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Fully Automated Process Mapping
The HELIXsystem Process Assembler automatically maps and documents the interactions between co-operating applications and produces a BPMN2 representation of the actual process as this executes across a running system. This representation is free from the ambiguities and uncertainties normally associated with the manual process mapping techniques.
The HELIXsystem Process Assembler eliminates the delays and inefficiencies associated with manual process discovery and mapping. By eliminating the need for process engineers to manually check and re-check system inter-dependencies, draw and re-draw system diagrams and draft and re-draft system documentation, the HELIXsystem Process Assembler collapses the time required to re-document an existing implementation from months to days.
The screen grab below shows the initial process discovery results. In this example the HELIXsystem Process Assembler has recorded 70 messages, relating to 10 separate transactions, executing over 4 execution paths.
Individual messages may be easily inspected and analyzed in the HELIXsystem Process Assembler dashboard and as each message is captured and stored by the HELIXsystem Process Assembler, the payload of each message is also available for inspection. The following screen grab shows the messages relating to one transaction path.
The HELIXsystem Process Assembler delivers a near real-time visualization of how a system is actually working. These results may be displayed as single process execution paths or may be aggregated into a Process Design to provide an unambiguous end-to-end description of the overall workflow.
The following screen grab is the BPMN2 output showing the aggregation of the 4 transaction paths identified by the HELIXsystem Process Assembler in the example above.
Once captured the HELIXsystem Process Design may be exported to a BPM modelling suite of choice, either using XPDL or as a BPMN file. This delivers a complete process re-engineering solution, from automated AS-IS process mapping to the delivery of the TO-BE state.
The following screen grab shows the ease by which the HELIXsystem Process Design may be exported using XPDL.
Key Features
- Fully automated process discovery and mapping
- Deploys across a heterogeneous messaging environment
- Zero changes required to the applications, messages, or interfaces
- Does not require monitoring agents to be installed on databases
- Minimal impact on system performance
- End-to-end workflow visualization in BPMN2 graphical notation
- Exportable to most BPM suites
- Supports IBM® Websphere® MQ, Tibco® EMS, JBoss® ESB