Selecting a Perspective

Perspectives can be selected in the Perspectives menu item in the menu of the navigation pane.

When logging into the Stardust Portal, it opens with the default perspective, the Workflow Execution Perspective. To switch to another perspective, click on the perspective entry on the upper left side.


Figure: Select a Perspective to work with.

Please note that the Administration Perspective is only available for selection if the logged-in user has administration rights.

Perspectives

The following perspectives are provided:

Administration Perspective

The Administration Perspective provides a set of views displaying comprehensive or selective information on resources logging in and out of the system, processes being executed, activities being performed, user accounts of workflow participants and running daemons. Note that this perspective is only available for users having administrator rights.

Business Control Center Perspective

The Business Control Center Perspective provides a business management portal, which offers the possibility for:

Business Process Modeling Perspective

The Business Process Modeling Perspective provides a Web-based modeling platform for analysts to create business process flow. For details on this perspective, refer to Business Process Modeling Handbook. Business Process Modeling Handbook.

Workflow Execution Perspective

The Workflow Execution Perspective is a fully-functional application for executing interactive process activities. It allows you to display activities assigned to the logged-in user via various worklists, perform single process activities modeled e.g. as JSF layouts or manual activities and perform administrative activities, such as process monitoring.