Create a Workflow Process

In Siebel Tools, create a new workflow processes for Siebel BI Publisher report generation.

For more information about creating a workflow process, see the Siebel Business Process Framework: Workflow Guide.

BIP Create Report Output Workflow Process

Create the new workflow process, BIP Create Report Output, with these properties:

BIP Create Report Output Workflow Process Details

Workflow Process Name	Workflow Mode	Business Object
BIP Create Report Output	Service Flow	Report Output

In this table, the attributes are these same for these values:

• Business Object: Report Output
• Data Type: String

BIP Create Report Output Workflow Process Properties

Name	Description	In/Out
Report Name	New report name to be created.	In
ReportOutputId	Row ID of Report Output BC for the generated report.	Out

BIP Create Report Output Workflow Process Properties

Name	Type	Business Component	Operation
Start	Start
New Report	Siebel Operation	Report Output BC	Insert
End 0	End

BIP Create Report Output Workflow Process Step Branch

Step Name	Name	Type	To Step Name
Start	Connector 0	Default	New Report
New Report	Connector 1	Connector	End 0

BIP Create Report Output Workflow Process Step I/O Arguments

• Name: Report Name

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: Report Name

  Sub Process Input Argument: Report Name

  Method Argument: Report Name

  Property Name: Report Name

  Input Flag: I

• Name: ReportOutputFileName

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: ReportOutputFileName

  Sub Process Input Argument: ReportOutputFileName

  Method Argument: ReportOutputFileName

  Property Name: Report Name

  Input Flag: I

• Name: Owner Id

  Type: Expression

  Field Name: Owner Id

  Sub Process Input Argument: ReportOutputFileName

  Method Argument: ReportOutputFileName

  Value/Search Specification: LoginId()

  Input Flag: I

• Name: Time Generated

  Type: Expression

  Field Name: Time Generated

  Sub Process Input Argument: Time Generated

  Method Argument: Time Generated

  Value/Search Specification: TimeStamp()

  Input Flag: I

• Name: O:New Report70

  Type: Expression

  Field Name: O:New Report70

  Sub Process Input Argument: O:New Report70

  Method Argument: O:New Report70

  Property Name: ReportOutputId

  Value/Search Specification: [&Siebel Operation Object Id]

  Input Flag: O

BIP Report Generation Workflow Process

Create the new workflow process, BIP Report Generation, with these properties:

BIP Report Generation Workflow Process Details

Workflow Process Name	Workflow Mode
BIP Report Generation	Long Running Flow

In this table, the attributes are these same for these values:

• Data Type: String

BIP Report Generation Workflow Process Properties

Name	Description	In/Out
BIP Password	BI Publisher server password for session authentication.	In
BIP User ID	BI Publisher server User ID for session authentication.	In
Bookmark	The user-specified search specification on the active view. For example: [Name] Like '3Com*'	In
Integration Object	Name of the Integration Object for the primary business object.	In
Language Code	Language code where the Siebel Object Manager is running.	In
Report Name	Language-independent report name to be generated.	In
Report Output Type	The output format the report must be generated in.	In
ReportOutputId	Row Id of Report Output BC for the generating report.	In/Out
ViewMode	Visibility of the current active view. For example: Organization.	In
reportFileName	Temporary file generated for the Siebel data in the BI Publisher Server.	Out

BIP Report Generation Workflow Step

• Name: Start

  Type: Start

  Business Component: Report Output BC

• Name: BIP New Report Output

  Type: Sub Process

  Sub Process Name: BIP Create Report Output

• Name: RunReport

  Type: Business Service

  Business Service Name: XMLP Driver Service

  Business Service Method: GenerateBIPReport

• Name: End 0

  Type: End

BIP Report Generation Workflow Step Branch

• Step Name: Start

  Name: Connector 0

  Type: Default

  To Step Name: BIP New Report Output

• Step Name: BIP New Report Output

  Name: Connector 2

  Type: Connector

  To Step Name: Run Report

• Step Name: Run Report

  Name: Connector 1

  Type: Connector

  To Step Name: End 0

BIP Report Generation Workflow Step I/O Arguments

• Step Name: BIP New Report Output

  Name: Report Name

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: Report Name

  Sub Process Input Argument: Report Name

  Method Argument: Report Name

  Property Name: Report Name

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: BIP New Report Output

  Name: O:BIP New Report Output20

  Type: Output Argument

  Field Name: O:BIP New Report Output20

  Sub Process Input Argument: O:BIP New Report Output20

  Method Argument: O:BIP New Report Output20

  Property Name: ReportOutputId

  Input Flag: O

  Output Argument: ReportOutputId

  SubProcess Output Argument: ReportOutputId

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: LoginId

  Type: Expression

  Field Name: LoginId

  Sub Process Input Argument: LoginId

  Method Argument: LoginId

  Value/Search Specification: LoginId()

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: BIPUserId

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: BIPUserId

  Sub Process Input Argument: BIPUserId

  Method Argument: BIPUserId

  Property Name: BIPUserId

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: BIPPassword

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: BIPPassword

  Sub Process Input Argument: BIPPassword

  Method Argument: BIPPassword

  Property Name: BIPPassword

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: ReportName

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: ReportName

  Sub Process Input Argument: ReportName

  Method Argument: ReportName

  Property Name: ReportName

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: ReportOutputType

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: ReportOutputType

  Sub Process Input Argument: ReportOutputType

  Method Argument: ReportOutputType

  Property Name: ReportOutputType

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: LanguageCode

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: LanguageCode

  Sub Process Input Argument: LanguageCode

  Method Argument: LanguageCode

  Property Name: LanguageCode

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: ReportOutputId

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: ReportOutputId

  Sub Process Input Argument: ReportOutputId

  Method Argument: ReportOutputId

  Property Name: ReportOutputId

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: ReportSelected

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: ReportSelected

  Sub Process Input Argument: ReportSelected

  Method Argument: ReportSelected

  Property Name: Report Name

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: IntegrationObject

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: IntegrationObject

  Sub Process Input Argument: IntegrationObject

  Method Argument: IntegrationObject

  Property Name: IntegrationObject

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: ViewMode

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: ViewMode

  Sub Process Input Argument: ViewMode

  Method Argument: ViewMode

  Property Name: ViewMode

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: MethodName

  Type: Literal

  Field Name: MethodName

  Sub Process Input Argument: MethodName

  Method Argument: MethodName

  Value/Search Specification: GenerateBIPReport

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: Bookmark

  Type: Process Property

  Field Name: Bookmark

  Sub Process Input Argument: Bookmark

  Method Argument: Bookmark

  Property Name: Bookmark

  Input Flag: I

• Step Name: RunReport

  Name: LDAPEnabled

  Type: Literal

  Field Name: LDAPEnabled

  Sub Process Input Argument: LDAPEnabled

  Method Argument: LDAPEnabled

  Value/Search Specification: True

  Input Flag: I