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Applying a governance BPD to a process application or snapshot

If you have administrative authority for a process application, you can apply a governance process to it. Your governance process might notify selected people that a new snapshot is being installed or it might ensure that a new snapshot cannot be installed on a server until certain approvals have been secured or it might send out notifications of snapshot status changes.

Read Applying governance to understand the overall context for this task.

You need administrative authority for a process application before you can apply governance to it.

Version 8.0.1 provides new function in the System Governance toolkit (TWSYSG), which contains the machinery required to build a governance process. Governance processes designed for Version 8.0.0 will not run in later versions.

By default, when anyone tries to install a snapshot of a process application, an instance of the default Installation Requested BPD from the System Governance toolkit is started. That default BPD just allows the installation to proceed.

If you want to apply governance to that process application, you need to replace that default BPD with a governance process that is customized to your requirements.

Also by default, when a snapshot changes status, an instance of the default Snapshot Status Change BPD from the System Governance toolkit is started. If you want to apply governance to the process application, you need to replace that default BPD with a governance process that places notifications or controls around status changes.

You can restore the system default BPD at any time or change the governance process to a new version or process.

Follow these steps to apply governance to a process application:

Procedure

1. Before you apply governance to a process application, you need to have a governance process in place on the Process Center server. The governance process must have a snapshot in released status. See the related links for instructions about how to create a new governance process for installing process application snapshots.

2. On the Governance page for the process application, click the Change link beside the current governance process and select another governance process to replace it. Unless you already have another governance process in place, you are replacing the system default Installation Requested BPD or the system default Snapshot Status Change BPD. When your new installation governance process has been selected, any attempt to install a snapshot of that process application to a server will start the governance process.

   If your new process deals with changes to snapshot status, every new snapshot or status change in a snapshot will trigger the governance event to provide notifications that the change has happened.

Results

The newly applied process will run the next time a snapshot is installed or a snapshot status is changed.

Applying governance to a process application

Related tasks:
Migrating a governance process from V8.0.0
Create a governance process for installing a process application
Create a governance process for the status of a snapshot
Create a governance BPD that installs a snapshot when the status changes
Changing a governance application
Testing a governance process
Export and importing a process application that uses customized governance
Recovering if a process application under governance fails to install

Related reference:
Governance services

Related information:
Create a governance process for the status of a snapshot