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Configure the Business Space component for Process Portal

Install and configure the Business Space component so that Process Portal works properly in the IBM BPM runtime environment.

You must install the product software. When install your product, Business Space files are included with the installation for the profiles that you configured.

For IBM BPM runtime environments that need the Human Task Management widgets, configure Business Process Choreographer. See Configure Business Process Choreographer in the IBM BPM documentation.

The Business Space component is supported with the following database products:

• DB2 Universal
• DB2 for IBM i
• DB2 for z/OS
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Oracle 11g

To find out which databases are supported with your product, check the supported databases for the product.

For all products, if you are setting up dmgr and custom profiles, the simplest way to configure the Business Space component is with the Deployment Environment Configuration wizard.

If you have a stand-alone server environment or you are using the Deployment Environment wizard to configure your runtime environment, Representational State Transfer (REST) service endpoints are configured and enabled automatically. For other environments, use the REST services administrative console page to configure the REST services. If you want IBM BPM widgets to be available, configure the REST service endpoints for those widgets. You must register the REST endpoints so that IBM BPM associates widgets with the endpoints and the widgets appear in the palette for use.

If you are using dmgr and custom profiles, you can use the administrative console to configure the Business Space component.

After your original setup work on pmt.sh or the administrative console, you must also configure the Business Space database.

No matter what tool you used to configure the Business Space component, you must make sure that the configuration works with the security for your IBM BPM environment.

• Configure the Business Space component using PMT
  

  You can configure the Business Space component as part of your IBM BPM profile by using PMT.

• Configure the Business Space component as part of the Deployment Environment Configuration wizard
  Configuration of the Business Space component and of Representational State Transfer (REST) services for IBM BPM widgets are automatically included in the Deployment Environment Configuration wizard. You can decide which REST services to configure.
• Configure the Business Space component for ND environments
  

  If you have a distributed or ND environment, configure the Business Space component for IBM BPM using the administrative console or commands.

• Set up specific widgets to work in Process Portal
  Some of the widgets that come with your product require additional configuration steps before you can use them in Process Portal.
• Set up security for the Business Space component and Process Portal
  

  If you are using Process Portal with your environment, you must consider security options for the Business Space component.

  If you want to turn on security, set up application security and designate a user repository. To define administrators, assign a Business Space superuser role.

• Commands (wsadmin scripting) for configuring the Business Space component for Process Portal
  Look up a scripting object or command class to find details about its command syntax.
• Configure the Business Space Ajax proxy
  

  You might want to modify the Business Space Ajax proxy for special considerations in Process Portal, such as changing timeout settings or blocking IP addresses for secure production environments.

• Migrating widgets (post-product migration)
  After migrating your product to V8.0.1, you must perform some additional tasks for the Business Space component before you start your servers or clusters and use Process Portal.
• Configure widgets to work with WebSphere Portal
  

  If your team uses IBM WebSphere Portal, you can configure IBM BPM widgets to work in the WebSphere Portal environment.

• Configure Business Space to work with IBM Case Manager
  

  If your team uses IBM Case Manager, you can configure IBM BPM human task management widgets to work in the IBM Case Manager environment. This allows users to work seamlessly with IBM BPM tasks and IBM Case Manager work items using an integrated inbox widget.

What to do next

After you have installed and configured the Business Space component, users of your runtime environment can open it from the following URL: http:// host: port/BusinessSpace, where host is the name of the host where your server is running and port is the port number for your server.

Configure Process Portal

Related tasks:
Set up security for the Business Space component and Process Portal:
Configure REST services:
Configure the Business Space database:
Configure the Business Space component using the command line:
Set up specific widgets to work in Process Portal: