Many of our clients have their hands on the release notes for ApplicationXtender 20.4 - which was re-branded as Application Content Management before it was re-re-branded as AppEnhancer (you’ll see the branding change across our site and OpenText’s in the coming months). Outside of OpenText playing musical chairs with its product names, they also delivered on some major promises to clients and companies like us that have been supporting, selling, and building applications on the product since it was OTG.

One of the promises was to modernize the workflow capabilities. They hit the mark with flying colors by building a two-way connector to OpenText AppWorks.

What is OpenText AppWorks?

AppWorks allows you to build new applications and processes with speed and efficiency to transform into a digital-first business. As a low-code development platform, users can do more with less IT involvement, enabling fast rollouts of new processes tailored to customers, employees, and business partners.

See the full AppWorks product overview.

OpenText AppWorks Features

• Information-driven design allows business managers to create applications and define, modify and use embedded processes

• Low-code development gives you the ability to create applications quickly at a lower cost using visual, drag-and-drop modeling and pre-built building blocks

• Business process management features allow you to define, optimize and automate well-defined, structured, and repeatable business processes across all lines of your business like AP, HR, and more

• Dynamic case management triggers dynamic, ad-hoc processes when situations are unpredictable and knowledge workers must decide the next best action

• Business rules management integrates rules within business processes to standardize operational decisions and ensure consistent execution of business policies

• Enterprise integrations with leading business applications, such as SAP, Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, Application Content Management, Artsyl, and other third-party and homegrown systems. Efficiently manage and deploy APIs, web services, and mobile applications built with AppWorks

• Process intelligence gives you visibility into real-time operations data to optimize activities to meet business objectives

AppEnhancer and AppWorks

For many years, ApplicationXtender users have been using AX Workflow Manager (AXWFM) for business process management. We are excited to see AXWFM ride off into the sunset and be replaced by a shiny new star. Users can manage AE documents in AppWorks and synchronize entity data as application documents in AE Web Access. See the integration guide for AE and AppWorks to learn how the connection works.

Replacing AX Workflow Manager with AppWorks

OpenText is going to do an even swap for AppWorks and AXWFM licenses. Our professional services team can assist you in rebuilding your workflow processes in AppWorks. This may be a great time to re-assess your existing business processes to see if there is room for improvement. Our business process consultants would be happy to set up an assessment.

If your organization uses AE and would like to automate and optimize its business processes with AppWorks, reach out to schedule a quick call.