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What you will need to run the jBPM6 business
processes
Now, that we have the workbench running, we need to understand how its execution com-
ponents are used. There are many components inside the runtime part of the workbench,
ranging from dashboard indicators to asynchronous task management tools, but the ones
we will focus on (and about which we will be going into the most detail) are the ones
needed to get process executions running. In order for process instances to be able to inter-
act with people, the workbench needs the following tools:
User configuration : This tool is used to define roles and authentication (to which
you can add users with the JBoss command line add-user.sh or add-
user.bat )
Process Runtime : This tool is used to execute processes
Process UI : This tool is used to interact with the executions
Human Task List : This tool is used to see assigned and potential human tasks
Human Task Forms : This tool is used to perform said human tasks
Process runtime
The process runtime is the internal configuration that the workbench must provide to create
and execute process instances. In order to do so, it must provide external system connectors
to connect to other systems and human tasks. This configuration should be something that
can be easily extended over time.
The KIE Workbench provides this extension capacity through the project authoring per-
spective, which allows us to manage all our knowledge through KIE modules. Once we
have all the business processes and other knowledge assets we need in our project, we can
open the Tools | Project Editor option from the second navigation bar in the project au-
thoring perspective. This would open the editor shown in the following screenshot:
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