Configuration, Administration, and Security 
This topic lists all new and enhanced features regarding the BPM configuration and regarding monitoring and managing business processes. It also includes information about security changes and new and enhanced process server features. Process server represents the runtime services in BPM.
BPM Configuration
Feature |
Type of Change |
Description |
BPM Configuration |
Enhanced |
The BPM configuration wizard is now run directly after installation. You can configure mail server connectivity, forms server connectivity and notification services with just one wizard. For more information, see Wizard-Based Configuration for Business Process Management. |
BPM Administration using NetWeaver Administrator
Feature |
Type of Change |
Description |
BPM System Overview |
New |
You can monitor the availability of the BPM sub systems and adapters, start a BPM application as part of the troubleshooting action when something fails, check if the basic BPM functionalities work properly, and so on. More information: Monitoring the BPM Systems |
Process Repository |
Enhanced |
You can activate a different version of a component or if you do not want to use a component anymore, you can deactivate the component (all versions). You can now configure the Web services of the processes and also configure the logical destinations to allow the process definitions to consume Web services from provider systems. More information: Managing Process Definitions and Starting Processes in Process Repository |
Process Management |
Enhanced |
You can now archive a process instance in completed or canceled status or recover a failed process instance. More information: Monitoring and Managing the Processes |
Task Management |
Enhanced |
You can now suspend or resume a task instance. You can also resend an offline task, if required. More information: Monitoring and Managing the Tasks |
Business Logs |
New |
You can monitor and analyze the business events of BPM. More information: Monitoring the Business Lifecycle Logs |
BPM Security
Feature |
Type of Change |
Description |
Principal Propagation |
New |
With principal propagation, you can forward user contexts. More information: Principal Propagation |
Debug Role |
New |
A new role is introduced to debug processes in the Debug perspective or in the Process Instances view in the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. More information: Authorizations and Roles, Debugging Processes |
Security Concept |
Enhanced |
BPM processes can be started only by users with the SAP_BPM_SuperAdmin role. More information: Authorizations and Roles |