DataService Studio develops APIs by business process. DataService Studio also organizes and manages APIs, functions, and workflows based on business processes. Before you can create an API, you must create a business process. This topic describes how to create and manage business processes.
Prerequisites
The API Gateway service is activated, and an API group is created.
Background information
DataWorks allows you to organize different types of resources in a business process. This helps you analyze data by business. Each business process contains APIs, functions, and workflows.
Create a business process
Go to the DataService Studio page.
Log on to the DataWorks console. In the top navigation bar, select the desired region. In the left-side navigation pane, choose . On the page that appears, select the desired workspace from the drop-down list and click Go to DataService Studio.
In the Service Development pane, move the pointer over the
icon and select Create Business Process. In the Create Business Process dialog box, configure the parameters.
Parameter
Description
Name
The name of the business process.
The name must be unique in the workspace to which the business process belongs.
The name can contain letters, digits, and underscores (_).
The name must start with a letter.
The name must be 4 to 50 characters in length.
API Group
The API group to which the APIs in the business process belong. An API group is the unit of API management in API Gateway. Each API group maps an API product in Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.
You can create an API group in the API Gateway console.
Description
The description of the business process, which can be up to 180 characters in length.
Click OK.
After the business process is created, you can view it in the business process list.
Modify a business process
In the Service Development panel, right-click the business process that you want to modify and select Modify attributes.
In the Edit business process dialog box, modify the Name and Description parameters based on your requirements.
NoteYou cannot modify the Creator or API Group parameter of a business process.
Click OK.
Delete a business process
In the Service Development panel, right-click the business process that you want to delete and select Delete.
In the Notes message, click OK.
NoteYou can delete only business processes that do not contain objects such as folders, APIs, functions, or workflows.
If you want to delete a business process that contains such objects, delete the objects before you delete the business process.