Starting a Business Service

When you start a business service, a message is displayed in the form instanceid invoked where instanceid is a unique alphanumeric value that identifies this particular business service, and the first user interface page in the business service is displayed in the gadget.

The business service does not generate work items. The user who starts the business service completes the user interface pages for the business service and then the business service starts an instance of a process.

The business service is considered complete when the final user interface page has been completed.

Procedure

  1. Click on the business service you want to start.
    Note: There is no category set for the WelcomeUsers business service, so the business service is displayed as uncategorized. The category is specified in TIBCO Business Studio at design time. See "Using Categories" in the TIBCO Openspace User Guide.
  2. Click .

    The business service is started and the first interface user page is displayed.

  3. Type a number in thePhone Number field. the In the Username box, type Clint Hill.
  4. Click Submit. Submitting the user interface page completes the business service. When business services are completed, they are automatically purged from the system.
  5. Click on the business service to display a summary of the business service details.
  6. Select the Work Views tab.
  7. From the Work Views gadget, click .

    The business service has automatically started the Welcome Users process and sent the first work item to Clint Hill’s work item list.

  8. Double-click the work item to open it. Note that the message contains the name you supplied in the business service:
  9. Click Submit. Submitting the work item completes the process. When processes are completed, they are automatically purged from the system.

Result

Post requisites

You should now start and run some business services in the Business Services gadget.

For More Information, see:

  • TIBCO Openspace User Guide for more information about TIBCO Openspace.
  • TIBCO Organization Browser User Guide for information about how to use the Organization Browser gadget.
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