| DB2 Information Integrator
for Content (formerly named Enterprise Information Portal)
provides simultaneous and federated search access to structured
database records and unstructured content -- all or any
of which contain critical resources for key business processes
such as: orders billing loan applications credit card disputes
To access this content seamlessly
within application workflows, Advanced Workflow adds content
to the federated workflow processes. It provides: decision
points to automate decision making based on user interactions
or user or system-defined data containers (workflow variables).
flexible routing with predefined serial and/or parallel
flows and sub-processes for iterative tasks callable by
multiple workflows. collection points which wait for arrival
of external events before advancing. Collection points established
through the Workflow Builder specify the point at which
a federated folder awaits additional, supporting, or required
documents or folders.
Once the additional document
or folder is received the work packet will automatically
move to the next step in the process. Business processes
such as document review of a loan application can be defined
where a collection point can wait for the arrival of all
required supporting documentation, such as a credit report,
and property title. If all of the required documentation
does not arrive in the loan folder before a pre-defined
period of time, the folder could be routed to an exception
or notification queue. federated folders allow objects from
multiple repositories to be placed in a common folder and
routed as a unit through the advanced workflow processes.
ability to define work nodes
as User Exits to run server exit programs. a graphical workflow
builder to easily define the advanced workflow processes
across the enterprise. The Advanced Workflow Service is
integrated with the IBM WebSphere MQ Workflow engine and
is also integrated with capabilities of the DB2 Content
Manager V8 eClient.
MQ Workflow users can: see
a document stored in a supported repository search the Information
Integrator for Content repository for pertinent documents
and information. And users of the content repositories can:
add an existing document to a workflow. start a document
in a Workflow as it is added to the repository launch information
elements into predefined processes for automated activities
across the enterprise. |