Camunda Blog
Nov 30, 2015
Hello new Camunda Modeler
Today we release the first version of the new Camunda Modeler to the public. The new modeler is a desktop application and integrated modeling solution for BPMN 2.0 and DMN 1.1. It builds on top of the BPMN 2.0 and DMN tooling provided by bpmn.io and brings its simplicity, performance and style to every computer. Download the new Modeler from camunda.org and start building BPMN 2.0 diagrams better and faster today. Current Feature Set The modeler provides you with a rich modeling tooling, including: Modeling of BPMN 2.0 process and collaboration diagrams Editing of BPMN 2.0 and Camunda properties via a properties panel Modeling of DMN 1.1 tables Tabbing (multiple diagrams open) History with Undo and Redo Native Operating system…
Nov 30, 2015
Camunda Eclipse Plugin 3.0.0 Released
Today we release version 3.0.0 of the Camunda Eclipse Plugin. This major release provides a set of new features.
Nov 26, 2015
External Tasks allows new Use Cases with Camunda BPM 7.4
In a recent Blog Post I wrote about a concept we call “External Tasks” where services were not actively called from the Workflow Engine (PUSH) but where “Workers” retrieve their tasks from the Workflow Engine (PULL). We discussed this a lot and got so much feedback that we decided to support this pattern out-of-the-box in Camunda BPM 7.4. Let’s have a look at an example (yes – we do have customers implementing video processing :-)): In this case transcoding and uploading a video file can take ages. It is done by special software which often does not have a SOAP or REST API to call. So in this case it is much easier to make an External Task out of…
Nov 20, 2015
Camunda BPM 7.4 Release Candidate Available
Today we’re releasing Camunda BPM 7.4.0-alpha3. This release is our official release candidate for 7.4.0 final, which we will unleash upon the world on November 30th.
Nov 17, 2015
Over 3700 BPMN 2.0 Diagrams for Research Purposes
We have put together a collection of BPMN 2.0 diagrams for research purposes. These diagrams have been created in our BPMN trainings, which we have been giving since 2008. In all of these trainings, the participants created BPMN diagrams based on so called text-to-model exercises. We provide you with the exercise texts, the participants’ results as well as our sample solutions. All diagrams have been anonymized and are provided as BPMN 2.0 XML files, which can be downloaded from our BPMN for Research repository on GitHub. The following diagram illustrates the process in which these diagrams have been created. There are German and English diagrams, which are sorted into folders of four separate exercises. Feedback Welcome! For research purposes the…
Oct 30, 2015
Escalation Events in Camunda BPM 7.4
The humble escalation event has arrived to the Camunda process engine. Well actually there are technically 6 of them and while each is special in its own little way I’m going to give some examples of the most widely used ones. Escalation events act a lot like error events with one very important difference – You can throw an escalation event without interrupting the process instance. A good example of the usefulness of this event can be seen in the following model: This model describes a situation where someone needs to be made aware of an issue within the process. Specifically where processing is going to take too long, but we also don’t want the process to stop. By using…
By Niall Deehan
Oct 14, 2015
A new blog for Camunda BPM posse
I was delighted when Daniel asked me to valify (as Robert says) the Camunda BPM Team Blog and make it fit our CI (nope, for once, this ain’t meaning Continuous Integration). Here’s the little story about that work… erm… fun and some show-off about the new blog features.
Oct 1, 2015
Camunda 7.4.0-Alpha2 released
Today we release Camunda BPM 7.4.0-Alpha2. This is the second alpha release previewing the upcoming 7.4.0 Release. The highlights of this release are: Improved DMN Engine Hit Policies Data Types New Cockpit Features, Auditing of DMN Decisions, BPMN Heat Map, Improved BPMN Engine Support for BPMN Escalation Improved Asynchronous Execution Efficiency SLF4j Logging Faster Deployments Improved CMMN Engine Add Support for Repetition Rule Support for Tomcat 8 New Documentation Many Bugfixes Overall more than 170 issues were closed. See complete Release Notes in Jira. Download For Free Run with Docker DMN Auditing in Cockpit Cockpit now provides a preview of the support for DMN-based Decision Auditing. The dashboard displays now all deployed decision tables. Selecting a decision table opens the…
By Daniel Meyer
Sep 24, 2015
Impressions from Camunda Community Day 2015
Or in other words: Our most awesome community day yet! Last week our annual Camunda Community Day took place. I always enjoy that day very much because it gives me the opportunity to get in touch with community contributors and users. I always learn a lot during these days and I take a lot of energy away from it. Same as last year, the Community Day took place here at the Camunda office in exactly the same space in which we normally sit behind our desks and write code. We had to limit reservations to 100 (including ourselves). Two things struck me with this: when we announced the date in Camunda Network, it was almost instantly sold out, and almost…
By Daniel Meyer
