[midPoint] Midpoint Workflow Status

[Radovan Semancik]

Jason,

First of all thanks for your interest in midPoint.

Yes, it is true that we don't have integrated and productized workflow 
in 1.10. There is an experimental implementation with Activiti BPM that 
we have used as a prototype, but it is not productized yet. The reason 
is that our costumers have indicated other features as a higher priority.

There will be a new midPoint version (2.0) in few weeks, but that will 
also not include productized workflow. The goal of current iteration 
(version 2.0) is really a better support for asynchronous processes, but 
that's more or less only an internal structure (internal workflow hooks 
and flags to indicate that the process is asynchronous). We estimate 
that we won't be able to create a fully operational and polished 
integrated workflow solution yet, mostly due to missing GUI support and 
also very limited testing. We are following the usual "release early, 
release often" open-source mantra, therefore functionality such as 
workflows will be introduced to the system in steps, each step improving 
on the previous one.

To make the long answer short: The systemic solution with integrated 
Activiti BPM workflow is planned for version 2.1. The release is roughly 
expected in September-October timeframe.

However, if there is a serious interest and you really need it we may 
think how to make it possible for you to use Activiti BPM with midPoint 
2.0 in some kind of "loose integration" mode. However, there may be 
limitations: user experience may not be perfect in that case, process 
failover may be limited, etc.

-- 

                                            Radovan Semancik
                                           Software Architect
                                              evolveum.com



On 04/23/2012 10:04 PM, Jason Burt wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> We are evaluating Midpoint as a candidate for replacing our Sun IdM 
> system.  I was hoping someone could clarify the status and roadmap 
> relating to workflow.  Is it true that there is no integrated system 
> for user defined workflows in version 1.10?  Under the current 
> iteration page, I found that a goal was better support for 
> asynchronous processes was a goal and on the next iteration page I 
> found that asynchronous processes are a major focus.  At what point is 
> it anticipated that Midpoint with be able to support user defined 
> workflows?
>
> Thank you,
> Jason Burt - 503.891.0038 <tel:503.891.0038>
> Programmer
> Enterprise Information Technology Services
> Portland State University
>
>
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