You can configure a custom web application or custom step
processor for the workflow system.
Use the following general procedure to configure a custom
web application or custom step processor for the workflow system.
- Install your application or custom step processors on the
application server.
- Register custom web application, specifying the base server
URL and the ID number of the application.
Register the custom web application with the workflow system. You can specify the base server URL
for the entire workflow system or for a specific isolated region. For more information, see Configuring web
applications.
- To confirm that you have successfully configured a step
processor, open Process Designer and add a step. With the step selected, display
the list of available step processors in the Step Properties pane.
Your new step processor should be listed.
At run time, the system uses the following process to determine
the appropriate URL template:
- The location and URL template is retrieved from the current web
application.
- If the location or URL template is not specified in the current
web application, the default web application is checked to retrieve
the location, URL template, and web server base URL. The system checks
for the default web application by using the following hierarchy:
- Check the default indicated by the user's preferences.
- Check the default for the isolated region.
- Check the default for the workflow system.
- If the location, URL template, or web server base URL is not found
anywhere in step 2 (that is, by using the default web application),
repeat the process for the remaining web applications in the workflow system.
- If the location, URL template, or web server base URL is still
not found, use the default step processor for the current isolated
region.