http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/ 2026-04-17T14:31:33+00:00 http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/ http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/_media/logo.png text/html 2023-05-03T04:51:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/access_level?rev=1683089492&do=diff index glossary access_level operation_mode login business_space process business_object query visual_perspective Access level Access level determines what information users can see, how it is presented and what operations are available to them when they Login into their Business space in the Operation mode. Each system user has an access level. The Configurator may define as many access levels as necessary to set restrictions and privileges for different categories of users. When a new user is… text/html 2023-05-03T04:51:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/action?rev=1683089514&do=diff index glossary action attribute business_rule process business_object Action An action is a part of a rule that performs some operation. The rule language has a number of pre-defined actions. Actions can perform validation, assign values to attributes, create, find or display business objects, start processes, display or print documents, import or export data, communicate with other software and perform other operations. text/html 2023-05-08T06:31:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/aggregate_operation?rev=1683527483&do=diff index glossary aggregate Aggregate operation An aggregate operation performs arithmetic calculations on several business objects and/or their attribute. An example of an aggregate operation would be counting the number of items in an order. Another example is calculating the order amount as a total of the amounts of all items in the order. There are several aggregate operations in the text/html 2023-05-08T06:36:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/attribute?rev=1683527787&do=diff index glossary attribute Attribute An attribute is a part of a business object that holds some fact about the business object. It may be, for example, a customer name, an account balance or an order number. The kind of information held by the attribute depends on its type. Notifications, like business objects, also have attributes. text/html 2023-05-08T06:36:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/attribute_choice_list?rev=1683527807&do=diff index glossary attribute_choice_list Attribute choice list Attributes of basic types that hold textual, numeric, date and time data can have a list of possible values specified by a Configurator. When entering data in the Operation mode a user can select one of these values rather than having to type it manually. This feature offers convenience and saves data entry time. text/html 2023-05-08T06:37:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/attribute_format?rev=1683527824&do=diff index glossary attribute format business_object Attribute format Attribute format determines how the attribute value will appear on the screen or in a document. It applies to attribute of basic types that hold numeric, date and time data. For example, a date may be presented in full, short or a custom-specified format. text/html 2023-05-08T06:37:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/attribute_initial_value?rev=1683527850&do=diff index glossary business_object attribute notification Attribute initial value For an attribute of a basic types a Configurator may specify an initial value. This value will be assigned to the attribute when the Business object (or Notification) to which it belongs is created in the Operation mode. For example, the configurator may specify that all orders be created with the status 'New'. text/html 2023-05-08T06:37:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/attribute_length?rev=1683527869&do=diff index glossary business_object attribute text format Attribute length Attribute length applies only to text attribtues. It specifies the maximum number of letters allowed for the attribute value. For example, the length for a customer name may be set to 100. When specifying the length the Configurator should use some sufficient but sensible number to avoid wasting space in the text/html 2023-05-08T06:38:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/attribute_query?rev=1683527886&do=diff index glossary attribute query reference_attribute business_object Attribute query A Query may be nominated for reference attributes to limit available business objects applicable to the attribute. For example, there may be a requirement that an account holder cannot be younger than 18 years old. With the attribute query only persons of 18 years old and over will appear for selection of the account holder when a new account is created. text/html 2023-05-08T06:38:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/attribute_type?rev=1683527914&do=diff index glossary business_object attribute type Attribute type An attribute type determines the nature of the information held by the attribute. An attribute type can be either a basic type or a reference type. There are following basic types: * Plain Text, used for non-formatted textual information such as a person's name or address. text/html 2023-05-08T06:38:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/attribute_value_range?rev=1683527936&do=diff index glossary business_object attribute value Attribute value range For numerical attibutes the configurator may specify an interval of acceptable values. For example, a person’s age can be expected to be within a certain range, a transaction amount cannot exceed certain value, etc. When a range is specified, AwareIM will validate the data against the range when the attribute is updated whether manually or by a text/html 2023-05-08T06:39:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/auto_generated_form?rev=1683527953&do=diff index glossary business_object form ui attribute custom_form presentation Auto-generated form An auto-generated form is an object form that AwareIM generates automatically in the Operation mode. This way the Configurator does not have to do any work related to presentation of the object information in the operation mode. With auto-generated forms the configurator can easily control which text/html 2023-05-08T06:39:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/auto_generated_rule?rev=1683527974&do=diff index glossary business_object rule choice_list attribute required initial_value Auto-generated rule AwareIM creates auto-generated rules to handle certain instructions that the configurator may specify for an attribtute, such as initial values, choice lists, value ranges, and required values. Auto-generated rules are normally hidden, but can be made visible when working with rules. Auto-generated rules cannot be edited. text/html 2025-06-11T08:15:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/aware_im?rev=1749629734&do=diff index glossary awareim AwareIM AwareIM is a configurable information management software system designed for businesses that cannot justify costs of custom-built software, or individuals with non-standard computing requirements. AwareIM allows non-technical people to configure an information management system for their needs without engineering assistance. Unlike traditional software applications with text/html 2025-06-12T04:00:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/aware_im_server?rev=1749700827&do=diff index glossary awareim server AwareIM server AwareIM server, or simply the server, is the central component of AwareIM. It manages business space data in the operation mode, maintains the configuration information of business spaces and provides the Configuration Tool with it, handles communication between AwareIM and other software systems. text/html 2023-05-08T06:42:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/business_object?rev=1683528148&do=diff index glossary business_object index Business object A business object, or simply an object, represents an element of the business for which some information needs to be maintained. Examples of business objects: customers, accounts, orders, payments, etc. A number of facts usually need to be registered for an object. For example, an order may have the placement date, customer, line items, shipment address, shipment date, shipment number, delivery instructions, order status, etc. Each of such f… text/html 2023-05-08T06:42:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/business_object_group?rev=1683528165&do=diff index glossary business_object_group Business object group A business object group allows for uniform handling of business objects of different types. It offers the convenience of establishing links to various business objects in one place. For example, a Transaction group may be created to embrace all possible transactions that can be applied to an account, where a separate object represents each transaction type. An Account business object may have an text/html 2023-05-03T06:36:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/business_space?rev=1683095790&do=diff index glossary business_space business_object process business_rule query Business space A business space is a container of all information and rules on processing the information that a business organization, or an individual, may need to manage. AwareIM manages a business space according to the instructions provided by a configurator in the text/html 2023-05-08T06:43:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/business_space_documentation?rev=1683528193&do=diff index glossary business_space_documentation Business space documentation On request of a Configurator AwareIM will generate a complete self-containing documentation of a business space. The documentation contains details of all business objects, processes, rules and other configuration elements specified in the business space. The generated document can be stored electronically and used by anyone without access to text/html 2023-05-08T06:44:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/business_space_integrity?rev=1683528293&do=diff index glossary business_space_integrity publish rules business_object query config_tool Business space integrity A business space version may become inconsistent in the course of editing of its configuration elements. To check for possible integrity problems, such as references to non-existent business objects, invalid rules, etc., a configurator can use a command of the Configuration Tool that verifies the integrity of the business space version. text/html 2023-05-03T06:28:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/business_space_version?rev=1683095334&do=diff index glossary business_space_version publish test current Business space version To help manage changes made to a business space AwareIM has a built-in version control mechanism. It allows making and testing changes to a business space without affecting the normal operation of the system. To make changes to a business space the configurator creates a new version of the business space and makes the changes in that version. Then the modified version can be put text/html 2023-05-03T06:29:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/calculated_attribute?rev=1683095386&do=diff index glossary business_object attribute calculated rule Calculated attribute A configurator may nominate an attribute as calculated, meaning that the attribute can be updated in the operation mode only by a rule, but not by users. For more flexible access control to attributes the configurator may use access levels and the PROTECT action. text/html 2023-05-03T06:30:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/communication_channel?rev=1683095422&do=diff index glossary intelligent_business_object communnication_channel soap rest mail Communication channel A communication channel is a software adaptor carrying communication between AwareIM and an intelligent object. Aware IM provides several channels that allow communicating with people via e-mail or software systems via a standard data exchange protocol (SOAP). Custom communication channels can be developed and plugged into text/html 2023-05-03T06:31:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/condition?rev=1683095469&do=diff index glossary condition business_rule process query report Condition A condition is an expression in the rule language which result is either true or false. Examples of conditions: Order.State = 'Approved' Account.Holder.Age < 18 Customer.Name IS UNDEFINED LineItem WAS ADDED TO Order.Items Conditions are an essential part of text/html 2023-05-03T06:31:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/conditional_element?rev=1683095509&do=diff index glossary conditional_element report presentation template Conditional element A conditional element is an element of a report or a presentation that can be displayed differently depending on conditions attached to the element. A single condition can be used to specify whether the element should be displayed. If the condition is not met the element is not displayed. In particular, this may be used in letter text/html 2023-05-03T06:36:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/configuration_mode?rev=1683095765&do=diff index glossary configuration_mode business_space Configuration mode The configuration mode allows users to specify the elements of their business space, in other words to define the contents and behaviour of their application. They use Configuration Tool for this purpose. AwareIM uses the provided configuration information to manage the business space in the text/html 2023-05-03T06:35:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/configuration_template?rev=1683095741&do=diff index glossary configuration_template configuration_tool business_space Configuration template Configuration template is a configuration of a business space prepared by a person with an intention of distributing to other people so they can use it for their own purposes. This is similar to templates of letters, forms or reports that may be found in an office environment. text/html 2025-06-12T04:00:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/configuration_tool?rev=1749700827&do=diff index glossary configuration_tool business_space rule process query server Configuration Tool Configuration Tool is the editor of configuration information for a business space. It is a component of AwareIM that allows a user to work with configuration of business spaces, business space versions and the elements such as business objects, processes, rules and others. Configuration Tool connects to text/html 2023-05-03T06:34:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/configurator?rev=1683095676&do=diff index glossary configurator business_space Configurator The configurator is a person using Configuration Tool to edit configuration information of a business space. text/html 2023-05-03T06:34:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/context?rev=1683095656&do=diff index glossary context instance type query business_object notification process Context The context is a working area containing relevant business objects and notifications that Aware IM maintains in the operation mode for the purpose of rule evaluation and displaying of information. The initial content of the context depends on the configuration element. For example, for rules attached to a business object the context contains a single text/html 2023-05-08T06:23:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/context_assistant?rev=1683527011&do=diff index glossary expression rule_language process business_rule query tag report Context assistant The Context Assistant is a little pop-up window in the Configuration Tool that helps the configurator enter and edit expressions of the rule language. Context Assistant comes up when the configurator presses F3 while typing text of a rule or tag expression. text/html 2025-06-12T04:00:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/control_panel?rev=1749700827&do=diff index glossary control_panel server Control Panel The window that starts up and shuts down the main AwareIM components and shows their status. AwareIM system is started by starting the Control Panel. text/html 2025-06-12T04:00:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/custom_form?rev=1749700827&do=diff index glossary custom_form business_object form ui presentation attribute Custom form A custom form is an object form that the configurator can design to replace an auto-generated form that AwareIM supplies by default for business objects. With custom forms the configurator has the freedom of choosing the layout, background, fonts, colors and other visual elements for displaying and editing of text/html 2023-05-03T06:37:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/default_business_space?rev=1683095871&do=diff index glossary default_business_space business_space configuration_tool Default business space The default business space is a business space that Aware IM creates during the installation with the name supplied by the user. For many users the single default business space will be sufficient to manage their information. Others may create additional business spaces for testing purposes or to import, inspect and reuse text/html 2023-05-03T06:38:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/default_communication_channel?rev=1683095917&do=diff index glossary default_communication_channel intelligent_business_object communication_channel notification service Default communication channel For intelligent business objects that have more than one communication channel the configurator may nominate one of these channels as a default channel. The default channel is the channel that all the communication with the business object will be sent through if the channel is not explicitly specified in the rules that send a text/html 2023-05-03T06:39:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/discovering_services?rev=1683095967&do=diff index glossary discovering_services intelligent_business_object soap rest communication_channel Discovering services Discovering services is a feature of AwareIM that automatically downloads into a business space the definition of services provided by an intelligent business object. This works only for business objects that communicate via the SOAP channel, a standard web communication protocol. Discovering services is much easier than having to enter the definitions by hand. Besides, it elimi… text/html 2023-05-03T06:40:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/document_template?rev=1683096008&do=diff index glossary document_template business_space tag business_object tags Document template A document template is a fully prepared document, usually with some textual contents, that is intended to include some information taken from business objects. The configurator supplies document templates when editing a business space. In the operation mode AwareIM creates an actual document from a template by inserting the required information. Examples of document templates may be an account-opening le… text/html 2023-05-03T06:40:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/export?rev=1683096038&do=diff index glossary export business_object instances Export Export is an action that writes values of attributes of a business object into a file in the operation mode. It can be used to extract required information from the system on a one-off or regular basis, for example to exchange data with software systems that do not support direct communication. It is also possible to export data of multiple business objects for editing in a specialised software application and text/html 2023-05-08T06:20:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/expression?rev=1683526827&do=diff index glossary expression business_rule process Expression An expression is a building block in the rule language used to construct various elements of the rule language such as conditions, actions, tags, etc. text/html 2023-05-08T06:21:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/form_section?rev=1683526864&do=diff index glossary form_section business_object ui form Form section A form section is a separate page on the object form. For most business objects the form contains a single section. However, if a business object is complex and contains many attributes it is often beneficial to split them into logical groups, each displayed on a separate form section with a specific name. A form section can be either text/html 2023-05-08T06:21:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/form_section_navigation_style?rev=1683526892&do=diff index glossary form_section_navigation_style business_object form ui Form section navigation style For object forms with multiple sections the navigation style determines how users navigate between sections in the operation mode. There are two navigation styles: random (direct) and wizard-like (sequential). With the random navigation style the user can switch between sections at random by clicking on the section name to go directly to the desired section. With the wizard-like navigation the or… text/html 2023-05-08T06:23:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/function?rev=1683527025&do=diff index glossary function business_rule process Function Functions can be used in rules to perform various manipulations with data. AwareIM includes several groups of functions to work with text, dates and time, perform mathematical calculations and others. Aware IM also allows addition of new functions that can be developed using a programming language. text/html 2025-06-12T04:00:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/hosting_environment?rev=1749700827&do=diff index glossary hosting_environment deployment Hosting environment AwareIM allows users to access their business space in the operation mode from any location via the Internet using a standard Web browser. This requires AwareIM Server to be installed on a computer that has a permanent connection to the Internet with sufficient speed and bandwidth. The users who do not have a suitable Internet connection can run text/html 2023-05-09T01:49:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/hyperlink_element?rev=1683596989&do=diff index glossary form presentation query process Hyperlink element A visual element in presentations can have an operation assigned to it. When the user clicks on the element in the operation mode the assigned operation is executed. The operation types include starting a process, running a query, viewing a presentation and others. text/html 2023-05-09T01:50:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/id_attribute?rev=1683597053&do=diff index glossary business_object attribute ID attribute ID attributed is added automatically to a definition of any business object. When an instance of a business object gets created the ID attribute is assigned a value that uniquely identifies the instance within AwareIM text/html 2023-05-09T01:51:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/import?rev=1683597082&do=diff index glossary import action instance business_object Import Import is an action that reads values of attributes of a business object from a file in the operation mode and inserts its contents into a business space creating or replacing business objects as necessary. In addition to inserting separate object data it can also preserve relations between objects allowing for importing complex data. For example, it is possible to import customer details together with all his accounts and transactio… text/html 2023-05-09T01:51:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/indexed_attribute?rev=1683597106&do=diff index glossary indexed_attribute attribute business_object query Indexed attribute If a configurator marks an attribute as indexed, AwareIM will instruct the underlying database system to create an index for this attribute. Creating database index may significantly speed up queries involving the attribute. This is an advanced option to be used by users familiar with the database management systems. text/html 2023-05-09T01:52:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/initialization_rule?rev=1683597147&do=diff index glossary initialisation_rule business_object business_rule attribute Initialization rule AwareIM considers rules with a certain pattern to be initialization rules. Here is an example of an initialization rule: IF Order.State IS UNDEFINED THEN Order.State = 'New' When a new business object is created in the operation mode the initialization rules are executed before the text/html 2023-05-09T01:53:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/intelligent_business_object?rev=1683597180&do=diff index glossary intelligent_business_object communication_channel service rest soap email Intelligent business object In addition to a collection of attributes that ordinary business objects have, intelligent business objects are capable of processing information and communicating in a meaningful way. This includes human beings, software systems and electronic devices. For example, a customer would be an intelligent object because an organization needs to keep certain information about its cust… text/html 2023-05-09T01:54:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/login?rev=1683597245&do=diff index glossary login access_level business_space operation_mode Login Login is a process of a user entering a business space that takes place in both configuration mode and operation mode. In the configuration mode the configurator enters a password and logs into a business space when Configuration Tool starts up. In the operation mode there are two categories of users: registered users and guests. An authorised person, usually the administrator of the system, can register users. Alternatively… text/html 2023-05-09T01:53:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/logout?rev=1683597230&do=diff index glossary logout operation_mode business_space Logout Logout is a process of a user leaving a business space. In the configuration mode the configurator logs out by closing Configuration Tool. In the operation mode users click on the Logout link or AwareIM automatically logs them out after a certain period of inactivity. It is strongly recommended that users logout when finishing their work with the system, especially if they use a computer that belongs to someone else. This will prevent… text/html 2023-05-09T01:54:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/matching_attributes?rev=1683597284&do=diff index glossary business_object matching_attributes reference_attribute Matching attributes Matching attributes are reference attributes of two related business objects that describe the same relation. Consider an example where Customer object has attribute Accounts that keeps track of all accounts of the customer, and Account object has attribute Holder that refers to the customer holding this account. These two attributes are declared as matching. The user creates a new account and selects a … text/html 2025-08-09T03:36:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/notification?rev=1754710615&do=diff index glossary notification process business_rule login intelligent_business_object Notification A notification is a way of communicating where a party can send a message to another party without having to identify itself and without expecting a reply back from the other party. It is entirely up to the other party to decide how to react upon receiving the notification. An e-mail is a good notification example. text/html 2023-05-09T01:56:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/object_form?rev=1683597377&do=diff index glossary object_form form business_object custom_form autogenerated_form Object form An object form is one or more pages displayed for users in the operation mode to view and edit a business object. The form shows attributes of the object according to their type and the appearance settings specified by a configurator. Object forms can have one or several sections, each section can be either text/html 2022-09-13T18:15:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/object_operation?rev=1663092950&do=diff Object operation An object operation is an operation that applies to a particular business object. For example, a transaction object may have such operations as approve transaction, reject transaction, etc. Object operations can be configured as processes taking as their input the business object of interest. Object operations appear in the caption bar of the text/html 2022-09-13T18:15:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/object_relation_type?rev=1663092950&do=diff Object relation type There are two relation types: peer and ownership. The peer relation type should be used for objects that can exist independently of each other. For example a product can exist without being linked to a product category. If a product category is deleted, all products that were linked to the category lose the link but continue to exist on their own. text/html 2022-09-13T18:15:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/object_storage?rev=1663092950&do=diff Object storage Business object storage, also called persistence, determines where the business object data is kept. Usually the data is stored in a database. The configurator can nominate an object as not persisted, in which case the object is used in the operation mode temporarily and is not saved in the system. text/html 2022-09-13T18:15:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/object_type_and_object_instance?rev=1663092950&do=diff Object type and object instance While there is a single business object describing a business element in the configuration mode, there may be many objects in the operation mode representing the same business element. For example, a customer object may be defined in the configuration mode, and then many customer objects would be registered in the operation mode, each representing a different customer. text/html 2022-09-13T18:15:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/operation?rev=1663092950&do=diff Operation Operation is an action that a user can perform with the instance of a business object in the Operation Mode. This action may start a process, run a query, create a document etc. The action is usually specific to the instance of a business object for which the operation is invoked. For example, a process started by an operation may take the instance of a business object as its text/html 2022-09-13T18:15:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/operation_mode?rev=1663092950&do=diff Operation mode In the operation mode AwareIM manages the information system according to the instructions in the business space provided by a configurator in the configuration mode. Regular users login into the business space in the operation mode to use the system in the course of conducting their day-to-day business activities. text/html 2023-05-09T02:05:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/presentation?rev=1683597946&do=diff index glossary presentation form business_object Presentation A presentation is a way of displaying information of one or multiple business objects for users in the operation mode. Unlike object forms presentations are not used to edit objects, instead they offer a variety of data presentation options for designing custom layouts, including a conditional display of information. Presentations can include text/html 2023-05-09T02:05:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/process?rev=1683597959&do=diff index glossary process action function Process Process is a way of performing an operation in AwareIM. In the operation mode a process can be started from a rule, manually by a user, or when a service is requested by an external software system. Usually a configurator defines a process as a collection of rules that are executed in a particular order. A process can also be configured to use a software component developed using a traditional programming language. This option is useful when some … text/html 2023-05-09T02:06:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/process_failure_rules?rev=1683597986&do=diff index glossary process_failure_rules process Process Failure Rules Process failure rules may be attached to a particular process. They are evaluated if this process fails as a result of execution of the REPORT ERROR action by one of its rules. Failure rules perform corrective actions. If failure rules are defined for a process the execution of the process continues after the failure. text/html 2023-05-09T02:06:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/process_input?rev=1683597998&do=diff index glossary process_input process Process input If a process needs one or several business objects to work properly, a configurator should declare such objects as the process input. When the process is executed in the operation mode these objects will form the initial context for the process. AwareIM uses the process input information for various purposes, for example when looking for text/html 2023-05-09T02:07:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/publish?rev=1683598021&do=diff index glossary publish business_space_version business_space operation_mode Publish Publish is a command of the Configuration Tool that makes a business space version operational. The version state becomes ‘Current’. text/html 2023-05-09T02:07:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/query?rev=1683598044&do=diff index glossary query business_object Query A query is used in the operation mode to find business objects that meet specified conditions. Query results can be displayed to the user or used for processing by rules, for example within a process. Queries can also find objects that belong to a business object group. If query results are intended to be displayed to users, the text/html 2023-05-09T02:07:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/query_rule_form?rev=1683598063&do=diff index glossary query_rule_form query Query rule form The rule form is a section of the query editor in the Configuration Tool where a configurator can specify a query using the rule language. It can be used for queries that are too complex to be defined in the simple form. For example, a query in the rule form that finds all members over 16 years old and lists them in the alphabetical order may look like this: text/html 2023-05-09T02:08:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/query_simple_form?rev=1683598092&do=diff index glossary query_simple_form query Query simple form The simple form is a section of the query editor in the Configuration Tool where the configurator can specify a query in a simple way using visual controls to select the business objects to find and enter desired conditions. Some elaborate queries, which cannot be constructed in the simple form, can be specified using the text/html 2023-05-09T02:09:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/query_sql_form?rev=1683598140&do=diff index glossary query_sql_form query Query SQL form The SQL form is a section of the query editor in the Configuration Tool where the configurator can specify a query using the SQL, a language that database management systems understand. It can be used by SQL experts for queries that are too complex to be defined in the text/html 2023-05-09T02:10:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/reference_attribute?rev=1683598258&do=diff index glossary reference_attribute attribute business_object Reference attribute Unlike attributes of the basic attribute types, a reference attribute, or simply reference, describes a relation between the business object to which the attribute belongs and some other business object or business object group. For example, to register a relation between an account and its holder the text/html 2023-05-09T02:11:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/report?rev=1683598283&do=diff index glossary report query presentation document Report Report is a special kind of document template that can be designed to present information of multiple business objects. It is primarily intended to generate comprehensive reports in the operation mode with multiple columns, groupings, element count, subtotals, etc. Reports are designed in the report designer, which offers a variety of data presentation options for designing custom layouts, including text/html 2023-05-09T02:11:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/required_attribute?rev=1683598301&do=diff index glossary required_attribute attribute business_object Required attribute The configurator may specify that a value must be provided for an attribute, in other words it cannot be empty. In this case AwareIM will check the value of the attribute whenever the business object (or notification) is created or updated in operation mode and disallow the operation if the attribute value is undefined. text/html 2023-05-09T02:12:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/rule?rev=1683598323&do=diff index glossary rule business_object business_rule process Rule A rule specifies one or more actions that should be executed when the rule conditions are met. The conditions are optional and if none are specified the actions are executed unconditionally. In other words a rule states what should happen and when. AwareIM follows the rules defined by the text/html 2023-05-09T02:12:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/rule_collection?rev=1683598359&do=diff index glossary rule_collection business_rule business_object process Rule collection The configurator can attach rules to certain configuration elements such as business objects, processes and notifications. Since there may be several rules attached to the same configuration element such rules are organised into rule collections. Rule collections can be ordered or unordered text/html 2023-05-09T02:13:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/rule_evaluation?rev=1683598392&do=diff index glossary rule_evaluation business_rule business_object process Rule evaluation Rule evaluation is a process of AwareIM considering rules to determine whether their actions need to be executed. Aware IM evaluates rules attached to a configuration element when an event happens that affects that element. For example, when a business object is modified or a text/html 2023-05-09T02:13:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/rule_execution_log?rev=1683598428&do=diff index glossary rule_execution_log business_rule process action business_space Rule execution log Rule execution log is a file containing history of rule evaluation and action execution in the operation mode. It can be used to check that the business space works as expected. The configurator can control the level of details that go into the log. text/html 2023-05-09T02:14:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/rule_execution_order?rev=1683598457&do=diff index glossary rule_execution_order business_rule process Rule execution order Rule execution order determines how rules in a rule collection are evaluated and their actions executed. Rule collections attached to business objects are unordered. When a business object is modified AwareIM evaluates all rules in its rule collection to find actions to be executed. It then executes one of the found actions. Since the action can make further changes to the object, text/html 2023-05-09T02:14:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/rule_language?rev=1683598476&do=diff index glossary rule_language business_rule process Rule language The rule language used in AwareIM allows the configurator to define instructions on managing information in a business space. It is used to specify rules, queries, tags, and other configuration elements. The rule language is simple and intuitive and, unlike traditional programming languages, it does not require special software development skills. text/html 2023-05-09T02:15:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/rule_priority?rev=1683598515&do=diff index glossary rule_priority business_rule business_object Rule priority When actions for rules in an unordered rule collection are executed their execution order is undefined. Most rules are independent of other rules so the execution order is not important. In those rare cases when an action should be executed before or after actions of some other rules in the collection, this can be achieved by setting the rule priority higher or lower than that of the other rules. For example, a final disc… text/html 2023-05-09T02:15:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/rule_table?rev=1683598556&do=diff index glossary rule_table business_rule business_object deprecated version Rule table Rule table is a rule editor allowing for editing several rules at the same time. It hides certain elements of the rule language and presents the rule contents in a simple and easy to understand fashion. It is especially useful for editing rules of similar nature, for example a set of rules that determine where to forward an incoming e-mail based on the contents of its address or the subject line. text/html 2023-05-09T02:17:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/run_time?rev=1683598627&do=diff index glossary run_time operation_mode Run time Run time is another way of referring to the operation mode. When some event is said to happen at run time it means the event takes place in the operation mode. text/html 2023-05-09T02:20:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/scheduling?rev=1683598816&do=diff index glossary scheduling process Scheduling Scheduling is a feature of AwareIM allowing executing operations at a specified time. It is useful for periodic processes that should run with certain regularity at the specified time of the day. For example, overnight printing of letters to clients that have been generated during the day, or daily checking of outstanding invoices and sending reminder e-mails to customers. text/html 2023-05-09T02:20:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/service?rev=1683598842&do=diff index glossary service intelligent_business_object rest soap email Service A service is a more formal and comprehensive way of communicating than a notification. A party requesting a service from another party must first identify itself to the other party, and can expect a meaningful reply back. For example, requesting an order status for a given order number from an order management system. text/html 2023-05-09T02:22:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/service_implementation?rev=1683598947&do=diff index glossary service_implementation service process Service implementation A service provided by a business space is implemented by a process in the business space. When an outside service request is received into the business space the implementing process is started. text/html 2023-05-09T02:22:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/service_input?rev=1683598976&do=diff index glossary service_input business_object service process Service input Service input is one or more business objects containing information that the service expects from the service requestor. If the service is defined in a business space the service input objects are passed to the implementing process as the process input when the service is requested in the operation mode. text/html 2023-05-09T02:23:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/service_reply?rev=1683599007&do=diff index glossary service_reply service process soap rest notification Service reply Service reply is a notification containing information that the service passes back to the service requestor as the service result. text/html 2023-05-09T02:23:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/shortcut_attribute?rev=1683599025&do=diff index glossary shortcut_attribute attribute business_object Shortcut attribute Shortcut attribute allows displaying an attribute that belongs to a related business object on a form for the object to which the shortcut attribute belongs. For example, an order item form could display a name of the product for the item with a shortcut attribute that uses an text/html 2023-05-09T02:24:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/sub_presentation?rev=1683599059&do=diff index glossary sub-presentation business_object presentation Sub-presentation Sub-presentation is a presentation embedded into another presentation. It is used when a presentation needs to show business objects other than those shown by the presentation. For example, if a presentation showing details of one or several customers should include orders and outstanding invoices for each customer, the orders and invoices would be shown by separate sub-presentations embedded into the main presentati… text/html 2023-05-09T02:24:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/sub_query?rev=1683599081&do=diff index glossary sub-query query business_object Sub-query Sub-query is a part of a query that performs search on business objects other than those of the main query. For example, in a query that searches for customers who placed more than one order within last month, the part checking the orders would be a sub-query since the main query searches for customers. text/html 2023-05-09T02:25:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/sub_report?rev=1683599101&do=diff index glossary sub-report report query business_object Sub-report Sub-report is a report embedded into another report. It is used when a report needs to show business objects other than those shown by the report. For example, if a report on customers should also include orders and outstanding invoices for each customer, the orders and invoices would be shown by separate sub-reports embedded into the main report for customers. text/html 2023-05-09T02:25:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/tag?rev=1683599131&do=diff index glossary tag business_object attribute report document Tag A tag is placeholder used to indicate business object-specific information inside document templates, presentations, reports and other elements containing text. When a document is generated from a template in the operation mode, or a presentation is displayed, the tag is replaced with actual data taken from business objects. For example a template for a customer letter may start with a line that includes a tag: text/html 2023-05-09T02:25:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/testing_mode?rev=1683599156&do=diff index glossary testing_mode business_space version testing Testing mode Testing mode allows the configurator to try out a new version of a business space in the operation mode without disrupting the normal operation of the application. When the configurator moves a business space version under test, AwareIM creates a separate test business space in the operation mode according to the configuration of the new version. Nominated users can text/html 2023-05-09T02:26:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/user_defined_processes?rev=1683599180&do=diff index glossary user_defined_processes process operation_mode User Defined Processes (workflows) User defined processes (or workflows) are processes that end users define for themselves using the special module available in the Operation Mode. This video tutorial explains how to get the end users to define their own workflows. text/html 2023-05-09T02:26:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/validation_rules?rev=1683599204&do=diff index glossary validation_rule business_rule rule business_object attribute Validation rule AwareIM considers rules with a certain pattern to be validation rules. Here is an example of a validation rule: IF Customer.Name IS UNDEFINED THEN REPORT ERROR 'Customer name is empty' Aware IM applies such rules when a user edits a business object on the text/html 2023-05-09T02:27:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/visual_perspective?rev=1683599225&do=diff index glossary visual_perspective ui operation_mode Visual perspective Visual perspective determines what appears on screen when users access their business space in the operation mode. It includes such layout elements as menu, header and footer panels, font type and size, colors and other visual settings. A configurator can define several visual perspectives within a business space for different parts of the business space or to create a different interface for users with different text/html 2023-05-09T02:27:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.awareim.com/dokuwiki/glossary/while_semantics?rev=1683599254&do=diff index glossary while_semantics business_rule business_object action While semantics ‘While semantics’ is an option for rules in unordered collections the configurator may use in some rare circumstances to tell AwareIM that it should keep executing rule actions while the rule conditions are satisfied. Normally Aware IM executes rule actions once, and only executes them again if