Activation and setup
The Process Drafter is disabled by default and must be manually enabled by an ADONIS administrator. This section explains how to activate and configure the Process Drafter.
Prerequisites
Before you can run the Process Drafter, there are a few prerequisites:
Access to ADONIS Enterprise BPM Suite: The Process Drafter is included for all ADONIS Enterprise Edition customers at no extra cost.
Supported ADONIS versions: The Process Drafter is available for ADONIS 17.0 or higher. If you are using an older version of ADONIS, the Process Drafter cannot be installed or used.
Enable Process Drafter
To activate the Process Drafter in your ADONIS environment:
Open the ADONIS Administration with your administrator account:
Enter the HTTPS URL where ADONIS is available, click
Administration, enter your credentials and log in.
If you’re already logged in to ADONIS and want to switch to the ADONIS Administration, click the user symbol
in the upper-right corner, and then click Administration.
Access the Process Drafter settings:
- Go to Settings > Process Drafter > General.
Add the registration key:
On-premise customers must request a registration key from the BOC Group Hotline before enabling the Process Drafter.
Click Request registration key. Your email client will open with a pre-filled message.
Replace
[Enter company name]
with your actual company name.The Database ID and Base URL fields are filled in automatically and should not be changed.
Send the email to the BOC Group Hotline.
You will receive a link to a secure file transfer portal where you can download the registration key.
Paste the key into the Registration key box.
SaaS customers can skip this step, as the registration key will be handled by our Cloud Operations team.
Enable the Process Drafter per repository:
Under Repository name, select the repositories for which the Process Drafter should be enabled.
Click Save to apply the changes.
Restart the ADONIS application server:
The Process Drafter will now be available to users logging into the selected repositories in ADONIS (see Open Process Drafter).
Additional settings
The following additional settings are available:
Configure available relations for process steps
When creating a process draft, users can enrich individual steps (= the Tasks required to complete the process) by adding related information. By default, the following relations are available:
Responsible for execution to assign responsible roles
Referenced applications/IT system elements to link applications or IT systems
As an administrator, you can configure which relations are available for users to add to steps:
In the ADONIS Administration, go to Settings > Process Drafter > Configuration.
On the Process Drafter - Configuration page, select the relations you want users to be able to add to each step. Use the search field to quickly find a specific relation.
Click Save to apply your changes.
Delete Process Drafter data for a repository
To permanently remove all repository-specific Process Drafter data:
In the ADONIS Administration, go to Settings > Process Drafter > General.
Click the
More button to the right of the repository, and then select Clear repository data.
When prompted to continue, click Clear repository data.