What is iGrafx® Process Central®?

iGrafx Process Central is a document repository solution available from iGrafx. This solution is integrated with iGrafx FlowCharter, iGrafx Process, iGrafx Process for Six Sigma, and iGrafx IDEF0 to provide comprehensive capabilities allowing customers to manage, share, and collaborate on process knowledge. Features include access control, audit trail, versioning, approval mechanisms, link management, web viewing, query and change tracking.

What exactly is a repository?

Dictionaries define a repository as "a place where things may be put for safekeeping." For our purposes, "repository" also stands for a place to store and share documents, diagrams, and third-party files in one centrally located place.

Who benefits from using iGrafx Process Central?

Any enterprise undergoing process initiatives such as:

Six Sigma
Lean
BPM Deployment
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
ISO Registration
BASEL II Compliance
Business Process Improvement
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

iGrafx Process Central facilitates collaborative, team-oriented projects. Projects that span a workgroup, a division, or a whole organization can share information easily, seamlessly, and with consistent use of latest versions of information creating better efficiency and improved knowledge management.

What is included in my purchase of iGrafx Process Central?

iGrafx Process Central Server Administrator
- This component is used by the system administrator to create and initialize new repositories. This tool is installed on any personal computer with access to the Server.
iGrafx Process Central Processor License
- The license provides unlimited client access (including Web connections) to iGrafx Process Central repositories installed on a Server with one processor. Additional licenses must be purchased to run on multi-processor servers.
iGrafx Web Central
- Web Central provides direct access to repositories via the Web. Using Web Central, any user (with the proper rights) with a Java® enabled Web browser can read and annotate iGrafx documents stored in repositories.
iGrafx Mail Central
- Provides e-mail notification to approvers when a document is ready for review.

If you choose to purchase the version that contains Microsoft® SQL ServerT 2000, it will also include:

Microsoft® SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition, Runtime-Restricted use Software
- This component is installed on the server where the repositories reside.
- The Microsoft SQL Server license is for one processor. Additional licenses must be purchased (from Corel Corporation or Microsoft) to run on multi-processor servers.

iGrafx FlowCharter, iGrafx Process, and iGrafx Process for Six Sigma are purchased separately.

Do customers need to purchase a separate database for iGrafx Process Central?

Customers have the option of purchasing iGrafx Process Central with or without Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

If a customer already owns Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or uses Oracle databases , can they use their existing SQL software with iGrafx Process Central?

Yes. For customers who already own SQL Server 2000 or intend to use Oracle databases, iGrafx Process Central can be purchased without SQL Server 2000. However, iGrafx Process Central runs on Oracle 8i or later and does not run on Microsoft SQL Server 7.

What solution do we offer users who need to view information in iGrafx Process Central but not modify any content?

There are two options; the iGrafx Process Viewer or Web Central. The Viewer provides a client experience identical to other iGrafx base applications except repository documents can't be authored or modified. Web Central gives read-only and annotation access to repositories via Web browsers.

Does iGrafx Process Central work with iGrafx IDEF0?

Yes, however, there are limitations regarding the sharing of IDEF0 sub-processes by multiple repository documents.

How is iGrafx Process Central important to organizations seeking ISO certification or implementing Six Sigma?

Both ISO and Six Sigma initiatives require a collaborative, team-oriented approach. iGrafx Process Central promotes teamwork and improved communication within an organization through managing the sharing, distribution, revision and approval process crucial to success. For example, ISO certification requires only approved documents to be widely available within an organization. iGrafx Process Central makes this easy. As soon as a document revision is electronically approved, that version is immediately exposed to the enterprise via the Web (using Web Central). While this approved version is accessible, restricted "work-in-progress" versions of the same document can be modified and updated by the process improvement team.

Can files other than .igx be used in the repository?

Yes. Any file (e.g. Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel®, etc.) can be stored and managed in the repository.

How easy to use is iGrafx Process Central?

iGrafx Process Central is very easy to use. The intuitive user interface is tightly integrated into iGrafx FlowCharter, iGrafx Process, and iGrafx Process for Six Sigma.

What are the minimum system requirements?

Database Server Component

Microsoft® SQL Server (2000 or later) or Oracle® (8i or later)

Process Central requires either Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or later) or Oracle (8i or later). Please see the SQL Server or Oracle documentation for system requirements for these database servers. The database is not required to be installed on Windows® operating systems. SQL Server 2000 is optionally purchased with iGrafx Process Central. Oracle databases are purchased separately.

iGrafx Process Central Repository Management Components

These components are available on the Process Central CD and are installed on the database server or a computer that has network access to the database server.

iGrafx Process Central Server Administrator

The Server Administrator tool creates and initializes repositories as either Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or later) or Oracle (8i or later) databases.

Processor	Intel® Pentium® II or compatible 350-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Operating System	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows XP, Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000 operating systems
Hard Disk	25 MB

Web Central

Web Central is a web server plug-in that lets users browse and annotate Process Central repositories using a web browser.

Processor	Intel Pentium or compatible 350-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Operating System	Windows 2000¹, Windows XP¹, Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows Vista, Windows® 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition operating systems
Web Services	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later
Memory	128 MB recommended

¹ There may be limits on the number of connections when running Windows 2000 or Windows XP instead of Windows Server operating systems.

Mail Central

Mail Central is a plug-in service that auto-generates and delivers e-mail notifications of conditions such as voting to-do lists to users of a database. This service requires no client-side installations.

Processor	Intel® Pentium® II or compatible 350-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Operating System	Windows 2000¹, Windows XP¹, Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows Vista, Windows® 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition operating systems
Hard Disk	25 MB

iGrafx Process Central client components

Client access to iGrafx Process Central

The Process Central client is available from custom installs of iGrafx authoring or viewing applications to provide these tools with the commands and features necessary to access Process Central repositories.

iGrafx	iGrafx FlowCharter 2007, iGrafx Process 2007, iGrafx Process 2007 for Six Sigma, or iGrafx 2007 Viewer
Processor	Intel Pentium II or compatible 350-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Operating System	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows XP, Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows Vista, Windows 2000
Hard Disk	25 MB (in addition to the hard disk requirements for the applications above)

Additional client access requirements when using Oracle 8i or later

Processor	Intel Pentium II or compatible 350-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
Operating System	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows XP, Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows Vista, Windows 2000
Drivers	The Process Central installer does not install the Oracle client-side drivers. If you want to use Oracle databases, you need to install the Oracle OLE DB Provider (recommended) or Oracle ODBC drivers on all machines that are connecting to Oracle-based repositories. Oracle OLE DB allows connecting to a named database on a specific server or to an Oracle TNS name. If using the Oracle ODBC drivers, you must connect through an ODBC DSN. The product was tested with the Oracle Provider for OLE DB version 9.0.1.0.1 and the Oracle ODBC driver version 9.00.15. These client-side drivers were tested against both Oracle 9i and Oracle 8i servers. Using other versions of the Drivers or Servers may not work.
Memory	256 to 512 MB recommended
Hard Disk	2 GB

Web Central Client Access

Browser	A web browser is required to access Web Central pages. There is no operating system or machine type dependency. For best results, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or greater or Netscape® 6 or greater is recommended. No iGrafx software is required.
Java®	The iGrafx Java applet supports Microsoft Java VM 1.1 or Sun® Java VM 1.2 or later.The Sun JVM offers additional functionality, such as dashed/dotted lines and better printing quality. Therefore, for best results, the Sun Java VM is recommended.
JavaScript	For some functionality, such as the ability to synchronize the table-of-contents, the browser must support JavaScript.