Axon.ivy 6.3 Designer Guide Axon.ivy 6.3: Designer Guide Publication date 09.09.2016 Copyright © 2008-2016 AXON IVY AG 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Axon.ivy Documentation ........................................................................................................................ 1 Axon.ivy Workbench ............................................................................................................................. 1 Perspectives ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Most important menu entries .................................................................................................................. 3 Most important toolbar items .................................................................................................................. 6 Useful Commands (Shortcuts) ................................................................................................................. 8 Axon.ivy Preferences (Workspace Preferences) .......................................................................................... 8 Common UI Components ..................................................................................................................... 15 2. Process Modeling .................................................................................................................................... 21 Projects .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Process Modeling ................................................................................................................................ 38 Simulating process models .................................................................................................................... 56 Process Elements Reference .................................................................................................................. 70 3. Data Modeling ...................................................................................................................................... 149 Data Classes ..................................................................................................................................... 149 Business Data Store ........................................................................................................................... 153 Persistence ........................................................................................................................................ 155 4. IvyScript .............................................................................................................................................. 169 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 169 IvyScript Language ............................................................................................................................ 169 IvyScript Editor ................................................................................................................................. 171 Browsers .......................................................................................................................................... 173 Public API ....................................................................................................................................... 176 IvyScript Reference ........................................................................................................................... 176 IvyScript-Java Integration ................................................................................................................... 181 5. CMS .................................................................................................................................................... 184 Content Management System ............................................................................................................... 184 CMS Access ..................................................................................................................................... 185 CMS Manipulation ............................................................................................................................ 186 CMS Translation ............................................................................................................................... 195 6. User Interface ........................................................................................................................................ 197 User Dialogs ..................................................................................................................................... 197 Web Page ......................................................................................................................................... 297 7. 3rd Party Integration .............................................................................................................................. 316 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 316 Java Interface .................................................................................................................................... 316 Database .......................................................................................................................................... 316 Web Services .................................................................................................................................... 316 REST Services .................................................................................................................................. 316 8. Configuration ........................................................................................................................................ 318 Configuration Management ................................................................................................................. 318 Database Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 333 REST Clients Configuration ................................................................................................................ 335 Web Service Configuration ................................................................................................................. 337 Roles and Users ................................................................................................................................ 342 Configuration files ............................................................................................................................. 345 9. Concepts .............................................................................................................................................. 347 Workflow ......................................................................................................................................... 347 Signals ............................................................................................................................................. 351 Offline Tasks .................................................................................................................................... 353 Data Storage ..................................................................................................................................... 355 Overrides ......................................................................................................................................... 357 Error Handling .................................................................................................................................. 364 Rule Engine ...................................................................................................................................... 369 Extensions ........................................................................................................................................ 371 Deployment ...................................................................................................................................... 380 Continuous Integration ....................................................................................................................... 385 iii Axon.ivy 6.3 Miscellaneous ................................................................................................................................... 386 10. Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................... 396 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 396 Error Dialogs .................................................................................................................................... 396 Startup Problems ............................................................................................................................... 396