Process Center

Use this page to configure this server or cluster as a Process Center, which primarily serves as a Process Application repository, providing a test environment for all Process Designer users and allowing Process center users to manage registered Process Servers.

In your development environment, the Process Center server enables you to run processes as you build them. When you're ready, you can install and run those same processes on the Process Servers in your test and production environments.

Note: You can configure a server/cluster as either a Process Server or a Process Center but not both.
To view this page in the administrative console, do the following:

The Process Center component requires a service integration bus to provide messaging services. You need to select a server or cluster to provide these services.

You can select this server or cluster (sometimes referred to as a Local target configuration) or another server or cluster (sometimes referred to as a Remote target configuration) to provide the messaging services.

You create the database configuration for the Process Center by importing a database design document.


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Enable Process Center

Select this check box to enable the Process Center configuration parameters on this page.

By default, this check box is cleared.

If you are using a stand-alone server profile, or have previously configured Process Center support, the Enable Process Center check box is selected and the panel is read-only (configuration parameters can be viewed, but cannot be changed).

When you select Enable Process Center, each section of the panel becomes active so you can specify configuration settings and perform configuration operations.

Import database configuration

Use this portion of the panel to import a database design document that defines the database metadata definitions for the Process Center and its Performance Data Warehouse.

Note: The Process Center database design file might contain information about other components (not related to Process Center). Only information for the Process Center component will be used. No other database configuration will be updated.

Database design file name

Select Browse to locate the database design document on your system or enter the path to the file in the text field.

Process Center Bus Member Location

Specifies the location / destination of the Process Center Bus. The destinations can be the local deployment target or on a remote target. Use the On this deployment target and On a remote deployment target buttons in this panel to indicate the appropriate location.

Bus members are always hosted locally for stand-alone server profiles.

On this deployment target

Select this button if the Bus Member will be configured on this server or cluster.

On a remote deployment target

Select this button if the Bus Member will be configured on another server or cluster (not the server or cluster you are currently configuring).

If you select On a remote deployment target, use the associated drop-down list to specify the remote location you want to use. The drop-down list shows all deployment targets.

Performance Data Warehouse Location

Specifies the deployment target on which you plan to configure Performance Data Warehouse. The destinations can be the local deployment target or on a remote target. Use the On this deployment target and On a remote deployment target buttons in this panel to indicate the appropriate location.

Note: The selection you make does not configure the Performance Data Warehouse. The selection you make specifies the planned location for the Performance Data Warehouse, to which Process Center will connect.

On this deployment target

Select this button if the planned deployment target location of the Performance Data Warehouse will be on this server or cluster.

On a remote deployment target

Select this button if the planned deployment target location of the Performance Data Warehouse will be on another server or cluster (not the server or cluster you are currently configuring).

On a remote deployment target, the drop-down list shows all deployment targets of same type. For example, the server panel will show only all servers and the cluster panel would show only all clusters

If you select On a remote deployment target, use the associated drop-down list to specify the remote location you want to use. The drop-down list shows all deployment targets.

Process Portal Location

Specifies the location where you plan to configure Process Portal. The location must be a deployment target where Business Space is already configured.

Business Space deployment target

Use the drop-down list to select the deployment target where Process Portal will be configured.

The drop-down list shows all deployment targets on which Business Space is configured.