New in Blueriq Encore: DCM Widget flow

In this version we introduce the DCM Widget flow as a new flow type specifically designed to be used with the new DCM Dashboard application. The Widget flow is the connecting piece between the DCM Dashboard application and the Blueriq implementation models.

When you select this flow type you will have a number of new options (highlighted in the screenshots below):

1. The purple highlight: all DCM Widgets flows are always set to exposed. This means they are the entry points of your Blueriq implementation models. Also you should not set this flow type for any other nested or non-DCM-Dashboard flow.
2. The blue highlight: for each entry point of the DCM Widget flow you can set request parameters in a specific tab of the property panel of the flow. In the first version of the DCM Dashboard these request parameters were handled by the AQ_RequestParameter service. Now we have made it a default feature of the flow type so your flow definition is not poluted with boiler plate defitions.
3. The green highlight: the DCM Widget flow has its own exit events. These events will communicate to the DCM Dashboard application. There are three specific events for all actions available in the DCM Dashboard. Each event requires its own parameters to be set, which then of course are linked to the entry point parameters. The exit events replace the dashboard services that were introduced earlier, for which we recommend to update the DCM library.

The new features also required us to update the DCM library and the DCM foundation to accomodate the new patterns. You find the links below in the release notes.