The IBM® WebSphere® MQ Workflow is used to manage the long-running review/approval processing. This Product Information Management for Retailers solution can be enhanced to accommodate human interactions within it by interacting with a user interface engine, such as WebSphere Portal Server. The Product Information Management for Retailers solution requires WebSphere MQ Workflow process templates for the review/approval process. The WebSphere MQ Workflow process templates can be used as models for creating a customized process. These must have the capability to change the status of the item to Accepted, Approved, or Rejected (based on business process requirements), and are often implemented with a user interface (such as an implementation of WebSphere Portal Server). Reviews/approvals of multiple cascaded GLNs can be accomplished within a single process template. Due to the potentially complex nature of the item data, the only item data currently passed to the review/approval process is that necessary for retrieval of the item from the item store. Since this review/approval process can be highly customized, the customized code must have the necessary item information to perform a proper retrieval of the needed item data.
Parent topic: Components