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What is Process Central

Process Central is a client application that contains process request forms, Tasks, and Reports. Users of Process Central can start a process, work on human tasks (from a BPEL for People process), and view reports related to tasks. In Process Developer, you create and deploy forms, tasks, and reports.

When the server is running, you can access Process Central in Process Developer at the URL:

http://localhost:8080/activevos-central

Note that your host:port can differ if you changed it during Process Developer installation.

At the Login page (only on the server running in Process Developer), you can enter the following username and password:

User name: manager

Password: manager

This user name is defined in the enabled Identity Service running on Process Developer's embedded server. By default, there is a tomcat-users.xml file enabled, and you can log in with this name or another of the user names listed that has the abTaskClient role. The tomcat-users.xml file is not enabled for Process Servers.

As a developer, you can contribute to Process Central as follows:

•Create a configuration file that customizes the navigation area of Process Central and describes the forms, tasks, and reports that are deployed.

See Creating a Process Central Configuration File.

•Create a process request form so that users can start a process by submitting a form.

See Creating a Process Central Process Form.

•Create a report

See Process Server and Process Central Reports.

•Create an HTML rendering for a task in a People activity.

See Providing Renderings for Task Clients in the Human Tasks section of this help.

The following illustration shows an example of Process Central. Note that the Tasks, Forms, and Reports bars on the left can slide up and down to change the display.