Archestra '''Workflow''' 2012 R2 SP1

ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 SP1 ReadMe

Last revision: 11/26/2013

About This Release

This document contains important information about the ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 SP1 release. The release of ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 SP1 adds several new features and addresses important issues to increase product usability and stability.

Review this document for new features, enhancements, upgrades, and updates to the ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 product. You can navigate through the Readme by using the following links:

Installation Instructions

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

New Features

Enhancements

Third Party Upgrades

Issues Resolved

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Installation Instructions

This release can be installed either as a fresh installation or as an upgrade for ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 from the ISO file ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 SP1.

Before installing ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 SP1, the following prerequisites will be installed by the installation software:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or 4.0
• Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management Objects
• Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005

ISO Details

On extracting the ISO file ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 SP1, the following folders are extracted.

• ArchestrA Workflow Core
• 32bit - Installation exe for Skelta BPM.NET 2011 SP4, Skelta BPM.NET 2011 SP4- Outlook Addins, and Installation folder for SharePoint Connectors
• 64bit - Installation exe for Skelta BPM.NET 2011 SP4, Skelta BPM.NET 2011 SP4 - Outlook Addins, and Installation folder for SharePoint Connectors
• ArchestrA Workflow Core Documentation - Administrator Guide, Developer Guide, API Scenario Guide, User Guide, and Forms and Lists Guide
• ArchestrA Workflow ECS Connectors
• Installation exe for System Platform, WIS, and MES connectors; and System Platform, MES, WIS, and OPC UA extensions
• ArchestrA Workflow Connectors Documentation - ArchestrA Workflow Software Install Guide and ArchestrA Workflow Software User Guide
• ReadMe_ArchestrAWorkflowSoftware-R2_SP1.html

Note:

• DMS is not a part of this Service Pack Release. Please contact Skelta Support for any queries regarding DMS.
• The existing IntelaTrac Extension has been discontinued. For more information, please send an email to product.marketing@invensys.com.

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System Requirements

This section describes the hardware and software requirements to install ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 SP1.

• Hardware Requirements
• Software Requirements
• Other Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Component	Requirement
Processor	Minimum: 1GHz (x86 processor) or 1.4GHz (x64 processor) Recommended: 2GHz or faster, Multicore
Memory	Minimum: 2GB RAM Recommended: 4GB RAM or greater Maximum (32-bit systems): 4GB (Standard) or 64GB (Enterprise) Maximum (64-bit systems): 32GB (Standard) or 2TB (Enterprise)
Available Disk Space	Minimum: 10GB Recommended: 40GB or greater Note: Computers with more than 16GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
Drive	DVD-ROM drive (optional)
Display and Peripherals	Super VGA (1024x768) or higher-resolution monitor Keyboard Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Software Requirements

Software Requirements Matrix

Windows XP SP3 Professional (32-bit)

Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard, Enterprise (32-bit)

Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Standard, Enterprise (32-bit)

Windows Vista SP2 Business, Ultimate, Enterprise (32/ 64-bit)

Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise (32/64-bit)

Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise, Professional, Ultimate (32/64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard, Enterprise (32/ 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise (64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard, Enterprise (64-bit)

SQL Server 2005 SP3 Express (32-bit)

SQL Server 2005 SP3 Express (64-bit)

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Express (32/ 64-bit)

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Standard, Enterprise (32-bit)

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Standard, Enterprise (64-bit)

SQL Server 2008 SP2 Standard, Enterprise (32-bit)

SQL Server 2008 SP2 Standard, Enterprise (64-bit)

SQL Server 2008 SP3 Standard, Enterprise (32-bit)

SQL Server 2008 SP3 Standard, Enterprise (64-bit)

SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise (64-bit)

SQL Server 2012 Standard, Enterprise (32-bit)

SQL Server 2012 Standard, Enterprise (64-bit)

SQL Server 2012 SP1 Standard, Enterprise (32-bit)

SQL Server 2012 SP1 Standard, Enterprise (64-bit)

Operating System

SQL Server

ArchestrA Workflow Core (BPM.NET 2011 SP4) (v3.5.9811)

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

ArchestrA Workflow System Platform Extension (v1.9)

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

System Platform-Workflow Connector (v1.9)

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Workflow Server WIS Extension (v1.8)

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

WIS-Workflow Connector (v1.8)

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

ArchestrA Workflow MES Extension (v1.8)

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

MES-Workflow Connector (v1.8)

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Workflow Server OPC UA Extension (v1.8)

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Supported by all	Y
Not Supported	N

Other Requirements

Component	Requirement
IIS	6.0 (Windows Server 2003), 7.0 (Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008)
Browsers	IE 7, 8, and 9 Firefox 17.0
Operating System for Mobile Phone	iOS 5.1, 6.0, and 6.1
Languages supported for Operating Systems	US English, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Note: The Enterprise Console website and Skelta Controls embedded in the Custom application will render correctly only in the Quirks mode when you open it using Internet Explorer 8 or 9.

 

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Product Compatibility

• ArchestrA Workflow Software - System Platform Connector is compatible and can co-exist with the following products:

Product	Version	Compatibility	Co-existence
Wonderware Application Server	3.5, 3.6, and 4.0	Y	Y
Foxboro Control Software	4.0	Y	Y
Wonderware Historian Server	10.0 SP1 and 11.0	Y	Y
Wonderware Information Server	4.5 and 5.0	Y	Y
Wonderware Intelligence	1.5.1	Y	Y
Wonderware InTouch	10.5, 10.6, and 11.0	Y	Y
Wonderware MES	4.5	Y	Y

• ArchestrA Workflow Software - MES Connector is compatible and can co-exist with the following products:

Product	Version	Compatibility	Co-existence
Wonderware Application Server	3.5 and 3.6	Y	Y
Wonderware InTouch	10.5 and 10.6	Y	Y
Wonderware Information Server	4.5 and 5.0	Y	Y

• ArchestrA Workflow Software 2012 R2 SP1 is compatible and can co-exist with the following products:

Connector	Compatible	Co-existence	Can be Applied On
BPM.NET 2011 SP4- SharePoint 2010 Connector	BPM.NET 2011 SP4 (64 bit)	Y	WSS 4.0 / Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 (64 bit) or SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP1 (64 bit) or SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP2 (64 bit) Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (64 bit) or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 (64 bit) or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 (64 bit)
BPM.NET 2011 SP4-SharePoint 2007 Connector	BPM.NET 2011 SP4 (32 bit & 64 bit)	Y	WSS 3.0 / Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (32 bit and 64 bit) or Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 (32 bit and 64 bit) Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (32 bit and 64 bit) or MOSS 2007 SP2 (32 bit and 64 bit) or MOSS 2007 SP3 (32 bit and 64 bit)
BPM.NET 2011 SP4- Outlook Add-ins	Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 SP3, 2007, 2010 (32 bit and 64 bit)	Y	N/A
Extension to Microsoft SAP LOB Adapter	BPM.NET 2011 SP4 (32 bit & 64 bit)	Y	BizTalk Adapter Pack 1.0 for mySAP Business Suite or Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack 2010 WCF LOB Adapter SDK SP1 or WCF LOB Adapter SDK 2010

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New Features

Advanced Server Without Multicast Dependency

ArchestrA Workflow Software Advanced Server architecture is enhanced to allow usage of Advanced Server edition with servers spread across a subnet or VLAN. It can now be used in scenarios with specific DMZ requirements having dependency on multicast protocol.

Advanced server architecture will now also use database for tracking status of the workflow engine servers and support high availability and load balancing. You will be able to view status of the servers deployed in a BPM.NET farm through a friendly interface.

Capabilities

This feature empowers you to:

• Deploy high availability solutions in Cloud environment which does not support multicast
• Use BPM.NET for high availability and high load deployments using out-of-the-box solution
• Build scalable and reliable solutions without dependency of multicast

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Support for Viewing the Advanced Servers List

You can now view the details of all the servers and clients configured in the database mode of advanced server from Skelta Central Configuration > Advanced Servers List.

Capabilities

The Advanced Servers List displays the following details:

• Status of the servers and clients
• CPU utilization and levels of the servers and clients
• Date and time when the servers and clients were registered
• Date and time when the servers and clients were last updated
• List of services that are currently running

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Ability to Capture User Information while Deleting a Repository

You can now capture the information of the user who deletes the repository in the Skelta Logger console.

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Modal Window Support in ArchestrA Workflow Software

The Modal window concept that requires user action on the child window before returning to the parent window is now extended to User and Role Lookup dialog boxes in Forms, Enterprise Console Inbox, and Inbox control in ArchestrA IDE.

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Ability to Send Information from a Workflow to the Form that Invokes the Workflow

You can now send information from a workflow executed synchronously using an Invoke Workflow control to the same form that invokes the workflow. You can subsequently view and process the information in the form.

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Support for VMware’s High Availability and Disaster Recovery capabilities

Advanced Server edition of ArchestrA Workflow Software with SQL Server now supports the following virtualization environments:

• VMware 5.0: Virtualization with High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• VMware vSphere 5

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Support for Unprovisioning a Provisioned Workflow Repository

You can now unprovision a provisioned workflow repository. Unprovisioning is an option of the Workflow Gateway Object to roll back the changes done to the workflow repository. After you provision a workflow repository, you get the option in the user interface to unprovision the workflow repository.

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Leveraging Active Directory users when connecting from System Platform Connector to the Workflow Repository

You can leverage Active Directory users when connecting from System Platform Connector to the workflow repository with in same domain. This reduces the administrative overhead with the removal of user synchronization and user replication monitoring. It also provides single user provider login experience when System Platform and the workflow repository are configured to use the same domain.

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Support for System Platform and MES Cleanup Tool

The tedious task of deleting the details of the System Platform and MES connectors present in the ArchestrA Workflow Database is now made simple and easy with the System Platform and MES Cleanup Tool.

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Enhancements

Support for Parameter Type in Database Activity

Database Activity is now enhanced to display parameter type. This allows you to generate the database schema for queries, stored procedures, and functions.

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Support for Multi-value Parameters in Reporting Service

The Reporting Service is now enhanced to support multi-value parameters. This allows you to execute reports by passing multiple values to multi-value parameters from the Report Generator activity.

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Support for Controls to Load in IE9 Standards

Workitem list control and workflow list control can now be rendered in IE9 standard mode while embedding in a custom application.

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Upload of new version of Work Tasks (iOS) v1.7.0.0 on AppStore

You can now download a new version of Work Tasks (iOS) v1.7.0.0 from the AppStore. This version of Work Tasks includes some minor enhancements and bug fixes.

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Third Party Upgrades

Third party control Intersoft WebGrid has been upgraded. Intersoft WebGrid used in ArchestrA Workflow Software has been upgraded from version 7.0.7200 to 8.0.7200.

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Issues Resolved

The issues related to the following modules have been resolved in this release.

Forms

Issue	Knowledge Base Article
Unable to search for records based on a specific date using Lookup Input control.	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11414
Unable to localize validation tooltip for a Form control, while localizing validation messages in Forms.	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11415

Process Designer

Issue	Knowledge Base Article
Code formatting not being retained in the expression editor.	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11409
Unable to save email attachments received through Wait-For-Email activity to an FTP site.	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11411

Farm Configuration and Central Configuration

Issue	Knowledge Base Article
If you are editing a repository configured for multiple providers, the definition XML of all the providers for that repository gets updated with the same changes.	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11413

Enterprise Console

Issue	Knowledge Base Article
The Date column in the Audit History dialog box displays the UTC Date-Time from the database instead of the machine time.	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11412

Workflow Engine

Issue	Knowledge Base Article
Fine tuning of the Workflow engine	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11416

Queue

Issue	Knowledge Base Article
Unable to delete a participant from the queue, when the task assigned to the queue participant is timed out and is removed from the Inbox.	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11418
Slow performance is observed while selecting a queue with large number of work items (say 4000-5000) in an environment with many concurrent users (say 100).	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11419

System Platform Extension

Issue	Knowledge Base Article
Performance Issue during Read/Write operation to System Platform	http://kb.skelta.com/article.aspx?id=11417

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