CA Technologies has redesigned the CA Process Automation user interface as follows to improve the user experience:
Major feature sets are grouped into tabs. Users see and have access only to the features necessary to their role.
The home page provides users with easy access to key features of CA Process Automation. It also provides users with direct access to online and out-of-the box content, as well as recently modified processes, pending tasks, and system activity. The home page is customizable and allows quick access to items frequently used.
Users can "tear off" selected UI components into new windows.
Designing processes has been streamlined and improved with a workspace that is easier to navigate and enables access to important information in a single view.
The process designer provides the following features:
Users can drag and drop units of work (operators)to a canvas and link them with process flows.
Users can pin, hide, move, or resize the Properties pane for displaying and modifying operator attributes.
At design time, users can drag and drop variables to exchange data between operators easily.
Users can pan and zoom the canvas to navigate processes easily.
Enhanced operator run-time and configuration state indicators.
A Custom Icon Editor lets users create custom icons to tailor the visual appearance of an operator.
The library can act on multiple automation objects.
The Report management tab lets users manage and run reports.
The Configuration tab provides centralized system configuration and deployment of CA Process Automation components and resources.
A dynamic forms designer lets users create flexible human interaction forms that comply with web standards.
A centralized dashboard lets users manage and interact with automated processes and associated objects.
A new Operations dashboard allows users to surface key metrics of processes and operators. This dashboard comes with drill-down capability so that users can inspect status, diagnose or correct any issues discovered.
Several of the new user interface elements support direct URL access which enables embedding parts of CA Process Automation UI into other browser-based applications and portals.
