PV207 Advanced Bizagi Topics
● Lukáš Smiga, 39236, lukas.smiga@gmail.com
● Advanced topics in Bizagi Suite
○ Data Model
○ Events Configuration
○ Forms Actions & Validations
○ Team Collaboration Options
● http://help.bizagi.com/bpmsuite/en/
Data Model
● The process data model stores present
process instance state - context - in
persistence layer (database)
● Intermediate user state (Save button) is
stored in process scope
● Process scope is accessible only through
XPath navigation capabilities, not using the
stored database model
Data Model
● Entity types:
○ Master entity – all processes and related entities,
one for every process model, user defined and
accessible
○ Parameter entity – predefined values collection like
cities, departments, gender, user defined/populated
○ System entity – external entity representing
accessible models from underlying system,
accessible
○ Application entity – represents resulting application
structure, (meta)data, not accessible
Data Model
● Entity relationships:
○ Related attribute
○ One-to-one relationship (basic)
○ One-to-many relationship (collection)
○ Many-to-many relationship (complex)
○ Parent-child relationship (Cascading combo input)
■ i.e. select country, then select city, district...
Events Configuration
● Events:
○ events communicate with other events through
message flows
○ they enable collaboration between process
instances by passing message or signal
○ message passing mechanism is implemented using
the throw – catch pattern (similar to publisher and
subscriber)
○ addressing and messages are configured in
Collaboration setup
Forms Actions & Validations
● Actions & Validations:
○ enable Bizagi user to set, manipulate or clear form
controls (fields, buttons, tables…)
○ common uses:
■ validate end–user input
■ calculate or otherwise process control values
■ change controls behaviour (i.e. show/hide form
control based on logic evaluation)
■ execute business rules (or expressions)
Team Collaboration Options
● Bizagi BPM Server collaboration
○ suitable for development environment
○ suitable for larger teams
○ supports object check-out and check-in
○ used for development and testing, not production
○ requires setup
Team Collaboration Options
● SQL Database Backup
○ unmanaged option to backup, move or migrate
existing project
○ external tools required for target database engine
(i.e. MS SQL Server Management Studio – free)
○ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.as
px?id=22985
○ complete application database dump into new
existing project
○ http://help.bizagi.com/bpm-suite/en/index.html?when
_using_sql_server.htm
Team Collaboration Options
● VM image migration
○ unmanaged option to share work, hard to
synchronize
○ time, space and connection bandwidth intensive
● Workaround: Online sessions (skype)
● Alternative: Online shared Win machine
Other Issues
● SMTP setup for Bizagi environment
○ http://help.bizagi.com/bpm-suite/en/studio_environmentconf.htm
○ https://www.pendriveapps.com/free-smtp-server-portable-smtp-server/
○ https://mailtrap.io, https://github.com/ChangemakerStudios/Papercut
● Web Services
○ https://www.mockable.io
○ http://www.mocky.io
○ http://www.webservicex.net
● Data Service
○ Data replication and data virtualization in Bizagi
○ http://help.bizagi.com/bpm-suite/en/integrating_data.htm
Other Issues
● Queries
○ Query and analyze data (both runtime and historical)
○ Process Queries and Entity Queries
○ More information:
■ http://help.bizagi.com/bpm-suite/en/queries.htm
■ http://help.bizagi.com/bpm-suite/en/query_forms.htm
■ http://help.bizagi.com/bpm-suite/en/entity_queries.htm