build and run reliable sharepoint workflow apps
TRANSCRIPT
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AGENDA
• Main SharePoint challenges
and how K2 addresses those challenges
• Poll
• The Reliable SharePoint Challenge
• Demo - SharePoint
• Demo - K2
• Q&A
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WITH SHAREPOINT WITH K2
FORMS
• NO no-code form alternative
• Client side script and CSS
• No visual design view
• Components are not reusable
• Separate task and list forms
• Visual drag-and-drop form design
• Rich user experience
• Manage form behaviour with rules
• Views and rules are reusable
• Update items and complete tasks in
one form
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WORKFLOW
WITH SHAREPOINT WITH K2
• Text based workflow designer
• Optimised for Approve/Reject scenarios
• Not reusable
• Deprecated actions
• Tied to items and documents
• Visual drag-and-drop designer
• Advanced workflow routing
• Reusable
• Complex task routing
• Not bound to item or document
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WITH K2
DATA
WITH SHAREPOINT
• Access to SharePoint data in same site
• Access LOB data through REST and
external lists
• External lists are cached and do not
support SharePoint 2013 workflows
• Web service calls to handle security
• Access real-time SharePoint and LOB
data with SmartObjects
• Configure once and then reuse
• Configure relationships
• Claims, OAuth and single sign-on
support
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WITH K2
REPORTS
WITH SHAREPOINT
• No visual reports
• Log to History to capture workflow
history
• Build custom reports with API and REST
services
• Out-the-box visual reports
• Real-time View Flow for each running
instance
• Use LOB and workflow data in web
based report designer
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WITH K2 WITH SHAREPOINT
MANAGEMENT
• No versioning
• Troubleshoot errors through error logs
• Instances, workflow size and data
connection limitations
• Access is set via list security settings
• Versioning in Forms and workflows
• Error handling and reporting within the
K2 Management Console and Live
Instance Manager
• K2 server is an Enterprise level server
• K2 offers granular security options
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WITH K2
• Centralised task list
• Native mobile task apps for iOS,
Android and Blackberry
• Action through email, task lists or forms
• Redirect or delegate tasks
• Out-of-Office functionality
• No limit to number of tasks
TASKS
WITH SHAREPOINT
• Multiple task lists
• No native mobile task app.
• Cannot complete tasks through email
• Limited to 5000 task items
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POLL What best describes your SharePoint
application requirements? a) Standard no-code approve/reject SharePoint workflow
apps.
b) SharePoint apps with custom forms and/or more
advanced workflow routing
c) Standalone apps which integrate with SharePoint as a
Line-of-business data source.
What best describes your SharePoint
environment? a) On premise
b) In the cloud
c) Hybrid
Is it important to you to have native mobile
access to SharePoint workflow tasks? a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe
Do you want to take part in the Reliable
SharePoint Challenge? a) Yes
b) No