Run the sample

To start BPC Explorer in the integrated test environment of your WebSphere Integration Developer, follow these steps:

1. In WebSphere Integration Developer, switch to the Servers view.
2. In the table, right-click WebSphere Process Server v7.0.
3. From the pop-up menu, select Launch > Business Process Choreographer Explorer.

To start BPC Explorer on WebSphere Process Server, follow these steps:

1. In a web browser, open URL http://yourhost:yourport/bpc.

Note: Replace yourhost with your server's internet address and replace yourport with the port of your server's HTTP transport, for example

The login screen is displayed:

1. Enter a valid User ID and Password. The default User ID is admin.
2. Click Login.

To start the order process, follow these steps:

1. Switch to the BPC Explorer.
2. Log in with user ID sellerA.
3. In the Process Templates section, click Currently Valid.

The Currently Valid Process Templates view is displayed:



4. Check the checkbox next to creditRequestProcess, then click Start Instance.

The Process Input Message view opens:



5. Optionally, enter a Process Name that you can use later to identify the process instance.
6. In the creditRequestID field, enter a value of type string.
7. In the customerName field, enter a value of type string.
8. In the credit field, enter an integer value.
9. Click Submit.

To start the custom client, follow these steps:

1. Install the FollowOnTaskClientEAR.ear file delivered with this sample.
2. In a web browser, open URL http://yourhost:yourport/followontask.

Note: Replace yourhost with your server's internet address and replace yourport with the port of your server's HTTP transport, for example

3. If prompted, login as sellerA to authenticate yourself to the server:
   • If you did not authenticate to your WebSphere Process Server during your current browser session, a login dialog appears.
   • If you already did authenticate to your WebSphere Process Server, for example by opening the BPC Explorer, the login dialog will be skipped.

The welcome page is displayed:

To view information about the task templates used in this sample, click on the Template info link. The template information page is displayed:



Click on Home to return to the welcome page.

1. Switch to the welcome page of the custom client.
2. Click on the View link.

The instances of the seller request task are displayed:



3. In the creditRequestID field, enter the value of the task for which you want to create a follow-on task. In this case it is ID123.
4. In the Comment field, enter a string which will be presented to the receiver of the created follow-on task.



5. Click the Create Follow On Task button to create the follow-on task.

The following message is displayed:



6. Click the Home button to return to the welcome page.

1. Switch to the BPC Explorer.
2. Click Logout to log out the user sellerA.
3. Log in with the user ID approverA.
4. In the Task Instances section, click My To-dos.

The My To-dos view is displayed, which contains the newly created follow-on task.

5. Select the task instance of the template approverRequest.



6. Click on Work on. The Task Message view is displayed.

Note that the comment you entered on the custom client is presented here again.

7. In the acknowledgement field, enter a string value.



8. Click Complete.

1. Switch to the BPC Explorer.
2. Click Logout to log out the user approverA.
3. Log in with the user ID sellerA.
4. In the Process Instances section, click Started By Me.

The Started By Me view is displayed:



5. Click the hyperlink in the Process Instance Name column (in this example, we used Test).

The Process Instance page is displayed.

6. Click on the Process Output Message tab.

The output message is displayed. Note that it contains the value which approverA entered in the acknowledgement field in the follow-on task.