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The
routing and addressing
information needed to route work
to the right people is often
stored in a corporate directory.
This directory of corporate
users is usually stored in a
custom database or in a system
known as "Directory Services".
FlowRunner can support all
systems for storing users,
groups and attributes. This is
because
its directory interface has been
carefully architected to be separate from the core
system.
The directory interface is used for user
task addressing. Users can be tasked based on their location
in the organizational hierarchy,
values of their attributes,
their roles, or a combination of
these. The same
directory may also be used for
authentication.
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Enterprise Directory Services (LDAP)
The LDAP implementation of
directory services is the most
common in use today.
Most organizations already have
their organizational structure
and user base residing in servers such as Microsoft
Active Directory. FlowRunner can
connect to any directory
implementing LDAP protocol, such
as Active Directory, Sun ONE
Directory Server, and others.
The ability to work with LDAP-based
directories is absolutely
crucial for business
applications involving
hierarchies of people. FlowRunner
actually links directly to your
existing directory to query
information in real-time; it is not simply a
timer-based synchronization job.
All directory changes become
immediately available for
task routing and
security.
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Internal directory
FlowRunner server also comes
with a builtin user directory.
It is database-based, capable of
storing a multilevel
organizational hierarchy of
unlimited depth and breadth. It can be augmented to include
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XML based directory
A simple XML directory interface
is provided with core
installation. This reference
implementation is capable of
reading a complex XML structure
containing corporate hierarchy of an
arbitrary depth. The
implementation uses XPath for
searches and navigation. Adding
a new user or a group with attributes is as
simple as modifying a file.
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Highlights
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Powerful task assignment
search criteria. Multiple search criteria are supported, including
partial matches.
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Both builtin and
external directories can
connect to more than one
FlowRunner Server installation. For
example, one directory can be configured to work with both a
pilot and a
production installations
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Custom attributes can easily be added to users, groups or companies
to become immediately
available for searches
and task assignments
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New roles can be
added for access control
and task routing.
Role-based task
assignments are also
supported
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Roles are can be assigned
any user regardless of
his location in the
corporate hierarchy
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The directory is also
used for authentication.
A single sign on option
is supported. For
example, Microsoft
Active Directory can be
used for authentication
(no password prompts if
accessed from within the
intranet). A pure Java NTLM
filter is included to be
used with AD.
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FlowRunner does not
require a
synchronization
mechanism to download
the directory data
External directories are accessed by the core system and the
process builder
though a simple API. This interface can be implemented to use
any existing directory application such as HR database
containing user information. Please
contact us for more information.
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