Setting Up Events: Business Processes

Process events during specific step execution can be set up on the Events tab of the Settings dialog box in the web application or on the Events page of the Process Settings and Parameters dialog box in the desktop application.

Web application Desktop application

To create a list of executed operations:

Select the corresponding event: Start, Stop, Restart, Finish.
Click the Add button on the toolbar and select the added action:

Fore Method. Determine:

Assembly. The box is mandatory. In the drop-down list select a Fore unit, the list contains all repository units and folders containing units. Search by unit name is available.

Method. The box is mandatory. Select a method in the drop-down list. The list contains all unit methods corresponding to the signature:

Sub <Fore-method name>(Sender: IBProcessInstance; Args: IBProcessStepStateEventArgs);

Parameter:

Sender. Process instance.

Args. Event information: step, step old state, new state.

Message. Set message parameters

To. Enter one or several main recipient addresses separated by the ; character. The box is mandatory.
Copy. Enter email of one or several recipients separated by the ; character.
BCC. Enter address of one or several recipients separated by the ; character. Address will be hidden from other message recipients.

Subject. Enter subject manually using functions of value copy/paste from clipboard.
Object Link. Add a link to the step object: algorithm, regular report, data entry form. Multiple selection is available.

When an object is selected, the Message box displays the web application URL in the format: "http://app_name/#/app/obj?key=<obj_key>&mode=view&repo=<repo_id>", where app_name - name of opened web application, repo_id - current repository identifier, obj_key - key of selected object.

Message. Enter message text.
Attached File. Attach files to the message. Each attached file is displayed below the edit box. To remove the file, click the Remove button to the right of the attached file name.

To reorder executed actions, use the Move Up and Move Down buttons on the parameters panel on the Events tab. To delete actions, use the Delete button.

To create a list of executed operations:

Select a corresponding tab with the event: Start, Stop, Restart, Finish.
Click the Add button on the toolbar and select the added action:

Execute Fore Method. Fill in mandatory boxes highlighted in rose at the right pat of the window:

Unit. The box is mandatory. Select Fore unit in the drop-down list. The list contains all units in the repository and folders containing units. Search by unit name is available.
Method. The box is mandatory. Select a method in the drop-down list. The list contains all unit methods corresponding to the signature:

Sub <Fore method name>(Sender: IBProcessInstance; Args: IBProcessStepStateEventArgs);

Parameter:

Sender. Process instance.

Args. Event information: step, step old state, new state.

Send Email. Set message parameters:

To. Enter address of one or several main recipients separated by the ; character. The box is mandatory.
Copy. Enter email of one or several recipients separated by the ; character
BCC. Enter address of one or several recipients separated by the ; character. Address will be hidden from other message recipients
Subject. The email subject is entered manually, using option of copy/paste from clipboard.
Contents. The contents is entered manually using the option of variables values substitution with step parameters, links to step objects to view in the web application, file attachments.

NOTE. The number of added actions is unlimited.

To reorder operations execution, use the Move Up and Move Down buttons on the toolbar. To delete operations, click the Delete button.

After executing the operations, the list of operations started in the specified order when the particular event occurs is created. The list of automatically executed actions can be empty.