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Configuring Business Space using the administrative console

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.
  • This topic applies to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus only 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
  1. Ensure that the administrative console is running.
  2. In the navigation pane click Servers > Application servers or Servers > Clusters.
  3. Select the name of your server or cluster target.
  4. 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.
  5. Select the Install Business Space service check box.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Click OK.
  9. 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."

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