To create customized and third-party reports in IBM® BPM, you need to identify the data to track and send that data to the Performance Data WAREHOUSE.

To track data in a BUSINESS process definition (BPD), use autotracking, tracking groups, or both.

Autotracking:

automatically captures data from tracking points at the entry and exit of each item in a BPD (for example, services, activities, and gateways).

To enable autotracking, make sure that Enable Auto Tracking is selected under the Tracking tab of the Business Process Diagram. (This is the default.)

Tracking groups:

provide more CONTROL over tracked data. For example, use tracking groups track a selected group of process variables across multiple BPDs or process applications and to store tracking points for a timing interval.

To enable tracking groups, make sure that Enable tracking is selected under the Overview tab of the Business Process Diagram. (By default, the CHECKBOX is not checked.)

Note that the Enable tracking setting does not apply to services with tracking points. Tracking data is always enabled when services contain tracking points.

You can take advantage of both tracking methods in a single BPD. If you use both autotracking and tracking groups, you can create a timing interval.

After you configure data tracking for your BPD, and each time you subsequently update your data tracking requirements, you must send the tracking definitions to the Business Performance Data Warehouse.

When you send tracking definitions, either directly or as PART of a snapshot deployment, the Business Performance Data Warehouse establishes the structure in its database to hold the data that is generated by the Process Server when you run instances of your processes.

In IBM BPM, these tracking requirements are called definitions because they establish the database schema in the Business Performance Data Warehouse to accommodate the tracked data generated by the Process Server.

To create customized and third-party reports in IBM® BPM, you need to identify the data to track and send that data to the Performance Data Warehouse.

To track data in a business process definition (BPD), use autotracking, tracking groups, or both.

Autotracking:

automatically captures data from tracking points at the entry and exit of each item in a BPD (for example, services, activities, and gateways).

To enable autotracking, make sure that Enable Auto Tracking is selected under the Tracking tab of the Business Process Diagram. (This is the default.)

Tracking groups:

provide more control over tracked data. For example, use tracking groups track a selected group of process variables across multiple BPDs or process applications and to store tracking points for a timing interval.

To enable tracking groups, make sure that Enable tracking is selected under the Overview tab of the Business Process Diagram. (By default, the checkbox is not checked.)

Note that the Enable tracking setting does not apply to services with tracking points. Tracking data is always enabled when services contain tracking points.

You can take advantage of both tracking methods in a single BPD. If you use both autotracking and tracking groups, you can create a timing interval.

After you configure data tracking for your BPD, and each time you subsequently update your data tracking requirements, you must send the tracking definitions to the Business Performance Data Warehouse.

When you send tracking definitions, either directly or as part of a snapshot deployment, the Business Performance Data Warehouse establishes the structure in its database to hold the data that is generated by the Process Server when you run instances of your processes.

In IBM BPM, these tracking requirements are called definitions because they establish the database schema in the Business Performance Data Warehouse to accommodate the tracked data generated by the Process Server.