Flow of IM-BIS¶

The specific process set in branch or task set in “Route definition” is referred to as flow definition in IM-BIS.

IM-BIS executes BPM and workflow based on the contents defined in “Flow definition”

Significance of the icons of ‘Edit flow’ screen¶

Each icon on the ‘Edit flow’ screen is as follows.

Name	Icon	Description
Apply/Start process (Approval/Process)		Status when “Apply/Start process” screen or “Approve/Process” screen is set.
External linkage		Status when external linkage is set with “Apply/Start process” screen or “Approval/Process” screen.
Subflow		Status when subflow is set in “Apply/Start process” node or “Approval/Process” node.
Branch start/Branch end		This node indicates start or end of branch process.
Confirm		This node shows that ‘Confimed by’ which is specified previously, confirms the application.
Dynamic approval		This node shows that process target user specified by applicant or approver, approves the application.
Arrange horizontally		Shows that target node is a horizontally aligned node.
Start		This node denotes the start of route.
End		This node denotes the end of route.
Synchronous start/synchronous end		This node indicates the start or end of synchronous process.
System		This node shows that process of application is executed in a different program outside IM-Workflow.
Template substitution		This node shows that the contents of template substitution route specified in this node are expanded in normal route while starting the application.
Unsetup		Status when no setting is done in “Apply/Start process” screen or “Approval/Process” screen.
Vertical alignment		It is a node which shows that the parallel dynamic approval nodes by the applicant or approver are within the specified range.

Icon when BAM or history is set¶

The color of the frame of target icon changes when BAM or history is set in node.

Icon	Description
	The color of the frame of icon changes to light blue when BAM settings are valid. Nodes in which BAM can be set are Apply/Start process (Approval/process)/External linkage/Subflow, Dynamic approval, Horizontal alignment, Template substitution and Vertical alignment.
	The color of the frame of icon changes to orange when history settings are valid. Nodes in which BAM can be set are Apply/Start process (Approval/process)/External linkage.
	The color of the frame of icon changes to grey when BAM setting/history settings are valid.

Comparison table for ‘Edit route’ screen icons and ‘Edit flow’ screen icons¶

The appearance of the icons displayed on the screen is changed if transition takes place between ‘Edit route’ screen and ‘Edit flow’ screen.

The corresponding icons are as per the following table.

Name	Icon for ‘Edit route’ screen	Icon for ‘Edit flow’ screen
Apply/Start Process (Approve/process)
Branch start/Branch end
Confirm
Dynamic approval
Horizontal alignment
Synchronous start/Synchronous end
System
Template substitution
Vertical alignment