Developer Guide for WorkZone Process 2021.0

 

With WorkZone Process you can automate work processes and you can work with processes

directly in Microsoft Outlook using WorkZone for Office or in WorkZone Client.


This guide

This guide describes how you can configure processes for WorkZone Process. It also covers more advanced topics about extending WorkZone Process with additional features and about integrating WorkZone Process from third party platforms.


Target groups

The main target groups of this guide are:

  • Business analysts who want to create simple configurations of work processes and the forms applied in the processes.
  • Business analysts who want to create simple configurations of work processes and the forms applied in the processes.
  • Developers who want to create complex configurations and customizations.


Required skill level

To implement minor changes and additions in WorkZone Process, you do not need to be specialized within programming languages such as C# or to poses any other advanced development skill sets.

A basic understanding of the technologies mentioned below will enable you to start developing processes in Visual Studio and with a good overview of WorkZone Process work processes you can accomplish a lot by looking at the existing implementations.

The amount of prior experience that is required to work with process configurations for WorkZone Process depends on what you want to do.

  • In general you must be familiar with Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and process modeling tools.
  • You must also have a basic understanding of HTML and JavaScript.

Additional skill sets are recommended for the following tasks.

  • To build workflows: Ability to work with Visual Studio and C#.
  • To work with more advanced areas such as custom activity libraries: Experience with Windows Workflow Foundation.
  • To build workflows forms: Knowledge and experience with HTML , Javascript, and libraries such as JQUery and Angular.
  • To build your own form controls: experience with HTML, Javascript, Angular, and JQuery.


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