Working with BusinessWorks Processes

Processes in TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks capture and manage the flow of business information in an enterprise between different data sources and destinations. The Adapter palette installed with TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter Framework provides activities for wiring adapter services into processes.

For reference information of each adapter activity, see TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter Framework Reference.

Workflow with Activities and Processes

TIBCO Business Studio Workbench provides a design environment to develop and test a process:
  1. Creating a Business Process
  2. Testing a Specified BusinessWorks Process
  3. Testing Multiple BusinessWorks Processes in Multiple Applications

For details about process development, see TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Application Development.

  • Creating a Business Process
    With the TIBCO Business Studio workbench, you can create business processes. The following example is provided to show how to create a business process in TIBCO Business Studio.
  • Testing a Specified BusinessWorks Process
    Similar to testing an adapter configuration, in TIBCO Business Studio, you can test a BusinessWorks process in a few ways. The procedure varies depending on how many projects are created and opened in the workspace.
  • Testing Multiple BusinessWorks Processes in Multiple Applications
    If more than one projects are created and opened in the workspace, the testing method is different from that of testing a single BusinessWorks process. In this case, you can use the Run Configurations window to test multiple BusinessWorks processes.
  • Activities for Communicating with Adapter Services
    The Adapter palette contains activities for communicating with configured adapter services.
  • Handling the anyType AE Data Type
    When you use activities that are associated with Request-Response Service, the anyType data type is used as the default value in the DATA field. If you use this data type, an error message indicating a wrong message format is displayed when you run the BusinessWorks process.