Features

At every stage of your BPM project, Bonita Open Solution provides you with innovative features to design, develop, execute and monitor your business processes.. 
 
Discover advanced features and Technical Support available in  Subscription Pack (SP) editions and compare SP features to those in the open source Bonita Open Solution

Advanced custom dashboard
Define custom business and technical dashboards to follow your indicators
Advanced data management
Manage your process data in multiple formats including Java Objects, XML, and attached documents
Advanced rights management
Define detailed privileges to user groups: read-only, modify, update, and more
Advanced task assignment and filtering
Use built-in tools to assign tasks to one or more people dynamically - and efficiently
Application builder
Advanced customization of web forms with field dependencies, dynamic field filling, pagination, pre-built validation rules, and more
BAM and BI: Statistics and reporting
Implement customized reports to get statistics for individual cases and overall processes
BPMN2 process modeler
Design your business workflows with Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) version 2.0. Use basic or advanced notation.
Breakthrough end user interface
Bonita Open Solution reinvents the user experience with an intuitive "inbox" interface
Built-in connectors
Select from among 100+ built-in connectors to both proprietary and open source systems such as Exchange, SAP, Talend, and more
 Business rules connector

Connect to your own Drools system to apply it to processes in Bonita Open Solution
Central repository
Save, organize and archive all your processes in your organization's central repository
 Collaborative process modeling
Share a process model and bridge the gap between process owners, stakeholders, business analysts and developers
Connectors development wizard
Develop and test your own connectors in Bonita Studio
 Context palette for fast design
No need to click back and forth to the static palette. The context palette follows you as your drawing expands on the whiteboard
Contributed connectors
Easily find and install, in one click, any of the many connectors contributed by the Bonita open source Community
 Data management
Change a data record and update a process case
Data management editor
Find or write and test Groovy scripts easily with the built-in expression editor; with a link to Groovy documentation
 Debugger
Test processes in early development mode by disconnecting connectors that will function only in a live integrated environment, such as external database connectors
Decision tables
Define business rules for workflow in decision tables without the need for coding or external business rules
 Delegation of tasks
Assign tasks to a designated alternate when the task actor is unavailable, and avoid cases being blocked
Easy integration

Bonita User Experience is a lightweight application, ready for fast and reliable integration in existing portals and inter-, intra- and extranets

 Embedded execution environment
Execute your processes in one click; take advantage of fast development / execution roundtrips for agile development
Event processing
Correlate processes and trigger the execution of any process from any other process
 human tasks management
Assign tasks to users based on role definition
Import existing process models
Import process models defined in BPMN2, JBPM3 and XPDL
Import framework

...for 3rd party BPM tools.The framework is useful for development and integration of import modules from third party formats to the BOS internal format.
Iterative development
Take advantage of agile development methodologies - use one-click multi-environment deployment and built-in environment testing features
 KPIs
Define KPIs at any step of your process and use the dashboard to monitor them
Labels and categories
Manage your tasks easily and quickly; organize your work and follow up your tasks and cases
 Live process update
Deploy new versions of your processes in the live environment. Transition smoothly from the old processes to the new ones.
Migration tool
Upgrade Bonita Open Solution easily with a custom migration tool
 Multi-process execution
Model several processes in one diagram and execute them independently
Multi-tenancy
Deploy in multi-tenant architectures to serve multiple clients at once and reduce implementation and upgrade efforts
 Multilingual support
Default languages include English, French and Spanish; interfaces can be translated with the Babili community translation tool
Multiple image export formats
Export your process designs in pdf, jpeg, png, bmp, gif and svg
One click multi-environment deployment
Set-up multiple execution environments such as development, test, pre-production, and production - optimize the time it takes to go live.
Powerful APIs
Available APIs include Java-based API, EJB2, EJB3 and REST for custom application development and easy embedding
Process diagrams validation
Error notations and warnings appear when a task is not configured properly or data is missing
Process lifecycle management
Manage your process life cycle: enable, disable, archive
 Process simulation
Simulate process execution with parameters such as cost, duration, resource consumption, calendar and more, and identify candidates for optimization
Process versioning
Save and manage interim versions of your design while modeling a process
 Real-time activity monitoring
Keep on top of your processes and cases with Bonita User Experience BAM (Business Activity Monitoring) capabilities
Real-time follow-up and alerts
Follow process and cases in real time and receive alerts
Remote engine management
Deploy one or more Bonita User Experience consoles in multiple servers independent from the Bonita Execution Engine, depending on specific architecture needs
Reusable connector configurations
Save setup efforts by reusing existing connector configurations in multiple processes; one update changes all
 Scalable engine
Use Bonita Execution Engine in various contexts, from simple department-wide processes to mission-critical ones deployed company-wide
Social BPM
User can build a comment feed during execution; and you can connect your processes to social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and more
 Standalone BPM application generation
Generate a fully operational process-based application in one click
Synchronous/Asynchronous execution
Use asynchronous execution to avoid workflow being blocked because of pending tasks
 Tasks management
Manage process instances in real-time: suspend, resume, and more
Templating

Easily customize your BPM application with your corporate templates and logo

 Transactional engine
The Bonita Execution Engine is a fully transactional engine which allows grouped calls and unit definition to manage failures
User Guidance

Step-by-step advice for beginners recommends important steps for design in Bonita Studio. Every step has a short description and a link to complete online documentation.

 User management
Manage users and groups internally, or connect to existing directories (LDAP, Active Directory, and more)
User Profiles

Profile settings in Bonita Studio filter and show a subset of features to “unclutter” the user interface. Default profiles include Business Analyst, Process Engineer, and Application Developer.

 User settings
Define default and role-based dashboards for end-users
W3C Standard web technologies
BPM applications generated with Bonita Studio meet W3C requirements using standard html, css and javascript