We4IT ProcessFlow integriert Endanwender bei Optimierung der Geschäftsprozesse
Um verborgene Potenziale zu nutzen und sich so einen entscheidenden Wettbewerbsvorteil zu verschaffen, setzen Unternehmen vermehrt auf Business-Process-Management-Lösungen. Dabei führt die richtige Umsetzung von Prozessoptimierungs-Tools häufig zu Komplikationen, weil diese fast ausschließlich durch den IT-Bereich des jeweiligen Unternehmens erfolgt. Der Bremer Softwarespezialist We4IT hat mit ProcessFlow eine Anwendung entwickelt, die keinerlei Programmierkenntnisse benötigt und direkt beim Endanwender ansetzt. Mithilfe dieser Software kann jeder Mitarbeiter selbst Prozesse modellieren und mit seinem unternehmensinternen Know-how zur Automatisierung von Geschäftsabläufen beitragen. Neben der einfachen Bedienung und dem geringen Schulungsaufwand überzeugt das Programm vor allem durch die Möglichkeit, Workflows sowohl unter Lotus Notes als auch im Web-Browser nutzen zu können. Dabei eignet sich ProcessFlow allerdings nicht nur für den internen Unternehmenseinsatz, sondern umfasst die gesamten Prozessabläufe inklusive Einbindung von Zulieferern und Dienstleistern. So bietet We4IT eine kostengünstige Alternative zu „High-End“-Workflowsystemen und Modellierungstools.
Die Software We4IT ProcessFlow besteht aus dem We4IT ProcessModeler und der We4IT ProcessEngine. Beide Anwendungen arbeiten eng zusammen und sorgen so für eine Symbiose zwischen Organisation und Technik. Der ProcessModeler stellt dabei die visuelle Modellierungskomponente des Produktpakets dar. Mithilfe dieses Tools designen Mitarbeiter aus den entsprechenden Fachbereichen Prozesse und optimieren Unternehmensabläufe. Die ProcessEngine ermöglicht dann die technische Implementierung modellierter Prozesse sowie deren Integration in die Arbeitsweisen des jeweiligen Unternehmens. Während sich die We4IT ProcessEngine seit Jahren erfolgreich verkauft und auf dem Markt bereits bewährt hat, ist der ProcessModeler dagegen ein innovatives und neu entwickeltes Prozessmanagement-Werkzeug. Im Vordergrund der Anwendung steht allerdings nicht das reine Modellieren. Auch andere Hersteller bieten hierfür entsprechende Tools. Vielmehr beeindruckt der ProcessModeler durch die einfache Bedienbarkeit über einen normalen Internet-Browser, ohne dabei weitere Zusatzsoftware auf entsprechenden Clients installieren zu müssen. Dank Lotus-Notes-Integration kann jeder berechtigte User so Prozesse entwickeln und damit zu einer verbesserten Informationsstruktur beitragen. Dabei beinhaltet das Programm neben Eskalationsmanagement beziehungsweise Erinnerungsfunktionen natürlich auch ein Rechtekonzept für das Freischalten produktiver Prozesse.
XPages Tip: Get an element’s id outside XPages events with CSJS
Mon, Jan 9th 2012 3:30a Henning Schmidt I was facing a problem today where I tried to set a value and do a partial refresh within a client script block on my XPage. Since this script block is outside any XPage event, I could not use the following SSJS within my CSJS to get the IDs of the elements I want to set and refresh:
dojo.byId(“#{id:idOfMyComponent}”);
I googled a bit but was not able to find a solution for this problem. There are many hints but you need to bring them together to get the result. Here is the code that [read] Keywords: xpages dojo
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Meet me at #ls12 @OpenNTF’s booth 516
Mon, Jan 9th 2012 12:56a Henning Schmidt In a couple of days there will be a bright yellow spot again in Orlando and the rest of the world turns grey due to lack of color. I am so happy that I can be yellow this year!
I want to thank Niklas Heidloff and Bruce Elgort who gave me the chance to join their team this year and represent OpenNTF at Lotusphere.You have to save a spot on your schedule this year to visit the Product Showcase. Mark booth 516 on your map! Come by and learn all about OpenNTF. Anything you ever wanted to know abou [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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XPages Twitter Controls go Mobile!
Sun, Nov 27th 2011 11:46p Henning Schmidt Last week I blogged about my Twitter Controls which I handed in to the 2. XPages Development Contest. It fulfilled the requirements of the contest by being a social app that uses the Twitter API and OAuth for authentication. One component was missing though: MOBILE.
So I sat down and checked the possibilities to make the app run on smartphones. There’s DOJO and the Mobile Controls integrated in the Extension Library 8.5.3. I took my first shot an had a mobile application together which pr [read] Keywords: xpages application
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XPages Tip: How to apply different styles for mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, …)
Tue, Nov 22nd 2011 12:23a Henning Schmidt I got stuck yesterday when I tried to shape my application to look different on different mobile devices. I wanted to have an iPhone look when the app gets opened with an iPhone and an Android look when it gets accessed with an Android phone. I knew that there were capabilities to achieve this but I could not find these. Now, as usual, the trick is easy.
There are properties that can be set in the xsp.properies file. First of all you have to find and access the file. Well, those of you out there [read] Keywords: domino
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XPages Tip: Work with multi value fields
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 12:21a Henning Schmidt In classic notes dev you can make a variety of fields multi value fields and define how values are to be separated. Imagine you have such a notes form and want to put an xpages frontend on top of it. How do you separate multi values?
Ok, it’s easy, isn’t it. Just use a Multiline Editbox control, bind that to your multi value field on the form and put a new value in every line of the box, right? This only works halfway since the contents of the field are being saved as a text string w [read] Keywords: notes
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XPages Twitter Controls on OpenNTF – Let the contest begin
Thu, Nov 17th 2011 11:58p Henning Schmidt I’ve been busy recently founding my own company hedersoft. There was no time left to blog or tweet a lot since administrative tasks ate it all up. Now things are getting back to normal and I’ll do my best to save some time to share my thoughts.
Anyway, hedersoft as an IBM Business Partner focusses on XPages. We will make basic applications and modules available as OpenSource and publish them on OpenNTF. Lars Buntrock started with his “Database Open Dialog” and I uploaded [read] Keywords: ibm
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Help needed: Using java sources in java agents
Thu, Oct 20th 2011 9:14a Henning Schmidt I am a bit in trouble here since DDE does not work as I expect it to. I hope there is somebody out there who has a solution to my problem. So here it is:
I am writing java code in my domino database using the Java Perspective. I created a source folder under WebContentWEB-INF and added the folder to my build path. I am using the classes and methods I coded on my XPages and they work. Now I need to code a java agent that is supposed to run every night. A lot of the methods and classes I need for [read] Keywords: agent
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A new star is born – hedersoft is now online!
Wed, Oct 5th 2011 12:05a Henning Schmidt I am so proud to announce that hedersoft lauched their homepage today!
Who is hedersoft?
hedersoft is a new company located in Salzkotten, Germany which provides services and sells products based on Lotus Notes / Domino. The company was founded in August 2011 by Lars Buntrock an myself (Henning Schmidt) and focusses on XPages. That is products based on XPages as well as services based on this exciting technology.
Both Lars and I worked for We4IT (sponsor of the XPages Dev Contest) until we resi [read] Keywords: domino
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Collect POP3 accounts with Domino – PO3Collect
Mon, Sep 26th 2011 7:03a Henning Schmidt We are currently setting up our business and use Domino as our mail server. We’re hosting our domain hedersoft.de and set up POP mailfiles there. Now since my administration skills as a developer is not that broad I thought I can tell Domino to simply pull the mails from my POP accounts and route them to the receiver’s mailfiles.
Well, Domino does not provide a feature to help me out there. I got stuck and asked Daddy Google what to do. He answered: “Try POP3Collect“!
As [read] Keywords: administration
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XPages Development Contest: A Review
Wed, Aug 31st 2011 3:46p Henning Schmidt This monday OpenNTF announced the winners of the “XPages Development Contest” sponsored by We4IT. The winners are:
Ferry Kranenburg for his Multi Database Search Control
Dennis Chen for his ZK Spreadsheet for XPages
Rami Muurimaki for his XPages PDF Exporter Custom Control
Congratulations to all of you and enjoy your iPads!
I reckon the contest can be regarded as a big success. I enjoyed a nice night before the contest started on which Niklas told me about the contest a [read] Keywords: lotus
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