Abstract:
A method of operating a computer system is described. The computer system comprises a workflow management system for managing business processes. The workflow management system receives requests, in particular queries concerning the state of the business processes. The workflow management system generates entries into a request log for all received requests.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and to a system for controlling the creation of process instances within an execution environment. Upon receiving a request to create a process instance and corresponding input data to be processed by said process instance, the method and corresponding system in a first step constructs a process instance identifier for said process instance to be created based on the provided input. In a second step the method and corresponding system is executing said create request only, if no process instance exists or existed with said process instance identifier. In the case, that that particular process instance already exists or existed with said process instance identifier, the present invention optionally proposes to have some user-defined action to be carried out.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a computerized method for determining an addressee of a signaling request within a Workflow Management System or a computer system with comparable functionality (WFMS). Upon receiving a signaling request, which is providing a set of signal data elements, the current invention avoids the requirement that the signal data elements comprise any explicit specification of an addressee of said signaling request. To determine whether an event-activity of a process-instance being the instance of a process-model of a business-process is the potential addressee of the signaling request it is suggested to determine, whether the process-model comprises an event-identification-specification. This event-identification-specification according to the current invention is involving a subset of the signal data elements. Evaluating the event-identification-specification allows to indirectly decide if the event-activity is the addressee of the signaling request.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for efficiently using a database technique for notice, especially, for subscription. SOLUTION: Concerning this method for efficiently utilizing an active database technique and an expandable database technique, namely, trigger and user defining functions generally for processing subscription, in a first style, all the subscription on a specified table or generally plural tables is merged to this table or one trigger on these tables. Thus, the efficiency of a trigger base is dramatically improved. In a second style, information registered by a subscriber is directly distributed from the address space of a database system through a suitable user defining function. This is the other basis of efficiency improvement.
Abstract:
Computerized method for writing minutes or logs of a workflow management system (WFMS), has the following steps: assignment of a number of log messages as potential targets for log recording; assignment of a log message distribution strategy; and for an actual log recording, dynamic analysis of the assignment strategy to determine an actual log target, followed by recording of the log message. The invention also relates to a corresponding data processing system and computer program product.
Abstract:
The method involves storing one or more representations of subscriber requests for defined changes to a database table in one or a number of meta data tables, using one or more subscriber triggers as one or more database triggers that relate to the database and that respond to database table changes, and determining data sets in the database table that satisfy the subscription requests stored in the database table by an instruction for a database request relating to at least the database table and the meta database table. An Independent claim is also included for a system with an arrangement for implementing the method and for a computer program product.
Abstract:
The method is implemented by a computer system and involves a data selection step, in which at least one data segment is selected, whereby this data segment contains part of the input data and can be converted into a structured data segment. At least one data structure element is suggested in a suggestion step. An allocation step involves allocating a data structure element as the target structure element for storing the selected data segment. The segment is then extracted from the input data and stored in the target data structure element. Independent claims are also included for a system for implementing the method, for a data processing program and for a computer program.
Abstract:
The start condition processing method is used to determine if a target activity can be started by checking the correctness of the related control links between the process activities in the process model graph and by verifying if a required time interval condition is satisfied for each control link. Also included are Independent claims for the following; (a) a start condition processing system; (b) a data processing program for start condition processing; (c) a computer-readable program product for start condition processing
Abstract:
The definition is contained within the configuration specification of a work flow management system, e.g. within a process model of the work flow management system, for defining the part of a central system databank used by the work flow management system to allow it to be copied to a parallel databank, for providing databank support, e.g. using a parallel, relational inter-partition databank.. An Independent claim for a work flow management system is also included.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a computerized method for determining an addressee of a signaling request within a Workflow Management System or a computer system with comparable functionality (WFMS). Upon receiving a signaling request, which is providing a set of signal data elements, the current invention avoids the requirement that the signal data elements comprise any explicit specification of an addressee of said signaling request. To determine whether an event-activity of a process-instance being the instance of a process-model of a business-process is the potential addressee of the signaling request it is suggested to determine, whether the process-model comprises an event-identification-specification. This event-identification-specification according to the current invention is involving a subset of the signal data elements. Evaluating the event-identification-specification allows to indirectly decide if the event-activity is the addressee of the signaling request.