International Business Machines Corporation

Cynthia F Krauss

Shyh-Mei Fang Ho

Jenny ChengYin Hung

William Alexander

Bryan Eric Aupperle

Srinivasan Muralidharan

Jonathan C Gellin

IMS source code or a graphical object having corresponding IMS source code can be selected within the graphical user interface (GUI). The IMS source code can include a call out to an external application. An IMS call wizard can be invoked, which graphically prompts a user to specify call-out specific conditions for the external application via an ordered series of presented screens. Each screen can present a user with at least one selectable option. User-made selections from earlier ones of the presented screens can change options presented in later ones of the presented screens. IMS code can be generated to call out an external application in accordance with the user selections of the IMS call wizard. The generated IMS code can be inserted into the selected IMS source code. After the insertion, the IMS source code is operable to call out to the external application.

Call wizard for information management system (IMS) applications

A graphical user interface (GUI) of a software development tool can visually compose process flows for enterprise information system (EIS) process flow applications. The GUI can include a canvas that visually shows a set of process flows of a process flow application as a set of interconnected node objects. Each node object can corresponds to a node, which corresponds to at least one process flow. The GUI can also include a graphical compensation tool through which users define and view compensation actions and compensation scopes of process flows of the process flow application, wherein said graphical compensation tool does not require a user to input code text that defining compensation logic of the process flows.

Graphical development tool for compensation actions and compensation scope in a process flow environment

An IMS process flow toolset can be used to create an IMS process flow application. The IMS process flow application can include an IMS process flow control program. The IMS process flow control program can embody process flow elements such as business logic and events as well as communication with external non-IMS applications. Both the IMS process flow application and IMS process flow control program can be run within the IMS.

Enabling the use of process flow applications within an information management system (IMS)

An invention is disclosed for a programming method and system of implementing parameterization of data types and/or categories to convert an example 'instance' of using a software application into an actual product of program use by customizing the example to make it suitable for user needs. A parameter modeling component along with a parameterization component and an instantiation component are used to create parameterized example instances ('p-instances') and tooling instructions are then invoked to customize a &#x201c;p-instance&#x201d; into a real instance reflecting creation of a document or file or other program artifact (i.e., data product) resulting from actual use of the software application.

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Cynthia F Krauss