Business Process Choreographer Explorer settings

Here you can set general properties or create a new instance, including the optional Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function.

To view this administrative console page, click either Servers > Clusters > WebSphere application server clusters > cluster name or Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server name, then on the Configuration tab, in the Business Integration section, expand Business Process Choreographer, and click Business Process Choreographer Explorer. To create a new explorer configuration, click Add. To view an existing configuration, click an instance name.


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Update

This is only visible if you have applied an iFix that includes an update to a Business Process Choreographer application.

You will see a warning message, which explains which application must be updated. Click the Update link to stop the application, and update it. The application will be unavailable for a short time.

Enable autostart

If this check box is selected, the application will be started automatically whenever the server is started. This is the default.

Context Root

The context root for this Business Process Choreographer Explorer instance, and for the optional Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function.

This defines part of the URL that browsers must use to reach the Business Process Choreographer Explorer.

Property Value
Data type String
Default /bpc

Explorer search result limit

The maximum number of results to be returned for a query.

Property Value
Data type Integer
Default 10000
Units Search results

Managed Business Process Choreographer container

The scope of the Business Process Choreographer container.

This specifies the Business Process Choreographer container that this instance connects to. This can be a many-to-one relationship. Each Business Process Choreographer Explorer instance can connect to exactly one Business Process Choreographer container. However, each Business Process Choreographer container can be connected to by zero or more Business Process Choreographer Explorer instances.

Property Value
Data type Drop-down list of deployment targets
Default The deployment target (server or cluster) where this Business Process Choreographer Explorer instance is configured.

Business Flow Manager REST API URL

The representational state transfer (REST) API endpoint specifies the URL for the Business Process Choreographer Business Flow Manager Web service.

The value specified here must match the value for the context root for the Human Task Manager in the Business Process Choreographer configuration. The default value is based on settings from the current Business Process Choreographer configuration. For example, if the context root is /rest/bpm/bfm, the endpoint URL could be https://localhost:9080/rest/bpm/bfm. If you are using a Web server or http proxy you might need to change this URL. When configuring Business Process Choreographer Explorer on a cluster the URL must point to one of the cluster members.

Human Task Manager REST API URL

The representational state transfer (REST) API endpoint specifies the URL for the Business Process Choreographer Human Task Manager Web service.

The value specified here must match the value for the context root for the Human Task Manager in the Business Process Choreographer configuration. The default value is based on settings from the current Business Process Choreographer configuration. For example, if the context root is /rest/bpm/htm, the endpoint URL would be https://hostname:port/rest/bpm/htm. If you are using a Web server or http proxy you might need to change this URL. When configuring Business Process Choreographer Explorer on a cluster the URL must point to one of the cluster members.

Enable reporting function

Select this check box if you want to configure the Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function.

When this is selected, the Visualize monitoring data from this Business Process Choreographer event collector field is enabled.

Visualize monitoring data from this event collector

Select the event collector instance whose data is to be visualized by this Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function.

Property Value
Data type Drop-down list of configured event collectors.

Snapshot report range (in days)

The number of days data that will be visualized by this Business Process Choreographer Explorer reporting function.

Reducing this value can improve the time it takes to generate a report. Try setting this value to the maximum duration of a process instance in your business environment.

Property Value
Data type Integer
Units Days
Default 60