You can install and configure Business Space powered by WebSphere® using the administrative
console.
Before you begin
Before you begin this task, you must complete the following
tasks:
- Install the product software and created a profile. When you install
your product, Business Space files
are included with the installation for the profiles that you set up.
Your profile is not configured for Business Space until you explicitly
configure Business Space on
the profile.
Configure Business Process Choreographer for WebSphere Process Server runtime
environments that need the Managing Tasks and Workflows widgets. For
more information, see "Configuring Business Process Choreographer"
in the WebSphere Process
Server documentation.
- If you want to configure Business Space on a server or cluster
using a different data source than the product data source: Create
the data source in the server or cluster scope with the correct JNDI
name of jdbc/bpm/BusinessSpace before configuring Business Space using
the administrative console.
- For Oracle, to use a different schema for the Business Space tables
than the one used by the product database, complete the following
steps to create a data source manually before you open the Business Space Configuration
page:
- Create the schema using the database product software.
- Use the administrative console to configure the JDBC provider.
- Use the administrative console to create a data source with the
JNDI name of jdbc/bpm/BusinessSpace at the server or cluster scope,
depending on your environment.
About this task
If you are using deployment environments or other advanced
profile configuration, you must use the administrative console to
configure Business Space to
work with your runtime environment.
Procedure
- Ensure that the administrative console is running.
- In the navigation pane click or .
- Select the name of your server or cluster target.
- On the Configuration page, under Business Integration,
click Business Space Configuration. The Business Space Configuration
page appears. If Business Space has
already been configured, you can view this page but cannot edit the
fields.
- Select the Install Business Space service check
box.
- In the Database schema name box,
type the name of the database schema you want to use for Business Space.
Note: In
Oracle, the schema is the same as the user name set on the authentication
alias on the data source.
- If no data source is designated in the Existing
Business Space data source field, go to Create
Business Space data source using: and select a data source
that connects to the database you want to use with Business Space.
Designating
a data source under Create Business Space data source using: creates
a data source for Business Space with
a JNDI name of jdbc/bpm/BusinessSpace that is modeled on the data
source you selected.
The Business Space data source
is created on the server or cluster on which you are configuring Business Space, even if the
product data source is on a different server or cluster.
Note: If
you do not see an existing data source that you want to use, you must
cancel the Business Space Configuration
page, set up the database and the data source that you want to use,
and then restart the Business Space Configuration
page to complete the configuration. For more information, see the
Before you begin section.
- Click OK.
- Save the configuration.
Results
Configuring Business Space sets up a browser-based
graphical user interface for the business users of your application
that is running with the profile you set up. In Business Space, you and your
application users can customize content from products in the WebSphere Business Process
Management portfolio.
What to do next
To enable
Business Space for your runtime
environment, you must perform the following steps after configuring
Business Space using the administrative
console
Business Space Configuration
page.
- Run a script to create tables in the database. For more information,
see "Configuring Business Space database
tables."
- Update the endpoints for widgets to appear in Business Space. For WebSphere Process Server and
Enterprise Service Bus, use the REST Service Endpoints page in the
administrative console. For more information, see "Enabling Business Space widget REST
service endpoints on the administrative console." For other products,
edit the endpoints file. For more information, see "Enabling Business
Space widgets manually for remote endpoints."
- Set up security that you need to use with Business Space and the widgets
your team is using. For more information, see "Setting up security
for Business Space."