails
Handles attachments
Intercepts and redirects emails for testing purposes

A detailed description of this email notification system is described below. Upon request we would be happy to provide the actual project code describe here.

Input XML

This is a sample of the input XML. Notice the data includes

A record ID – Used to pull data from the database for embedding information in the email
An array of "TO" email addresses – Use to lookup email addresses from user names or BPM application roles. Read the complete article here.

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PCS 16.3.5 New Features Part 1 –> Introduction to Web Forms by Niall Commiskey

June 2, 2017 Leave a comment

Your starting point should be the What’s New doc for PCS 16.3.5. Click here to read it.
One of the most interesting additions is the new web forms functionality.
Let’s be honest, the previous Frevvo based forms were rather basic, they’ve even been renamed Basic Forms. So now you have the choice, you take either the basic forms – very effective for eGov style forms based apps – or else the new web forms with their richer UI. So let’s take a look.

Web Forms

From the docs –
This release introduces a powerful and intuitive new forms editor for creating forms without rules scripting. The editor lets developers create multiple views (presentations) for a single form, reuse forms within forms, brand them by uploading a CSS stylesheet, create list of values (LOV) tables, and fetch data using REST connections.The new forms editor is called Web Forms, and the existing forms editor is now called Basic Forms. Read the complete article here.

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Creating and editing forms in Process Cloud Service by Patrick Sinke

June 1, 2017 Leave a comment

For whom is PCS?

Oracle Process Cloud Service is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering which centers around designing and managing (stand alone) business processes in the cloud. The focus is once again on business analysts and other non-technical people to automate business processes. Oracle has keyed them “citizen developers”. One of the features is the option to create forms that fulfill the “human task” interaction in the BPM process.

A walkthrough for creating a form

For the sake of ease, login to the Process Cloud BPM Composer. Create a new app and choose “Quickstart App”. Select the Travel Approval.

The process is displayed. Drag a human task type “Submit” into the process.
Now click on the app and a blue “hamburger icon” appears. When you click on it the detail view is displayed:

Now press on the + icon to go to the Form page.
Creating a new input form is childishly easy; drag and drop the elements of choice to the canvas and enter the name, description and other basic properties. It’s all very very straightforward. Read the complete article here.

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Smart Buildings — the silent ‘killer app’ of IoT

May 31, 2017 Leave a comment

The trifecta of IoT, Cloud and Analytics have been transforming many aspects of our lives and business. Cities, healthcare, transportation, farming, fitness, home, manufacturing and utilities have been the key beneficiaries of this fast-emerging paradigm.

While consumer devices like Fitbit and Amazon Alexa get lot of attention from the media, the commercial buildings have been quietly turning into Software Defined Buildings (SDB). By doing so they are not only lowering the operational cost of the building, but also foster smarter cities, better safety, and occupant comfort. As such they have become an important market segment in the IoT space.

Before delving into the details of smart buildings, here is some context into why buildings are getting the attention of IT vendors lately.

· According to DOE there are about 4.8 million commercial buildings and 350,000 industrial facilities in the U.S., which together account for about half of the country’s total energy use.

· United Nations Environment Program estimated that buildings consume 40% of global energy, 25% of global water, 40% of global resources, and 60% of world’s electricity.

Read the complete article here.

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