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  • Widget Requirements and Design
    • *** Note 1: actual screen layout and display can be changed based on implementation decisions. ***
    • *** Note 2: the service list panel columns can be changed based on the database table columns. The important fields would be the request id / service instance id, requester id, date/time for filtering.***
    • *** Note 3: we can add a new field, Proc_Inst-ID varchar(64) to the Infra_Active_Requests database table, to associate it (as a top-level process instance id) with the service instance id
    • Service List Widget 
      • Capabilities
        • Provides monitoring capabilities for processed services based on search criteria
          • Configurable Search Criteria filtering: Service ID, Operation Type, Status, User Id, Date/Time range
          • Actual filtering criteria fields could be changed based on configuration
        • The Service List panel will display the filtered Service list.
        • This widget can be triggered from other UIs (VID, UUI, external applications).
      • Design
        • The search criteria fields will be defined in a search criteria field configuration file (e.g., so-monitoring-config.yaml). So, they can be customized and support internationalization.
        • Based on the fields and buttons configuration, the Service List widget will render the corresponding fields and buttons.
        • The search criteria fields support the field validation based on the field type; e.g., length, date format, time format.
        • The Service List panel supports pagination, which will be controlled by the Navigation buttons.
        • Queries a service list from the SO Request DB through the Monitoring REST APIs.
        • Action buttons are enabled/disabled based on data population and/or context.
        • The wild characters are supported for the Search fields.
        • Note: for security (who, when and how access info), the requester info (User Id) is needed. It could be a future requirement.
          • The flexible filtering expression could be a stretch goal (it depends the BE Request DB query capabilities)

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        • Example of so-monitoring-config.yaml                   // note: the flexibility depends on the SO getServiceList(...) support

service-list-search-criteria-fields:

user-id:

name: User Id

type: String

max-length: 30

validation: alpha-numeric

service-id:

name: Service Id

type: String

max-length: 30

validation: alpha-numeric

operation-type:

name: Operation Type

type: String

max-length: 30

validation: alpha-numeric

status:

name: Status

type: combo-list

max-length: 30

default-value:

- status-item: finished

name: Finished

- status-item: processing

name: Processing

- status-item: error

name: Error

date-from:

name: Date From

type: date

validation: date-format

time-from:

name: Time From

type: time

validation: time-format

date-to:

name: Date To

type: date

validation: date-format

time-to:

name: Time To

type: time

valiation: time-format

filtering-expression:

name: Filtering Expression

type: string

validation: regular-expression

action-buttions:

search:

name: Search

statistic:

name: Statistic

monitor:

name: Monitor

previous:

name: Previous       # or <--

next:

name: Next             # or -->

service-list:

max-row: 25000

service-instance-rendering-details:

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    • Search Operations:
      • Capabilities
        • Retrieve a service list thru the Service List REST API, getServiceList(...)
        • Provides filtering, Service ID, Operation Type, Status, Date/Time range (actual criteria could be configured).
        • Click the Search button, and the filtered service list will be displayed.
      • Design
        • After the user fills up the desired search crtieria fields, and click the Search button.
        • Use a REST API, getServiceList with search criteria parameters based on a new getInfraRequest(...)
        • Provide pagnation for the list, and enable/disable the navigation buttons based on the page location.
          • When the retreieved rows exceed the max-row configuration value, provide the user a warning to narrow the search scope.
        • When the Service List data is NOT populated, only the Search button is enabled; rest buttons are disabled.
        • When the Service List data is populated, enable the navigation, Statistic and Monitor buttons.
        • Stretch goals
          • sort the list ascending and descending order per column
          • change the column position

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  • Service List Get Process / Service Instance Monitoring
    • Capabilities
      • Select a row and click the Monitor button. Then, it will open the process / Service instance (maps into process instance in Camunda) monitoring widget for the selected process / Service instance on the secondary/pop-up browser page.
    • Design
      • when a user clicks on a row, highlight the selected row and enable the Monitor button.
      • Once the Monitor button is clicked, go to the process / Service Instance Rendering and Deail widget, passing key fields such as process / service instance id, which will be mapped into the process instance id to find a matched process instance id in Camunda database in the Service Instance Rendering and Detail widget.

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    • Service Statistic Widget (stretch goal)Widget 
      • When, the static button statistics panel is clicked, the Service Statistic dashboard will be shown. 
      • Collect and display Request / Service Instance statistic per filtered service list, for the filtered service range.
      • Design
        • Query for service list data for a given search criteria. 
          • Use a REST API, getServiceList with search criteria parameters based on a new getServiceStatic(...) based on the  getInfraRequest(...)
        • Count the total number per status (Finished, Processing, Error)
        • Status Total / total number

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    • Process / Service Instance Rendering and Detail Widget
      • Capabilities
        • Get a process definition XML through the Service Id and Process instance association.
        • use Camunda REST API, GET /process-defintion/{id}/xml
        • Get the state of a process instance from the activity-instances
        • Use Camunda REST API, get/process-instance/{id}/activity-instances
        • Render the BPMN XML with bpmn.io (or equivalent) and places markers on top of it, and provide process / Service instance detail views.
      • Design
        • This widget will be on the secondary/pop-up browser page. 
          • The Service List page will be the primary page, so the user can open multiple Process / Service Instance Rendering and Detail pages.
        • The search criteria fields are for display only, and they cannot be changed.
        • The Detail panel is scrollable and display contents with the tag: value formt.
        • Query a process instance with the matched 'serviceInstanceId' process variable.
          • get a process instande id: query bases on the process variable, 
            • GET /history/variable-instance/{variableValue}, where {variableValue} = 'serviceIntanceId' ;
          • query BPML XML based on a process instance id
            • GET /process-definition/{id}/xml
          • query the process instance detail such as process variables
            • GET /process-instance/{id}/variables
            • Display the process variables on the Process / Service Instance Detail panel
          • query and activity instance (tree) for the process instance id
            • GET /process-instance/{id}/activity-instances
            • GET /history/activity-instance/{id}
            • The response provides child activity instance info. By using this we can find the parent and child process instnce id and definition id.
              • If the current process instance id has its parent, enable the Drill-Up button.
            • When a user clicks on a task, display the task varables
              • GET /task/{id}variables
              • When the task activity type is call activity, it enables the Drill-Down button.
        • Render the process instance diagram with the retrieved XML.
          • use bpmn.io javascript library for the XML rendering and event attachments for process instance tasks.

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        • The Close button is always enabled.

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    • The following is a possible alternative process / service instance rendering based on the Camunda Cockpit screen. If we go this path, the Camunda Cockpit customized plugin would be used. This path was NOT chosen. 
    • Calling the process instance cockpit page
      • get the processInstanceId from the getProcessInstanceId(String serviceInstanceId).
      • call the process instance cockpit page, e.g., following a function like below:
      • $scope.getProcessInstanceUrl = function(processInstance, params) {
        var path = '#/process-instance/' + processInstance.id;
        var searches = angular.extend({}, ($location.search() || {}), (params || {}));

        var keepSearchParams = [ 'viewbox' ];
        for (var i in params) {
        keepSearchParams.push(i);
        }

        return routeUtil.redirectTo(path, searches, keepSearchParams);
        };

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    • Task Drill-Down/Drill-Up and Detail View
      • Capabilities
        • Support Task (Call Activity) drill-down/drill-up capabilities.
        • When a call activity task is selected, the Drill-Down button will be enabled.
        • Provide detail views for the selected Task.
        • When a task is selected including the call activity, the Detail view panel will display details for the selected task.
      • Design
        • When a selected/clicked task activity type is the Call Activity, the Drill-Down button is enabled.
          • if (activityType.equals('CallActivity') {enableDrillDown();}

        • If the current process instance has its parent process instance (from the activity tree), the Drill-Up button is enabled.
          • if (parentActivityInstanceId != null) {enableDrillUp();}

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    • Sub-Process/Service Instance Rendering and Detail View
      • Capabilities
        • Get a sub process defintion XML through the Service Id and Process Instance association.
        • Use Camunda REST API, get/process-definition/{sub-id}/xml
        • Get the state of a sub-process instance from the activity-instances.
        • Use Camunda REST API, get/process-instance/{sub-id}/activity-instances
        • Render the BPMN XML with bpmn.io and places markers on top of it, and provides process/service instance detail views.
        • This widget uses the same code of the Process/Service Instance Rendering and Detail View with the sub-process instance id. 
        • The Drill-Up button will be enabled.
      • Design
        • This widget code is the same as the Process/Service Instance Rendering and Detail. 
        • The difference is the passed process id; the child process instance id will be passed.

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  • REST APIs for providing data to UIsfor providing data to UIs   (note: actual code will be different based on the implementation decisions
    • Capabilities
      • Provides REST services, by utilzing 1) Camunda REST APIs, such as BPMN XML string, process activity data, process variable, statistic, and 2) SO Request DB APIs for a service list.
      • Consolidate data responses from multple Camunda calls (both from process and history database) and feed them to UIs.
      • Use of HistoryService APIs, example, processEngine.getHistoryService().createHistoricProcessVariableQuery().xyz
      • Set a History level to ACTIVITY as a minimum; AUDIT (default) level for process variable tracing; currently, it is set to FULL
        • ProcessEngine processEngine = ProcessEngineConfiguration.createProcessEngineConfigurationFromResourceDefault().setHistory(ProcessEngineConfiguration.HISTORY_FULL).buildProcessEngine()
      • Provides workflow tracing (between parent-child workflows, interaction with other services; service task in and out); example,
        • processEngine.getRuntimeService().createExecutionQuery().processVariableValueEquals("serviceInstanceId", serviceInstanceId).singleResult();
      • Custom Query
        • Custom Query against History ACT_HI_DETAIL database table, as needed
      • Create a REST API, getServiceList with search criteria
        • Enhance MsoRequestsDbAdapter and MsoRequestsDbAdapterImpl to implement getInfraRequest(...) with additional parameters
        • invoke getInfraRequest(...) to collect service list data based on search criteria.
        • or use the RequestDB adapter directly.
    • Design
      • Write REST APIs in the new mso-api-handlers/mso-api-handler-monitoring
      • The following APIs are out-dated. Look at the SO-Monitor-APIs for Implementation detail, SO Monitoring API
  1. getServiceList(Map searchCriteria...)                                                 // invokes new getInfraRequest(Map searchCriteria...)
    1. getServiceStatistic(Map searchCriteria, String status);            // get the statistic percentage for the status
  2. getProcessInstanceId(String serviceInstanceId);                               // get the processInstanceId through GET /history/variable-instance/{id}
  3. getprocessDiagramXML(String processInstanceId);                          // get a process instance, get a process definition id, and get diagram
  4. getprocessInstanceDetail(String processInstanceId); 
  5. getHistoryActivityInstance(String processInstanceId);                       // GET /history/activity-instance?processInstanceId={processInstanceId}
  6. getProcessInstanceParent (String processInstanceId);
  7. getProcessInstanceChildren(String processInstanceId);
  8. getProcessTaskDetail(String processInstanceId, String taskId);
  9. getProcessTaskType(String processInstanceId, String taskid);        // query if this task type is "Call Activity" for drilling down

    • The following diagram depicts the API interaction.

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  • Component Build Dependencies
    • The following diagram depicts the component build dependencies.
    • Components can be built in parallel with a certain level of sequential integration. 
    • Each estimate includes code development and unit testing plus some component integration and integration testing (since there are API dependencies).

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  • Estimates (T-Shirt Size: M)

    • Note: 
      • It is a rough estimate - to be refined
      • Estimate includes development and unit testing time
      • As mentioned in the above section, the components can be built in parallel. 
      • 5 hours / day

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Comments

1REST APIs for providing data to UIs40 hours / Java developer
    • REST facade for
      • collecting and consolidating various Camunda process instance and history data to simplify GUI data collection interaction.
      • collecting SO Request DB data
2SO Service List widget60 hours / UI developer
    • populate search filter criteria
    • Displays a service list panel
    • control action buttons
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Process/Service Instance Rendering

and Detail Panel

60 hours / UI developer
    • Renders process/service instance workflow graphically
    • provides the process/ service instance details and selected task details
    • Provides drill-down and drill-up capabilities
4Statistic Dashboard (stretch goal)40 hours / UI developer
    • Displays statistic for the selected service scope
5Custom History Producer (stretch goal)40 hours / Java developer
    • Not need for Casablanca
    • Produce history with additional data population
    • This is an option, and is used only if the Camunda history data is not sufficient.