Can BonitoBPM do what I want ?
I am very new to Bonito or BPM in general, can anyone tell me if Bonito BPM is feasible solution to my problem
Currently working on a system where there is a single workflow which has 3 types of users and 3 stages.
The system requires to obtain e-signatures from each user, in serial but needs to go backwards as well
Need to generate a PDF with the content users - from the forms.
Manage a list of templates for generating PDFs
Would you be able to comment what features are included in Bonito and what needs to be implemented custom?
Hope this makes sense, any questions, happy to answer them.
Long answer:
Yes I can tell you...
3 types of users would be 3 lanes, each with one task.
Getting people to click accept/reject is a common way of obtaining e-signatures, have you considered what will happen when they say no...? Otherwise can you define e-signature? Is it a certificate or just a click of a button (Accept).
In serial very easy.
Going backwards...what do you mean? 3 back to 1 or 2, or both? Anyway yes this is possible using gateways and a fancy bit of coding...
Generation of PDF's can be done using PDF libraries, access the users data using API's is easy.
Mange a list of templates absolutely - again using PDF libraries etc...
regards
Seán
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Thanks, Seán,
That's very descriptive and good to hear the possibilities.
E-signature currently is a date, tick box and a button
In terms of what I meant by going backwards is, if a user rejects or clicks no, then the status of that particular item goes backwards to the earlier state/stage.
Would you be able to comment more on the PDF libraries based on ease of integration with Bonita?
Is there a quick solution for generating PDFs? Ability to convert forms to PDF?
The reason is that I would like to reduce the amount of bespoke coding for maintainability.
Generating HTML with form data fields and printing that in PDF is also a viable option.
See here:
http://community.bonitasoft.com/questions-and-answers/how-generate-pdf-file
http://community.bonitasoft.com/node/1853#node-4343
regards
Seán