Chapter 4. Technology preview
This section lists features that are in Technology Preview in Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.4. Business Central includes an experimental features administration page that is disabled by default. To enable this page, set the value of the appformer.experimental.features property to true.
These features are for Technology Preview only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs), might not be functionally complete, and Red Hat does not recommend to use them for production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.
For more information on Red Hat Technology Preview features, see Technology Preview Features Scope.
4.1. High-availability authoring on Red Hat JBoss EAP (on premise and with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform)
Configuration of Business Central for high availability is currently Technology Preview. Search and messaging technology used to enable search feature is considered an implementation detail. That technology may be replaced in Red Hat Process Automation Manager in the future while the capability offered may be preserved.
4.2. Case modeler
Case modeler in Business Central now includes the new process designer. It provides the option to model a case as a sequence of stages so it is simple to define a case model at high-level. Case modeling supports three types of tasks: human tasks, sub-processes, and sub-cases.
The case modeler in Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.4 is a Technology Preview feature and is disabled by default in Business Central. To enable the case modeler preview in Business Central, in the upper-right corner of the window click Settings → Roles, select a role from the left panel, click Editors → (New) Case Modeler → Read, and then click Save to save the changes.
4.3. Process instance migration as a standalone service
Process instance migration is now available as a standalone service containing a user interface and a back end, and packaged as a Thorntail uber JAR. The process instance migration service enables a user to define the migration between two different process definitions, known as a migration plan. The user can apply the migration plan to the running process instances in a specific Process Server.
For more information about the process instance migration standalone service, see Process Instance Migration Service page in GitHub.
4.4. OpenShift operator installer wizard
An installer wizard is provided in the OpenShift Operator for Red Hat Process Automation Manager. You can use the wizard to deploy a Red Hat Process Automation Manager environment on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform with the Operator.
4.5. Red Hat JBoss Data Grid replaces Elasticsearch
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid replaces Elasticsearch as the distributed highly scaleable full-text search and analytics engine for Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.4.0.
Red Hat Data Grid is built from the Infinispan open-source software project and contains indexing capabilities that enable you to store, search, and analyze high volumes of data quickly and in near-real time. In a Red Hat Process Automation Manager clustered environment, it enables you to perform complex and efficient searches across cluster nodes.
