Editing process application settings

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Editing process application settings

Each process application and toolkit created in the Process Center repository includes settings that you can change while working in the Designer, such as global settings, environment variables and server configurations for your process application.

To edit process application settings, you must have administrative access to the process application or you must be the user who created the process application.

Procedure

To edit process application settings:

Open the process application in the Designer view. The Process App Settings editor opens. The settings editor is always available from the drop down list in the toolbar, and cannot be closed.
To edit the general settings, click the Overview tab:

Setting Description

Name Type a new name or alter the existing name.
Acronym Type a new acronym or alter the existing one. The acronym for a process application must be unique and is limited to seven characters.
IBM BPM uses the acronym to identify this process application and the library items that it contains and so it must be a valid JavaScript identifier. When you change the acronym, any existing scripts or other implementations in the process application that rely on the current acronym will be broken unless you update them with the new acronym. For this reason, IBM Process Designer displays a warning, requesting confirmation to continue with the change.
Description Type a new description or alter the existing one.
Exposed Items
The Overview page provides a shortcut list of exposed items to allow for quick navigation to important artifacts in your process application. Web services in a process application are always exposed. You must explicitly expose BPDs and Human services by choosing the exposure settings from the Overview page of the item. For more information, see Exposing BPDs or Exposing a Human service.
Portal Admin Participant Group
Specify the participant group that represents the groups of users in your enterprise that can perform the following portal actions:

Abort Process Instance
Suspend Process Instance
Resume Process Instance
Change instance Due date
Move token
Delete Token

Once you set a participant group in this field, you can replace the setting with a different participant group, but you cannot clear the field.

Click Select to add or remove users and groups from the Portal Admin Participant Group. Or, click New to create a new participant group that represents the groups of users in your enterprise that can perform the Portal Admin Participant Group actions.
Deploy the snapshot to the Process Server.
Once the snapshot is deployed to the Process Server, the participant group binding to the users and groups for the Process Server can be modified.

The scope of the participant group is the process application. After you create a participant group, you can add users or groups as members, or define an expression to determine membership.
Coach XSL The Coach transform XSL that you specify in this field is used for all Coaches in the process application except individual Coaches with a transform XSL override set to something other than <Use Default>. By default, this field is set to the CoachDesigner.xsl file that resides in the System Data toolkit.
Click New to browse for and add a new Coach XSL to the process application as a managed design file. Or click Select to choose a managed design file that has already been added to the process application.
Coach CSS The Coach CSS that you specify in this field is used for all Coaches in the process application except individual Coaches with a CSS override set to something other than <Use Default>. By default, this field is set to the coach_designer.css file that resides in the System Data toolkit.
Click New to browse for and add a new Coach CSS to the process application as a managed web file. Or click Select to choose a managed web file that has already been added to the process application.
Enable process monitoring through IBM Business Monitor Select this option if you want to monitor your process applications with IBM Business Monitor.
When this option is selected and you click File > Update Tracking Definitions in the Process Designer, you can use an IBM Business Monitor model to capture monitoring data. You can use a custom monitor model created in IBM Integration Designer, or you can generate a default monitor model when you deploy a snapshot on a production or test process server or when you play back the process on the Process Center server.
Advanced XML Settings The Namespace field in the Advanced XML Settings pane identifies the namespace of the process application.
If you do not enter a specific namespace identifer, the editor automatically populates the Namespace field with a shortened version of the process application name.
The Optimize settings for IBM Integration Designer check box indicates that this project is being used or is intended to be eventually used in collaboration with IBM Integration Designer.

To set environment variables (such as port numbers) for each deployment environment, click the Environment tab and see Setting environment variables for instructions.
To add server configurations, click the Server tab and see Adding a server configuration for instructions.
Click Save in the main toolbar.

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Related information:
Create a participant group
Installing snapshots
Configure runtime participant groups

Setting	Description
Name	Type a new name or alter the existing name.
Acronym	Type a new acronym or alter the existing one. The acronym for a process application must be unique and is limited to seven characters. IBM BPM uses the acronym to identify this process application and the library items that it contains and so it must be a valid JavaScript identifier. When you change the acronym, any existing scripts or other implementations in the process application that rely on the current acronym will be broken unless you update them with the new acronym. For this reason, IBM Process Designer displays a warning, requesting confirmation to continue with the change.
Description	Type a new description or alter the existing one.
Exposed Items	The Overview page provides a shortcut list of exposed items to allow for quick navigation to important artifacts in your process application. Web services in a process application are always exposed. You must explicitly expose BPDs and Human services by choosing the exposure settings from the Overview page of the item. For more information, see Exposing BPDs or Exposing a Human service.
Portal Admin Participant Group	Specify the participant group that represents the groups of users in your enterprise that can perform the following portal actions: Abort Process Instance Suspend Process Instance Resume Process Instance Change instance Due date Move token Delete Token Once you set a participant group in this field, you can replace the setting with a different participant group, but you cannot clear the field. Click Select to add or remove users and groups from the Portal Admin Participant Group. Or, click New to create a new participant group that represents the groups of users in your enterprise that can perform the Portal Admin Participant Group actions. Deploy the snapshot to the Process Server. Once the snapshot is deployed to the Process Server, the participant group binding to the users and groups for the Process Server can be modified. The scope of the participant group is the process application. After you create a participant group, you can add users or groups as members, or define an expression to determine membership.
Coach XSL	The Coach transform XSL that you specify in this field is used for all Coaches in the process application except individual Coaches with a transform XSL override set to something other than <Use Default>. By default, this field is set to the CoachDesigner.xsl file that resides in the System Data toolkit. Click New to browse for and add a new Coach XSL to the process application as a managed design file. Or click Select to choose a managed design file that has already been added to the process application.
Coach CSS	The Coach CSS that you specify in this field is used for all Coaches in the process application except individual Coaches with a CSS override set to something other than <Use Default>. By default, this field is set to the coach_designer.css file that resides in the System Data toolkit. Click New to browse for and add a new Coach CSS to the process application as a managed web file. Or click Select to choose a managed web file that has already been added to the process application.
Enable process monitoring through IBM Business Monitor	Select this option if you want to monitor your process applications with IBM Business Monitor. When this option is selected and you click File > Update Tracking Definitions in the Process Designer, you can use an IBM Business Monitor model to capture monitoring data. You can use a custom monitor model created in IBM Integration Designer, or you can generate a default monitor model when you deploy a snapshot on a production or test process server or when you play back the process on the Process Center server.
Advanced XML Settings	The Namespace field in the Advanced XML Settings pane identifies the namespace of the process application. If you do not enter a specific namespace identifer, the editor automatically populates the Namespace field with a shortened version of the process application name. The Optimize settings for IBM Integration Designer check box indicates that this project is being used or is intended to be eventually used in collaboration with IBM Integration Designer.