Sunday 25 March 2012

Difference b/w Worklfow Process Manager and Worklfow Process Batch Manager

Worklfow Process Manager and Batch manager are the two important components responsible for the execution of any workflow process.
The only difference between these two is,one is used for normal worklfow process and the other used for the Batch process.

But,you may ask, what is the difference,how does they work ? Can I use a Batch Manager to run a normal worklfow process manager or can I use a Worklflow Process Manager to run a Batch process?

Yes,Its not possible to run a Batch Process by using normal Workflow Process Manager Component.
The reason is,there is an inbulit looping mechanism for the Batch ProcessManager and there is no Looping mechanism  built for the Worklfow Procees Manager hence it would not pick all the records.

Workflow Debugging in Production

Its always recommended that, you should be very careful while working on Production Application. Any small change may have greater impact on the business and there would be possibility of revenue loss to the business/customeur.Hence those who are actively supporting the production application should take precaution to not make any changes, unless and untill your sure about the impact on other components or functionality.

Ok,but what should I do, If I have to monitor a workflow to debug a functional issue which has been major block ??
Here is the step by step procedure to monitor/debug a workflow...

1.Login as SADMIN(usually only Admin would have access to sadmin)
2.Go to Administration-Business Process
3.click on Workflow Deployment
4.Click on "Active Workflows"
5.Qwery for the Workflow you would like to monitor
6.Scroll right and set the Monotring Level to "3-Debug" or "4-Detail"(Better to go for 4-Detail,as it would give more details )
7.After completing the above steps ,Go to Workflow Instance Monitor in the Top Menu bar.
8.Qwery for the Worklfow and check Process Instances.
9.Carry out the Test which calls the worklfow(by using Business or team logins)
9.Drill Down on the Process instances to observe step by step execution of workflow.


Thursday 19 January 2012

Why Siebel proffessionals are in demand ????

Siebel is a small world wherein if you leave one company and join the other,there is a maximum probability that you may catch up one of your old Siebel buddy from your previous company.

There are very less number of Siebel Proffessionals who are actually good,expereinced,hands on from the Siebel implementation point of view. Siebel is tough to understand by just going through the PDFs/ppts hence you need to work on the real time issues or case studies wherein you end up getting lot of errors which you may not have expected.Hence you need someone with hands on experience to guide.

As many comapnies are now concentrating on the Customer Relationship more than ever, companies are exploring various softwares/tools for CRM implementation. Siebel is one such CRM tool which is used by big corporates such as Vodafonae/AT&T/BT etc.

Siebel is a market leader in the CRM market followed by various other softwares such as SAP CRM,Salesforce CRM,MS Dynamic CRM etc.
Siebel implementation is complex compared to other tools and requires experienced proffessionals to run the show. There are N number of people who say they know Siebel but actual knowledge would be "Below average" , hence those who are really Good and
knowledgeable on Siebel are in demand. Companies are paying hefty packages for such experienced folks.

throw your questions and get the answer !!