Administration Documentation
The target audience for this section is system and application administrators.
The administrator documentation is divided into different application areas, such as installation, configuration, setup/configuration of system components, and settings and actions during operation. It also describes user-specific settings (primarily regarding the user interface) and default settings for the application modules.
Installation and Updates
This section contains all the necessary information for installing, migrating, and updating the BPC application.
You want to:
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completely reinstall BPC.
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install a preconfigured BPC application that is available as a JSON file from the deployment.
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set up a BPC Cluster.
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update from BPC version 3.x to a higher version of 3.x.
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migrate from BPC version 3.x to BPC version 4.
Configuration
The following sections provide information on configuring all necessary BPC Services and components.
You can learn more about the following topics:
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the BPC system components OpenSearch and Karaf
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customizing configurations via the Central configuration file
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details on the Authentication and Authorization
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configuring the BPC for IT security
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the BPC’s network configuration
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setting up the BPC as an operating system service
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integrating the Virtimo Process-Engine IGUASU
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Configuring custom translations
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Customizing logging
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Configuring front-end plugins
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Versioning the BPC configuration
Central Configuration
You want to:
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Adjust network Ports, memory, or the Java Runtime Environment.
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Adjust the BPC’s memory
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Connect databases to the BPC and install the corresponding JDBC drivers beforehand
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Get information about the configuration options for the general Core Service parameters
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Get general information about your BPC application, e.g., an overview of the installed modules or the number of active users
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Embed functions of individual modules as plugins in other modules
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Display the connection status to the server
Network
You want to:
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Get information about the relevant Ports and configuration parameters
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Set up a secure HTTPS or TLS connection for your BPC
Services
You want to:
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Set up Karaf and OpenSearch as Services on a Unix operating system
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Set up Karaf and OpenSearch as Services on a Windows operating system
Identity Provider
You want to:
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Keycloak as an Identity Provider Set up and configureKeycloak as an identity provider
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INUBIT as an Identity Provider Set up and configureINUBIT as an identity provider
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Set up and configure a database as an identity provider
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Provide organizations, roles, and permissions for an identity provider without an admin client connection
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Assign additional organizations, roles, and permissions to complement permission objects from external identity providers
System Components
The BPC has two central system components: OpenSearch and Karaf.
You want to:
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Temporarily switch to the local identity provider via Karaf if you cannot log in to the BPC
Operation
This section covers various actions that can be performed during ongoing operations.
You want to:
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transfer individual modules or BPC configurations from one BPC application to another
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query the status of maintenance mode
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adjust the disk space limit, until maintenance mode is activated
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display a message about maintenance mode to BPC users
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Audit Log viewinformation about user activities in the user interface
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Performance Monitoring collectruntime and performance metrics in the user interface
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change the user interface language
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view the Karaf log
Administration Area
In this area, you will find all configuration options for the core and application modules.
You want to:
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log external monitoring data
User-Specific Settings
This section contains settings that affect the general appearance of the user interface for individual users or user groups.
Settings that change the appearance within individual modules can be found in the descriptions of those modules.
You want to:
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manage application areas
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manage navigation elements
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configure options such as the display and visibility of navigation elements
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create and configure landing pages based on permissions/role/organization
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Enable users (or user groups) to change their password or organization themselves via User Self Service
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Make specific administrative areas or functions accessible to selected users (or user groups)
Application Modules
In this section, you will find information about the individual BPC modules—what functions and use cases they offer, and how they can be configured and used.
In addition to general information on administering BPC modules and using the global date filter, information on the individual modules is provided.
You want to:
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Get information about the Core Services modules (BPC-Core)
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Flow (proxy connections to the IGUASU and INUBIT process engines)
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Get information about the Process Dashboard module
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Get information about the Process Monitoring module
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Get information about the Data Management module
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Get information about the Data Analysis module
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Display your data as a Diagram, e.g. , a bar chart, pie chartor speedometer Diagram
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Create a report that, for example, combines multiple charts at a glance
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Organize and structure related reports in a tree view and make them available to other users for viewing
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Get information about the Collaboration module.
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Get information about the Forms module.
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Get information about the INUBIT Process Documentation module.
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Get information about the INUBIT WebApp module.
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Get information about the INUBIT Interaction module.
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Get information about the VIMON module.
