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Testing a human-centric process

A human-centric process is one that has been designed in WebSphere Modeler using human tasks to model a manual process.

This topic provides instructions on how to import such a process into IBM Integration Designer in order to test it.

Before you can begin, you will need to have the exported process in the form of a project interchange file. This export must have clearly defined staff information that can be used to populate the test people directory. For more information on how to do this, see Rapid testing of human-centric processes

Procedure

1. To import the project interchange file:

   1. In the Business integration view, click File > Import.

   2. In the Import window, select Other > Project Interchange.
   3. Browse to the project interchange file, select it, and click OK.

   4. Select all of the projects in the zip, and click Finish.

   The new module will appear in the Physical Resources view. There will be two administrative scripts. One will be to populate the people directory, and the other will be to clean that registry once you've completed your testing.

2. Run the administrative script that populates the test people directory. This will create the test user account(s) and associated group(s).

   1. In the Physical Resources view, expand the new project until you see the Administrative scripts. They have a PY extension.
   2. Right-click your server, and select Run administrative script.
   3. Browse to the script and click Run.

   The test user entries are created in the registry. To see the user(s) in the Administrative Console, click Users and Groups > Manage Users. Similarly, to see Groups, click Users and Groups > Manage Groups.

3. To test the process:

   1. In the Assembly diagram, right-click the process and select Test Component.
   2. Launch the Business Process Choreographer explorer, and log in as a test user. You will note that the user's To-dos list will be empty.

   3. In the Events page, enter some test parameters, and click the Continue icon, select a deployment location and click Finish.

   4. When the test server is running, return to the Business Process Choreographer explorer, and check the To-dos list.

      You should now have an entry that you can complete as needed to test the process.

4. When you are done your testing, run the administrative script that cleans the test people directory.

Testing human tasks