dspConduct

Category H

Category V

To access this page, select dspConduct >Design in the Navigation pane.

NOTE: If a category was imported from IGC™, data that was entered in IGC™ cannot be updated from within dspConduct™, and many of the fields and icons associated with the record are not active for that category. Refer to Update Custom Attributes for IGC™ Governance Elements in dspConduct™ for more information.

Field

Description

From IGC

Displays to indicate that the category was created in IGC™. If no icon displays the category was created in dspConduct™.

This column displays after the IGC™ parameters are configured in Common on initial install. Refer to the BackOffice Associates® Installation and Upgrade Manual for more information.

NOTE: Data entered in IGC™ cannot be updated from within dspConduct™.

NOTE: Records that come from IGC™ cannot be deleted.

NOTE: When importing a category from IGC™, if there is a category in dspConduct™ that has the same name, the IGC™ category is automatically mapped to the dspConduct™ category. If more than one dspConduct™ category has the same name in the database, the IGC™ category is mapped to the category with the earliest Added On date. All Business Processes, Scenarios and Roles coming from the IGC™ will be created as new elements in the matched category. A process Designer can then map dspConduct™ tasks to the IGC™ tasks.

NAME

Displays the name of the category .A category is a collection of governance elements and is used for organizational purposes.

The category name cannot be duplicated.

DEFAULT WEB APP ID

Displays the DEFAULT WEB APP ID for the Content WebApp of the selected category.

The field is limited to the applications for which the user has a BOA Tools license and has the ability to change. These applications are not delivered.

NOTE: A specific Default WebAppID may only be assigned to one category. A validation message is received if a WebApp has already been assigned to another category.

NOTE: If a category is imported from IGC™, it must have a default WebApp assigned to it or the category is invalid. Refer to Set Up a Category from IGC™ in dspConduct™ for more information. .

WEB APP STATUS

Indicates whether a category has a WebApp assigned and whether the tasks created in that category in IGC™ have been assigned to pages created in the Content WebApp.

A WebApp must be assigned to a category imported from IGC™.

DESCRIPTION

Displays the description of the category.

IGC Tasks

Click to open the IGC™ Task page to map a dspConduct™ task to an IGC™ task.

NOTE: This icon is disabled if the category did not come from IGC™.

Refer to Map an IGC™ Task to An Existing dspConduct™ Task for more information.

Tasks

Click to open the Task page to add tasks at the category level. Refer to Add a Task in dspConduct™ for more information.

The value on the Tasks icon indicates the number (record count) of tasks that have been developed for the selected category. When a category is created, this number is 0 which indicates no tasks have been developed.

Roles

Click to open the Role page to add roles at the category level. Refer to Add a Role in dspConduct™ for more information.

The value on the Roles icon indicates the number (record count) of Roles that have been developed for the selected category. Refer to Roles Overview dspConduct™ for more information.

Scenarios

Click to open the Scenario page to add a scenario at the category level. Refer to Add a Scenario for more information.

The value on the Scenarios icon indicates the number (record count) of scenarios that have been developed for the selected category. When a category is created, this number is 0 which indicates no scenarios have been developed.

Business Processes

Click to open the Business Process page to add business processes at the category level. Refer to Add a Business Process for more information.

The value on the Business Processes icon indicates the number (record count) of business processes that have been developed for the selected category. When a category is created, this number is 0 which indicates no business processes have been developed.

Category V

Category H

This page has the following tabs:

General tab

Field

Description

Name

Displays the name of the category. A category is a collection of governance elements and is used for organizational purposes.

Default Web App ID

Displays the Content WebApp of the selected category.

The field is limited to the applications for which the user has a BOA Tools license and has the ability to change. These applications are not delivered.

NOTE: A specific Default WebAppID may only be assigned to one category.

Request Page Id

Displays the name of the Content WebApp and the name of the page created in the Content WebApp to enter request data.

The page entered here displays when the user clicks the Content Request Page icon on the Request page.

If no value is entered, when the user clicks the Content Request Page icon on the Request page, a page does not open.

Description

Displays the description of the category.

Owner

Displays the owner of the category. This person(s) is responsible for the category.They have no approval authority at the category level but owners at the category level are automatically assigned as owners for each governance element created in the category.

NOTE: The list is limited to those users with an email address in the DSP®.

NOTE: Once the owner is assigned, the child elements will inherit the category owner as a default if another owner is not assigned.

Comment

Displays additional commentary about the category.

Configuration

Org Unit Types

Click to open the Category Org Unit Type page to assign org unit types to a category object.

Request Status Params

Click to open the Category Request Status page. This page lists the >request statuses and the number of days a request remains within the request page until being archived.

Workflow Messages

Click to open the Category Workflow Message page to create workflow messages in different languages. Refer to Create Language-specific Workflow Messages for a Category for more information.

Posting Processes

Click to open the Category Process page to set the allowed Integrate processes for the scenarios in this category.

NOTE: The count on the icon represents the number of category processes registered to the category.

Control Table Prefix

Displays the prefix to the table name when a table is generated for a scenario > role > task combination for the category. When a table is generated for the control views or required validations, the table name starts with this configured text.

For example, a user can enter the prefix "ttSRTC_" and all control tables for the category are generated with that prefix. Refer to Create Tables and Views for Content WebApp Pages for more information.

Data-Driven Dependency Conditions

Condition Table Datasource Id

Displays the data source that contains the tables and fields to be evaluated for conditions. The data source used by the category’s Content WebApp is used by default.

Conditions

Click to open the Conditions page to identify conditions to be met in the data that determine whether a scenario or role is available within a business process. Refer to Add Data-Driven Dependency Conditions to a Category for more information.

The count on the icon is the total number of conditions for the selected category.

Rules and Actions tab

Field

Description

Actions

Refresh Column List For All Variants

Click to update the Scenario Role Task Column lists in this category. Columns that have been added in the Content WebApp are added to the lists, and columns that have been removed from the Content WebApp are removed. No columns are updated.

NOTE: This option only adds and removes column settings. Existing settings are not changed.

Rules

Default Value Rules

Click to open the Default Value Rules page to add a default value rule to indicate a default value for a column.

The count on the icon is the total number of Default Value Rules for the selected category.

Refer Add a Scenario Level Default Value Rule to a Categoryfor more information.

Review Role Configuration

Audit Datasource Id

Displays the Default WebApp ID audit data source for the category. This data source must have auditing enabled.

NOTE: The Default WebApp ID audit data source is the only valid data source and may be different than the Default WebApp ID’s data source.

Table Registration

Click to open the Audit Table Registration page to configure tables and columns to be audited for changes to the data in the tables. The Review role views a list of these changes while reviewing requests.

Purge Aggregate Table

Click to delete all review role audit records from the aggregate table for the current category.

NOTE: Use this option if mistakes were made during configuration (e.g., a column was incorrectly disabled during the import) and the data must be imported again.

Default Web App Configuration

Create Default Web App Request Table and Views

Click to open the Default Web App Request Table page and the Default Web App Request Table Columns page to auto-generate request-related objects in the Content WebApp and the database.

NOTE: This icon is active if those objects have not been built. After the objects have been built successfully (when the user clicks the Build Object icon on the Default Web App Request Table page), the Create Default Web App Request Table and Views icon is disabled.

Refer to Auto-generate Request-related Objects for more information.

Request Table and Views Creation Log

Click to open the Request Objects Creation Log page to view records for the objects created during the auto-generation process.

Refer to View the Request Objects Creation Log for more information.

Create Collect Target Views

Click to open the Advanced View Builder page in Collect to build views in the Content WebApp database for the tables in any new dg* database (or another database that stores governance system tables).

Refer to Create Collect Target Views for more information.

Metrics tab

Field

Description

Duration

Duration Business Process

Click to open the Business Process Request Duration chart.

Duration Scenario

Click to open the Scenario Request Duration chart.

Duration Role

Click to open the Role Request Duration chart.

SLA Percent On Time

SLA Business Process

Click to open the SLA Percent On Time by Business Process chart.

SLA Scenario

Click to open the SLA Percent On Time by Scenario chart.

SLA Role

Click to open the SLA Percent On Time by Role chart.

Predictive

Predictive Business Process

Click to open Business Process Predictive chart.

Predictive Scenario

Click to open the Scenario Predictive chart.

Predictive Role

Click to open the Role Predictive chart.

Requests

Active Requests

Click to open the Active Request for Category chart to view the number of requests by status in a category.