BPM helps in automating the business process workflow. A workflow, has many conditions and rules which decide the flow. This session covers different use cases and different ways available in BPM to achieve this, like using, decisions steps, Bpm events and business rules. Decision is a gateway which represent a decision point in the process flow ,which say if the specified condition is not met ,it would take the default branch and help control the business flow effectively. BPM events are build around the principles ,where a business events is an object ranging from disk failures to a purchase order or a record. Event driven business rules help in sending alarms, live report, triggering external programs and much more. Rules created in BPM Events help to monitor a business process, generate live reports, enforce business policies and also capable of dynamically modify rules.

1. Business Rules Transforming your
Business Process Smarter,Simpler
and more Agile
Presenter : Jawahar Surapaneni
Date : 12th May 2015

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Agenda
 Introduction to BPM
 OpenEdge BPM Overview
 Types of Rules in OpenEdge BPM
 Introduction to BRMS
 Corticon Overview
 Corticon with BPM & ABL
 Demo

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Systems
Goals
Process
People
Information
Process centric approach for
Improving business performance
that combines
Information Technology and Governance Methodologies
Strategy Policies Compliance
Business Process Management (BPM)

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OpenEdge BPM
• Provides ability to develop and deploy business
process applications
Business
Process
Applications
• Rapid development, easier customization, and
modernization of existing applications Agile
• Identify and address bottlenecks and
Streamline operations
Visibility
• Modify business apps at the speed of business
and independent of software development
lifecycles
Continuous
Improvement

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Model
Implement
Monitor
Improve
Process Cycle

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Key Components of OpenEdge BPM
Business Process Portal
Business Process Server
OpenEdge
AppServer
Process Modeler
Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdgeProgress Developer Studio for OpenEdge

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Process
Modeller
• Business
Analysts and
Domain
Expertise
• Model
Workflow
• Simulate
Process
• Import/Export
Process
Developer
Studio
• Native
Dataslots
• Forms
• Presentation
Types
• Adapters
• Deploy
Applications
• Model Events
Business
Process Server
• Clustering
• BPM Events
• BPM Process
Store
BPM Portal
• Create ,
Complete ,
Collaborate
etc
• Reports
• Manage Users,
Applications
• ProdataSet and
TempTable
Visualization
OE BPM Key Capabilities

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OE BPM Architecture
Process
Engine
Server APIs (Stateless Session Beans)
BPM Studio
WS APIPresentation
Flows
Web Container
Event Driven
Rule Engine
EJB Container
Adapter
Framework
BPM Process
Store
ABL API
Admin Management Home
Clustering
Form
Designer
SPT Editor GEL Editor SimulationModeler
DBMS
OE
DB
BPM Portal

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Decision Centric
Event Centric
IF <conditions>
THEN <actions>
<event exp>
IF <conditions>
THEN <actions>
Types of Rules in BPM

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General
• Scheduling
Notification
• Timeout
• Process Path
Metrics
• Monitoring
• Business Metric
• Decision Counter
Task
Management
• Task Assignment
Integration
• Process Control
Rules
• File Poller Rules
Custom Rule
BizPulse Rules Types ( Event Centric Rules)

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 BPM:
• Model, execute and manage complex processes
• Basic business rule engines, lacks rule repository or rules management capabilities
Process Logic:
• Controls the sequence and flow of activities
• Task assignments & deadlines
• Collaborations and escalations
 BRMS:
• Designed to automate complex decisions
Decision Logic:
• Decision logic can comprise hundreds of business rules
• Defining Rule flows
Introduction to BRMS

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Introduction to BRMS
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BPM Decision BRMS(Corticon) Rule flow

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Rule Development Lifecycle
Traditional Approach
DesignSpecify Test Integrate Deploy
Templates
Code
Reduce development
and change cycles
by 90%
Higher quality, higher performance, agility
Model Integrate Deploy
Corticon
Approach
Requires Technical Resource

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Corticon Business Rules Management

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RuleSheet N
Corticon Architecture
RuleFlow
RuleSheet 1
 Conditions
 Filters
 Actions
 Message
Decision
Service
v1.0Rulesheet 1
Vocabulary
 Domains
 Entities
 Attributes
Decision
Service
v2.0
Schema
Dashed line: optional components
Rulesheet N
…
Corticon Studio Corticon Server

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OE BPM – Corticon

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OpenEdge BPM – Corticon
Export Schema from
Dataslots and Import
it as Vocabulary
Create Business
Rules and Deploy
Configure Corticon
Adapter
Invoke the adapter
from Business
Process
Define Dataslots
Model & Deploy
Business Rules
Configure Corticon
Adapter
Invoke Decision
Service

18. Demo

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OpenEdge BPM – Corticon
 Define Dataslots
• Primitives, Prodatasets and
Temp-Table types
• Assign schema definition for
Prodatasets and Temp-Table
 BRVD Export
• Primitives
• Prodatasets
• Temp-Table
Define Dataslots
Model & Deploy
Business Rules
Configure Corticon
Adapter
Invoke Decision
Service

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OpenEdge BPM – Corticon
 Corticon studio
• Create Corticon Project
• Import BRVD
• Create Rule sheet and model rules
• Define Rule flow using the Rule sheet
 Corticon server
• Deploy the modeled Rule flow
Define Dataslots
Model & Deploy
Business Rules
Configure Corticon
Adapter
Invoke Decision
Service

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OpenEdge BPM – Corticon
 In BPM studio
• Model BPM process
• Add Corticon adapter
 In Corticon Adapter
• Username & Password (If secured)
• Server URL
• Decision Service name
• Decision Service version
• Define dataslot mapping for either
Primitive/Prodataset/Temp-Table types
Define Dataslots
Model & Deploy
Business Rules
Configure Corticon
Adapter
Invoke Decision
Service

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OpenEdge BPM – Corticon
 Deploy the
Business Process
 In Portal
• Instantiate the process
• Invoke decision service
using Corticon Adapter
Define Dataslots
Model & Deploy
Business Rules
Configure Corticon
Adapter
Invoke Decision
Service

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Advantages of Combining BPM with BRMS
Agility
Rules can change
dynamically and
independently of process
applications
Simplicity
Delegating complex decisions
and rule-driven logic to BRMS
in process solutions simplifies
them
Cost Saving
Porting the decision logic
onto separate system
reduces the maintainance
cost
Reusability
Rules can reusable across
different process
Advantages

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Supported Versions
 OpenEdge – Corticon
• OpenEdge 11.3
• Corticon 5.3.2
 OpenEdge BPM – Corticon
• OpenEdge 11.4
• Corticon 5.3.2

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Q&A