Getting to know the process engine
With the continuous development of information technology, digital tools are more and more widely used in government, enterprises and institutions. Among them, the use of process engines is very popular. For example, the OA system for administrative office , the CRM system used in sales, the PLM system in the R&D field, and the SRM system in the supply chain field all use process engines. The process engine is responsible for handling the whole process management content from process instance generation, node driving, state management to process termination. It can help governments, enterprises and institutions to process business processes more efficiently, improve work efficiency, and bring more benefits.
GIS in process engine
Compared with general business process engines such as OA systems and CRM systems, the process engines of GIS applications not only support the transfer of form data, but also can achieve the purpose of business process approval cooperated with GIS applications. This is the case for process-driven GIS applications such as construction land pre-examination and planning site selection.
Construction land pre-examination and planning site selection is a business for the natural resources authorities in China to review and permit the compliance of project construction land. The main process includes application, acceptance, review, approval, permit and certification, which involves planning, farmland protection, and law enforcement offices and relevant departments and institutes at Forestry and Grassland Bureau that have different audit content and requirements.
These business reviews are inseparable from GIS applications. For example, the planning department needs to review whether the project scope conforms to the national land and space planning, and the law enforcement department needs to review whether there is illegal land use in the project scope. Therefore, in addition to building process nodes, it is also necessary to introduce GIS applications into the process to realize process approval.
What can SuperMap GIS application building platform do?
Based on the requirements of GIS process applications, the SuperMap GIS application building platform can provide GIS process engine tools to bind and associate GIS applications in the process to realize the automatic execution of business process nodes and the integration with GIS application functions and processes. At the same time, it provides visual process editing and form design environment, and supports users to design the application according to their complex and changeable business processes.
The process engine in the SuperMap GIS application building platform specifically includes two functions: a form designer and a process designer, which can easily complete the process building and the collaboration of GIS applications.
Form Designer: Drawing on the common experience of form design in the field of natural resources, users can customize common form components such as tables, input boxes, and drop-down boxes. Users can easily complete the creation of various forms step by step like building blocks, and access functions such as downloading and printing, which form a channel for rapid design of business forms.
Process Designer: used in conjunction with the form designer, it edits the process position, process flow direction and process control and configures GIS applications. Users can control the flow of content to be approved according to the role of the department position, and the authority of each node’s operation, so as to complete the flow of business.
How to implement GIS application construction?
After understanding the business requirements and building tools, how should we build applications through the GIS process engine to realize business flow between different units and departments?
By only 3 steps, you can easily realize the rapid construction of GIS process applications! Next, we will take the construction land pre-examination and planning site selection as an example to show you the specific construction process.
Step1: Form design
Open the form designer, and perform style design, attribute configuration, and data configuration of the business form by dragging and dropping. You can also easily generate business forms by importing templates.
Step2: Process construction
Switch to the designer, build and edit the process through the visual interface, set the role of the process post and node attributes, and bind the business form to complete the rapid construction of the process.
Step3: GIS application integration
Through the GIS application configuration window of the process designer, the GIS application that needs to be used during the process operation is imported and configured, and the role and authority are assigned to it to realize the collaboration between the process and the GIS application.
