Ultimus Flobots make powerful and popular applications such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word into "process robots".
Just as robots are used to perform many different tasks on the factory floor, you can use popular applications to perform specific process tasks. Ultimus supplies the following Flobots:
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Biztalk Flobot
Automatic integration between Ultimus BPM Suite and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004.
Exchange Flobot
Writes appointment and tasks for people to an Exchange server.
Database Flobot
Automatically insert or extract information from ODBC-compliant databases.
Word Flobot
Automatically produce reports, documents, letters, forms, printouts, and faxes using Word. It can also execute Word macros.
Excel Flobot
Automatically insert or extract data from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, perform analysis, create graphs, and run Excel macros.
.NET Flobot
Allows a process to automatically pass variables and call managed code developed in VB, C#, or any other NET compliant language. The code may perform calculations, invoke executables, objects, DLL's or interface with legacy systems.
Web Services Flobot
Enables the Ultimus BPM Suite to invoke web services in 3rd party applications through an automated step.
Acrobat Flobot
Allows a BPM process to populate a PDF form and save the filled in form, print it or both.
E-Mail Flobot
Automatically and easily send messages. Documents may also be attached.
ASCII Flobot
Automatically write data that can be used by legacy applications.
File Flobot
Execute file operations, such as copy, rename, delete, attach, and unattach.
XML Flobot
Enables Ultimus to exchange information with any XML-compliant application. The XML Flobot is an ideal way to integrate EDI and e-commerce applications with your process.
Ultimus also offers a Flobot Development Kit to allow you create your own custom Flobots:
PDF Writer Flobot
A hybrid of the Word and Script Flobots this allows you to produce a signed and encrypted PDF as part of the process. This is then often sent to a partner (supplier, customer) by the E-mail Flobot.
Ultimus FloStation™
The Ultimus FloStation hosts the Flobots. It can operate as a standalone Windows application or as a Service. The FloStation has the following useful characteristics:
- FloStations communicate with the Ultimus BPM Server via HTTP. This means that FloStations can be located anywhere there is Web access. This powerful feature enables Flobots to perform tasks at remote locations.
- Flostations can be grouped in the Administrator. A designer can select a specific FloStation to carry out the task or select a Group. Any member FloStation of the Group can perform the task. This provides a simple but elegant load balancing mechanism for Flobots.
- A Flobot Task may be routed dynamically to a FloStation based upon run-time conditions and data. This capability could be used to print a purchase order at a specific location that is driven by information in the purchase request.