In this article, we are going to look at how chatbot based apps can be created using AgilePoint integrating with Amazon Lex. Amazon Lex is an AWS service for building conversational interfaces for applications using voice and text. Amazon Lex, the same conversational engine that powers Amazon Alexa. Amazon Lex provides the deep functionality and…
Category: Process Designer
Intelligent Business Apps With Salesforce Prediction Builder
In this video we are going to look at how AgilePoint NX can be used to create actionable business applications based on predictions from Salesforce Einstein. At the time of recording Salesforce prediction builder is still in beta but has generated quite a lot of interest in the Salesforce user community specially since it was…
Create SharePoint Governance Bot with AgilePoint NX
Every organization has unique needs and goals that influence its approach to SharePoint governance. Larger organizations will probably require more—and more detailed—governance than smaller organizations. In this article, I am going to cover a new bot scenario which we had implemented for few of our customers to automate self-serve SharePoint governance in their organization. SharePoint…
Enable User Authentication in Bot Apps
In this article, I am going to cover a new use case scenario for Bot enabled AgilePoint NX application where you want to create secured bot which asks known user to be authenticated before bot starts performing the work on behalf of the user. I am going to utilize one of my previous bot demos…
Create Smarter Bot Enabled Apps with AgilePoint NX – Part 3
In this article, I am going to cover a new use case scenario for Bot enabled AgilePoint NX application. In my previous blog posts on this topic, I showed an example of a bot where it collected initial information from the user using Skype and then passed on that information for further processing to AgilePoint…
Create Smarter Bot Enabled Apps with AgilePoint NX – Part 2
In this article I am going to walk you through another scenario of a bot enabled AgilePoint NX application where the bot is powered by Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing. In my previous blog post on this topic, I showed an example of a bot where it collected initial information from the user using…
Integrate Logic Apps with AgilePoint NX
We can discuss Microsoft Flow and Azure Logic Apps together because they are both configuration-first integration services. They make it easy to build processes and workflows and integrate with various SaaS and enterprise applications. Flow is built on top of Logic Apps They have the same workflow designer Connectors that work in one can also work in…
How Microsoft Flow can play a key role in AgilePoint NX
For those of you working on Microsoft cloud systems specially Office 365 might have noticed that Microsoft has a new personal productivity tool to replace the now deprecated SharePoint Designer. People sometimes ask me if I have any comment on the announcement of Microsoft Flow and how it impacts or integrates with AgilePoint NX Workflow…
Create Smarter Bot Enabled Apps with AgilePoint NX
In this article I am going to walk you through a scenario of a bot enabled AgilePoint NX application where the bot is powered by Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing. A lot of businesses are moving towards bot enabling their operations not just to perform repetitive tasks which do not need human intervention but…
Create Auto Increment field using AgilePoint NX
Generating an auto increment sequence number is a pretty common requirement for applications but often times you would find that something as simple as that might not be that straightforward to achieve. However AgilePoint NX platform makes it very easy to achieve this functionality. There are infact more than 1 ways of doing it which…
Artificial Intelligence based Process Routing
Business process management (BPM) and Low code platforms are going through a drastic shift. The traditional focuses of process efficiency and cost reduction have given way to agility and digital automation. AI is the trending thing in the business process management (BPM) industry and it is continuing to come to the forefront. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies…
Integrate business apps with cognitive services like Sentiment Analysis
Traditionally focused BPM solutions had a priority of cost-cutting and process optimization but today’s digital transformation trends have moved the focus over to customer experience. As a result, BPM solutions are seeing an infusion of artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) especially as vendors look to differentiate themselves apart from the competition. Integrating…
Approve tasks using Skype for Business and other social channels
Enterprise social and chat applications like Yammer, Salesforce Chatter, Slack, Skype for Business are in demand, and new generation’s user expectation is that you should be able to access work without leaving the chat client whether it is on mobile or desktop client. This is exactly what AgilePoint’s social and chat bot lets you do….
Integrate BizTalk with AgilePoint Process
I was browsing through some of the old video archives and came across a video I had recorded back in 2010 on how to integrate AgilePoint process with BizTalk. Though the video shows few of the AgilePoint V5 legacy components like Visio based designer and uses InfoPath as form technology, the concept remains the same even…
Add a repeating table to an email template
In this article I am going to show you a quick configuration to including a repeating set of data from AgilePoint schema into an email template. In one of my sample application, I have a repeating node in the process schema where available discount codes are retrieved back from Salesforce at runtime. The schema looks…
What happened to C# snippet activity in AgilePoint NX?
C# workflow activity has been knowingly left out of NX as it was seen as big security concern for lot of people as it can be really dangerous if C# can be injected directly from browser. Here are some details Before I explain a bit more detail on why C# snippet is being deprecated and alternatives…
Extending AgilePoint Platform – No hitting the Brickwall here
Most of the AgilePoint customers use AgilePoint as a process enabling platform for which becomes a backbone of their entire IT infrastructure. The reason for this is that AgilePoint does not limit you to just OOTB functionality but provides an extremely extensible framework of components which can added on top of the ones available OOTB….
BPMN support for AgilePoint NX Process Modeler
AgilePoint engine follows an industry standard called XPDL for its process model definition. However sometimes clients might also ask for BPMN support on the process as well as individual workflow activities. Though one thing to clarify is that BPMN is more of a static notation which is used for documenting the process and none of…
Unable to save process model
If you are encountering an issue where you are unable to save changes made to a process model please follow the steps mentioned below. The symptom usually is that after checking out the process and making changes, clicking on save greys the screen like it is attempting to save but it doesn’t save. Finally you might…
Restrict workflow activity and form lookup usage to certain users in AgilePoint NX
Sometimes during the client discovery calls, there is a question that they wish to restrict usage of certain workflow activities and workflow lookup to certain designers only based on their permissions. This scenario is already covered in the permission management system of AgilePoint NX. An app designer can see all the shapes but in order…