Introduction


This Builder's Guide briefly discusses all the components of Process Manager then discusses how to use Process Builder to build process definitions. Read this guide to learn how to build applications for Process Manager.

This Preface has the following sections:

• About This Guide

• Assumptions

• Conventions Used in This Guide

• Viewing Documentation Online

• For More Information

About This Guide

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The information in this guide is organized in the following sections:

• Overview of Process Builder Components

• Using Process Builder

• Advanced Scripting and Setting Up Searching

• Sample Applications

• Reference Material

Overview of Process Builder Components

The first chapter gives an overview of all the components in Process Builder:

• Chapter 1 "Overview of iPlanet Process Manager"

  See this chapter for information about where to find information about components other than Process Builder.

Using Process Builder

The next nine chapters discuss how to use Process Builder:

• Chapter 2 "Introduction to Process Builder"

• Chapter 3 "Planning an Application"

• Chapter 4 "Creating an Application"

• Chapter 5 "Designing a Process Map"

• Chapter 6 "Defining Groups and Roles"

• Chapter 7 "Defining Data Fields"

• Chapter 8 "Designing Forms"

• Chapter 9 "Using Scripts"

• Chapter 10 "Deploying an Application"

Advanced Scripting and Setting Up Searching

The next three chapters provide more information on writing scripts and setting up searching:

• Chapter 11 "Advanced Techniques for Scripting"

• Chapter 12 "Scripting with EJB Components"

• Chapter 13 "Setting Up Searching"

Sample Applications

The next four chapters describe some of the sample applications included with Process Manager:

• Chapter 14 "The Data Sheet Application"

• Chapter 15 "The Office Setup Application"

• Chapter 16 "The Loan Management and Credit History Applications"

• Chapter 17 "The Insurance Claim Processing Application"

Reference Material

The remaining parts of this guide are reference material:

• Appendix AJavaScript API Reference"

• Appendix BMigrating from Previous Releases"

• Appendix CReserved Words"

• "Glossary"

Assumptions

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This guide assumes you have installed Process Builder on your system. For installation instructions, see the Installation Guide.

It is recommended that you understand JavaScript.

Conventions Used in This Guide

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File and directory paths are given in Windows format (with backslashes separating directory names). For Unix versions, the directory paths are the same, except slashes are used instead of backslashes to separate directories.

This guide uses URLs of the form:

http://server.domain/path/file.html

In these URLs, server is the name of server on which you run your application; domain is your Internet domain name; path is the directory structure on the server; and file is an individual filename. Italic items in URLs are placeholders.

This guide uses the following font conventions:

• The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names), file names, path names, directory names, and HTML tags.

• Italic type is used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.

• Boldface type is used for glossary terms

Viewing Documentation Online

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For your convenience, Process Manager manuals are replicated online in both PDF and HTML formats. You can access the online documentation from the Help menu of each Process Manager component. You can access context-sensitive documentation by clicking a Help button or link in each Process Manager component.

For More Information

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See Chapter 1 "Overview of iPlanet Process Manager" for details about where to find information on the components in Process Manager other than Process Builder.