Creating Business Processes

Create a Business Process in Clarify to perform certain tasks on data, based on a defined sequence.

  1. Select File | New | Business Process from the main menu bar.
    Note: If you select the package in which the Business Process should reside before creating it, some parameters are automatically populated in the New Business Process window.
  2. The New Business Process window appears. From the Templates section, choose a radio button to specify whether to use a template to create the new Business Process. Options are:

    • No Template: Creates a blank Business Process, with no initial parameters, variables, or tasks included. These will have to be added.
    • Inbound EDI Business Process: Creates a Business Process pre-populated with parameters and tasks designed to process inbound EDI documents.
    • Outbound EDI Business Process: Creates a Business Process pre-populated with parameters and tasks designed to process outbound EDI documents.
    • Application Route Business Process: Creates a Business Process with the parameters and tasks needed for application processing (non-EDI), and used in conjunction with a Data Analysis Ruleset.
    • Connection Business Process: Creates a Business Process pre-populated with parameters and tasks designed to output a complete, enveloped outbound EDI document. This type of Business Process is set in the EDI Enveloper object; that is, the Enveloper actually indicates the Connection Business Process to execute at runtime for each completed, enveloped EDI document.
    • Use another Business Process as Template: Choose an existing Business Process as a template, thereby copying all tasks, references to objects, and parameters from the original Business Process.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Provide the Source folder, Package, and Name.
  5. Click Finish. An editor appears.
Next: Add tasks using the Business Process editor. See Adding and defining tasks.

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For detailed instructions on how to add a specific object to a Business Process, refer to that object's documentation. (For example, Using File Adapters in a Business Process.)