IBM®
FileNet® Process Simulator simulates
workflows by performing "what-if" scenarios, providing business analysts
with important information that helps streamline business processes. Process Simulator applications are tools
for developing, running, and managing simulations of workflows.
- Use Simulation Designer to define scenarios to simulate running
workflows over a period of time. To create a scenario, you import
one or more workflow definitions created with Process Designer, then
specify how frequently the workflow runs, how much time each step
requires, resources, work hours, and costs. When you run the scenario,
output is captured as an animation that can be run repeatedly. Simulation
data can be exported to Case Analyzer for
additional study.
- Use Simulation Console to manage scenarios and simulations, and
to view a simulation in Simulation Animator. See Getting
started with Simulation Console. Scenarios
and simulations describes how to browse, create, view, and
edit scenarios, and to start a scenario simulation. In addition, it
describes how you can browse or view the properties of simulation
results, as well as stop running simulations or view an animation
of a simulation.
- Use Simulation Animator to view a workflow simulation graphically
as the work progresses from one step to another. See Playing
an animation for information about running an animation. Simulation
Animator also displays statistics collected during the simulation.
The workflow administrator interacts with Process Simulator in these ways:
When a user runs a simulation, he sets the simulation life
span—the length of time the simulation data remains available for
use by the Simulation Animator. While there is no limitation on the
maximum life span, each set of simulation data requires a significant
amount of disk space on the Simulation Engine; the user's personal
requirements and the limits of your Simulation Engine should be used
to determine the optimum life span.
You can restart Process Simulator on the Simulation Engine
to remove all existing simulation data and increase available disk
space.
To start the simulation applications:
- On the Workplace page, click .
- Select the application: Process Simulation Designer or
Process Simulation Console.
If your computer does not have the appropriate Java™ Runtime
Environment (JRE) installed, you are prompted to download the JRE. This prompting occurs the first
time that you run any of the Process Java applications such as
Process Simulation Console. You must download the JRE only once.
- To start Simulation Animator, in Process Simulation Console
on the Animator toolbar, click Run Animation to
view the simulation.