With the development of industry business and the growth of business process requirements, enterprise information resources are increasingly showing the characteristics of heterogeneous distribution and loose coupling. Realizing a large-scale, heterogeneous, and distributed execution environment so that interrelated tasks can run efficiently has become a strong demand for business management. Event-driven and data-driven application system construction becomes more effective. Therefore, the workflow platform has become a necessary tool for building an information system.
The workflow platform is mainly for enterprise information software such as CRM, ERP, PM and other enterprise applications related to business flow and workflow, as well as for government or enterprise intranet office automation or approval process applications, as a "one-stop service" , "Parallel Approval" and other process-based integration applications provide a powerful underlying support platform. The flow of information is the key to an information system. The workflow platform will provide the necessary guarantee for the automation and standardization of information flow in various information systems.
As a result, companies have a growing need for workflow software, leading to a rapid increase in the need to develop more complex and efficient software. From computer vision, cognitive automation and machine learning to robotic process automation, artificial intelligence and related new technologies are increasingly being used. According to Camunda's 2020 State of Process Automation Report, 97% of IT decision makers believe process automation is critical to digital transformation. Additionally, 36 percent of organizations are already implementing business process management software to automate workflows, and 29 percent plan to implement business process management software in the near future.
The low-code development framework provides a support module for information flow automation for application systems based on event and data-driven design. The model definition tool provides a graphical process definition tool, and the workflow engine and workflow monitoring tool realize the background driving and process monitoring of the workflow. The background workflow engine is implemented in the form of components, which provides a rich integration interface for the integration of application systems and facilitates the rapid connection of business systems.
In the same business process of the low-code development framework, the work of different nodes and different employees will show the characteristics of "sequence, automation, and rhythm", which is step-by-step and methodical. When designing a business process, users can automatically judge and distribute to relevant departments and personnel according to certain key data in the process according to the system’s preset conditions. Developers can freely define process nodes through the existing server-side command mechanism The executor, authority, rules, pre-/post-operation and other related content can fully meet the diverse industry needs and business scenarios.
Companies usually have several business processes running at the same time, and the workflow management application is equipped with a centralized dashboard to provide a bird's-eye view of all processes running in the organization, providing an overview of the overall status of the workflow today and real-time information about the workflow. Users can browse the status statistics and workflow status list of all workflows of the day, and at the same time receive real-time notifications of workflow status changes, and view statistics on the execution of the workflow from different angles.
The low-code development framework can greatly simplify the workflow scheduling design and management work. The graphical design method makes the logical relationship between job tasks clearer. The monitoring function can provide feedback on problems existing during task execution. Work execution is automated, simplifying the original work of engineers to the extent that business personnel can quickly get started. Through the full life cycle management of the workflow, it serves the development and maintenance of the application, and then provides the core business support capability of informatization, deeply builds the online operation capability and business capability of the enterprise, and endows the enterprise with a more convenient management mode and more flexibility The ability to expand helps enterprises to truly realize informatization.