2.0 RC1 Release notes - bluesoft-rnd/aperte-workflow-core GitHub Wiki

Aperte Workflow is an Open Source BPM suite, providing ready-to-use, comprehensive process platform for Liferay Portal.

Aperte Workflow version 2.0 RC1 some new features:
  • Web service API.
  • Support of parallel processes and subprocess.
  • Ability to create custom process dictionaries from the modeler.
  • Added SwitchWidget - widget displays one of its child widgets depending on the condition.
  • Ability to mark buttons as Primary / Secondary to visually distinguish primary from secondary share (Cancel/Correct)
  • BPM notifications:
    • E-mails are displayed in the background with jobbing, instead of immediately, as it was before the place
    • The ability to deliver custom parameters used to fill e-mails, templates.
    • Increased range of account setup / templates / shipping notification
    • Configuration panel
  • Automatically adding roles to liferay by using "roles-config.xml" file defined in plugin.
  • Plugins can define custome gui, which can be placed in the Aperte User Workflow Portlet. You can put a lot of these portlets on a single page.
  • Similar functionality is available via the control panel: "Aperte Workflow Portlet Admin".
  • Plugins can be placed in the directory specified by parameter osgi-plugins-directory instead of the default servlet directory: "osgi-plugins".
Fixed Issues:
  • Bypass problem of automatic step on the beginning of the process, by means of human task with a name beginning with the AUTO_SKIP
  • Problem with default language.
  • Resolved problem with national characters.
  • Repaired liferay freezes, when wrong name of tasks.
  • MulseStep timeout problem, does not exist any more.
  • Resolved many problems with Scripts.
  • Get rid of many misleading logs.
  • Added new OSGI plugin loading mechanism, to improve Aperte Start.
  • Improved diagram validation during deployment.
  • Added some polish translations.
  • Codes now compile with java 1.7.
  • Repaired issues with I18n.
  • File upload widget now works like a charm.
  • Imporved plugin redeployment/undeployment.
  • Improved overall system stability and performance.
  • Repaired widged elements issues.
  • Process deadlines uses bpm notification instead of their own.
  • Fixed many more minor issues.

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Aperte Workflow’s most important highlights are:
  • Integration with Liferay Portal, providing tons of advanced features
  • Support for various BPM engines, including jBPM4.4 or Activiti 5.8
  • Operation via the web service.
  • Felix OSGi framework brings control and management over features used in business processes. It also supports component reusability through various business processes.
  • Simple and effective Enterprise Integration provided by Mule ESB plugin.
  • Friendly user interface brought by Vaadin framework. It is also possible and easy to enhance user interface elements with Vaadin.
  • Aperte Workflow Modeler - a complete, web-based process design environment. Aperte Workflow Modeler allows users to build, deploy and test processes in minutes, while still supporting the open architecture and plugins provided by Aperte Workflow.
  • Support for popular servlet containers (JBoss, Tomcat) and RDBMS - with JTA support.
  • Integrated Lucene search - with respect to roles and permissions configured on a process
  • Process instance console, available in Liferay Control Panel. The console provides basic Business Activity Monitoring features.
  • Configuration consoles available in Liferay Control Panel