Business Works

TIBCO Business Works

Narendra Thota

Agenda

Introduction to TIBCO Business Works

Uses of Business Works

Components of TIBCO Business Works

TIBCO Business Works design time Architecture.

TIBCO Business Works run time Architecture.

Features of TIBCO Business Works.

TIBCO BusinessWorks Process Design

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TIBCO BW Palettes

Why do we need Business Integration ?

The Integrated Enterprise works seamlessly.

Enterprise applications of varied architectures understand each

other.

Seamless communication enhances efficiencySeamless communication enhances efficiency.

Reduced or zero manual intervention.

Improves response times to customer needsImproves response times to customer needs.

Real-time information exchange.

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What does TIBCO BusinessWorks do?

Provides Business Integration

Defines Business Processes.

Establishes connections between Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Business Process Definitions.

Automates Business Processes.

Manages Process Exceptions.

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TIBCO BW – How it works?

Business Integration

ModelDefine process rules andflows in an easy-to-use GUI

Assemble

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Configure connectivity to applications through TIBCO Adapter services sse b e

DeployPropagate process definitions to hardware components and startProcess engines

Adapter services

Deploy

Manage

Process engines

Monitor processes and handleProcess exceptions

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ManageProcess exceptions

Sample Process Flow

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BW Design-time Architecture

Project Version TIBCO

Control Administration Server

Deploy

Enterprise Archive (EAR)

TIBCO D i GUI i d fi d i d

TIBCO Designer

TIBCO Designer GUI is used to configure adapter servicesand

design business processes

The processes are deployed using the TIBCO Administrator

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The processes are deployed using the TIBCO Administrator

BW Run-time Architecture

TIBCO Administration Server TIBCO

Evaluate

Business Rules,

Runtime Agent

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Perform

TransformationsFault tolerant Process Engines

Connect to

Enterprise Applications RV/JMS

Fault-tolerant Process Enginesp pp

through Adapter Services HTTP,

SOAP,ODBC,JDBC

Connect to File andCommunicate over

SMTP

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Connect to File and

Database systemsthe Internet

BW Components

TIBCO Designer.TIBCO BusinessWorks engine.TIBCO Administrator.TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA).

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TIBCO BW Palettes

Process Palette

Active Enterprise Adapter Palette

EJB Palette

File Palette

FTP Palette

GGeneral Activities Palette

HTTP Palette

J P lJava Palette

JDBC Palette

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Workflow palette

TIBCO BW Palettes (Cont’d)

JMS Palette

Mail Palette

Manual Work Palette

Parse Palette

Rendezvous Palette

SOSOAP Palette

WSDL Palette

XML A i i i P lXML Activities Palette

Service Palette

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Policy Palette

Process Palette

Allows to define business processes.

d t l tt f ll b imandatory palette for all business processes

All BW palettes appear on double-clicking this palette in

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TIBCO BusinessWorks Features

Messaging.

Adapters Services.

Business Process ModelingBusiness Process Modeling.

Schemas and Data Mapping.

Manual Activities.

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Messaging

TIBCO Business Works has messaging system that can reliablyTIBCO Business Works has messaging system that can reliably handle the volume of messages that will be sent and received by it.

The system has the following characteristics:Guaranteed and fault tolerant.Distributed architecture.High Throughput.Scalable.

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Adapters

Adapters receive information from a source application andAdapters receive information from a source application andpublish it to the business process in a shared format

Adapters subscribe to information from a business process.

Translate it to a format the target application can understand.

Adapters can also be set up to work in a client/server modeAdapters can also be set up to work in a client/server mode

Manual Activities

BW includes a Manual Work palette with activities to add to business processes when the process requires user interaction for completion.

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The ManualWork palette works with TIBCO InConcert.


Schemas and Data Mapping

Data can be mapped and transformed in in the required formats

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Process Definition

Process definition is a graphical representation of the business process model

Process definition consists of the followingActivities TransitionsTransitions Groups Shared Configuration Resources Sub processesSub processes

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HelloWorld Process

Lab 1

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Global Variables

Provide an easy way to set default values for use throughout the project.

Click on the Global Variables tab to configure the Global Variables.

T t l b l i blTo create a new global variable

Click on Add new variable/variable group Icon.Specify a name.Assign a value. Press Enter. The global variable is now displayed in the global variables list.

Variables can also be configured to be specified on a per-deployment i b i

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or a per-service basis.

Global Variables

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Global Variables

To use the global variable in the fields of a resource, enter the

variable name surrounded by %% on both sidesvariable name surrounded by %% on both sides.

Most projects define some standard variables, but you may define p j , y y

any variables you need.

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Global Variables & Process VariablesVariables

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ActivitiesActivities

Individual units of work within a process definition

Interface to external systems

Palette has a set of activities that can be performed for that palette

Example, File Palette contains the following activities

Create File

Remove File

Read FileRead File

Write File

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Transitions

Describe the flow of processing.

Is represented by an arrow between two activities or groups ofIs represented by an arrow between two activities or groups of

activities in a process definition.

Conditions can be specified on transitions to determine whether to

take the transition to the next activity or not.

Control cannot be transitioned to a previously executed activity.

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Transition TypesTransition Types

Success : Take this transition unconditionally.

Success with condition : Transition is taken if the condition specified

evaluates to true.

Success if no matching condition : Transition is taken if no other

transitions are taken .

Error : Transition is taken if there is an error during processing of theError : Transition is taken if there is an error during processing of the

activity.

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Transitions

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Grouping ActivitiesGrouping Activities

Groups are used to specify related sets of activities.

Main uses of groups are to create a set of activities for the following

purposes

Common error transition

P ti i t i t tiParticipate in transaction

Repeating set of activities

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Grouping Activities - Types of Groups

N U d f i ith t l iNone : Used for grouping without looping

Transaction Groups : Used to group activities that participate in a

transaction. Eg. JDBC group activitiesg g p

Iterate Loop : Used to iterate a group once for every item in a list

Repeat Until True Loop : Used to iterate a group until the specified

condition is true

Repeat On Error Until True Loop : Used to iterate a group when an error

occurs

If Groups: To conditionally execute business logic

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Grouping Activities - Types of Groups

Whil T G R t th i f d ti iti lWhile True Groups: Repeats the series of grouped activities as long as

the given condition evaluates as true.

Critical Section : Used to synchronize process instances so that only y p y

one process instance executes the grouped activities at any given time.

Pick First : Allow process execution to wait for one or more events

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Group Activities

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Shared Configuration ResourcesShared Configuration Resources

These resources are shared among activities.

The resources include

Database connections

WSDL files

S h d fi itiSchema definitions

Server Connections – like HTTP, FTP

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SubprocessesSubprocesses

Help in modular design of process definitions.

Can reuse subprocesses across many process definitions.

Call Process activity is used to call a subprocess.

Input, output, and any error schemas of the subprocess are specified on

the Start and End activities within the subprocess.

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XPATH

Is the language for defining conditions and transformations

XPath formula builder can be used to build xpath expressions

Contains many string, date time, custom functions

Supports drag & drop building of expressions

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Error Handling

Handled using error transitionsHandled using error transitions.

Can deal with any potential runtime errors in process definitions .

‘Generate Error’ activity can be used to raise custom errorGenerate Error activity can be used to raise custom error

conditions.

Error data is available to activities that execute after the errorError data is available to activities that execute after the error

transition

In the error process variablesp

$_error

$ error <activityName>

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Inter-Process Communication

Two executing process instances can communicateTwo executing process instances can communicate

Wait , Notify, Receive Notification activities are used

A String key is used to correspond Notify activities with wait or Receive Notification

Data to be shared is defined by a ‘Notify Configuration’ shared configuration resourceconfiguration resource

Process engines are on different machines should use a database to store process instance informationp

Same ‘Notify Configuration’ resource is used to configure the Notify activity as well as the Wait activity and the Receive Notification process t t

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Testing Process Definitions

BW provides a testing environment to test process definitions

Any process definition can be selected for testingAny process definition can be selected for testing

BW engine is started for testing e process definition

Break Points can be set which

Allow to suspend a running process instance at a specified point to examine the process data.

Can be set before or after an activity with conditions tooCan be set before or after an activity with conditions too

persist even after closing the project

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File Palette

File palette is used to read, write, delete, or create files Copy File Copy e

The Copy File activity allows you to copy files and directories to a new location

Create File The Create File activity creates a new file or directory with the specified nameThe Create File activity creates a new file or directory with the specified name

File Poller The File Poller process starter polls for files or directories with the given name and starts a process when the specified change (creation modification deletion)and starts a process when the specified change (creation, modification, deletion) is detected

List Files The List Files activity returns information about files or directories, or a listing ofThe List Files activity returns information about files or directories, or a listing of all the files in the specified directory.

Read File The Read File activity is used to read a file and place its contents into the

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File Palette

File palette is used to read, write, delete, or create files Remove File e o e e

The Remove File activity removes the specified file. This activity can also remove empty directories. If a directory that is not empty is specified, an exception is thrown.

Rename File The Rename File activity is used to rename or move files.

Wait for File Change gThe Wait for File Change activity waits for a file creation, modification, or deletion event to occur during process execution

Write FileThe Write File activity writes content to the specified file.

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File Palette

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HTTP Palette

HTTP Connection

The HTTP Connection resource describes the characteristics of the connection used to

receive incoming HTTP requestsreceive incoming HTTP requests

HTTP Receiver

Starts a process based on the receipt of a HTTP request.

Proxy Configuration

Used to specify a proxy HTTP server when HTTP requests are sent outside of a

firewall.

Send HTTP Request

Sends a HTTP request to a web server

Send HTTP Response p

Sends a response to a previously received HTTP request

Wait for HTTP Request

S d th t til th i i HTTP t i i d

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Suspends the current process until the incoming HTTP request is received.

HTTP Palette

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Parse Palette

The Parse palette provides shared configuration resources and

activities for parsing and rendering formatted textactivities for parsing and rendering formatted text.

Data Format

The Data Format resource contains the specification for parsing or rendering a text string

Parse Data

Takes a text string or input from a file to schemag p

Render Data

Converts data to text string

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Parse Palette

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TCP Palette

The TCP/IP palette provides activities and resources that can send

and receive data using the TCP/IP protocol. g pRead TCP Data

The Read TCP Data activity reads data from an open TCP connection

TCP Cl C tiTCP Close Connection

The TCP Close Connection activity closes a TCP connection opened by a previously

executed activity or process starter.

TCP Connection

The TCP Connection is a shared configuration resource that specifies the connection

information for the TCP server

TCP Open Connection

The TCP Open Connection activity opens a connection to a TCP server.

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TCP Palette

TCP Receiver

The TCP Receiver process starter starts a new process when a client requests a TCP

connection.

Wait for TCP Request

The Wait for TCP Request activity waits for a TCP client connection request.

Write TCP Data

The Write TCP Data activity sends data on the specified TCP connection


TCP Palette

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XML Tools Palette

Provides a set of tools enabling the creation, management, and

validation of XML schemas (XML Schema or DTD) and XMLvalidation of XML schemas (XML Schema or DTD) and XML

instance documents.Schema

The Schema resource enables the creation of an XML Schema file

DTD

The DTD resource enables the creation of a DTD (Document Type Definition)The DTD resource enables the creation of a DTD (Document Type Definition)

Instance

XML instance documents are XML documents -- typically representing data-oriented

business documents messages and configuration files that conform to the rules of anbusiness documents, messages, and configuration files -- that conform to the rules of an

XML Schema or DTD


XML Tools Palette

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XML Activities Palette

This palette provides activities for parsing XML strings into schemasThis palette provides activities for parsing XML strings into schemas

and rendering schemas into XML stringsParse XML

Converts and XML string or file to XML schema

Render XML

Converts XML Schema to XML stringConverts XML Schema to XML string

Transform XML

Allows to transform input XML document into the output specified by the given

XSLT File shared configuration resource.

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XML Activities Palette

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Questions?


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