/BAStudio/ is the context root of IBM Business Automation Studio, the browser-based authoring environment of the Cloud Pak for Business Automation. It exists in CP4BA (and CP4BA as a Service); on a traditional BAW installation (WebSphere) it is not there - traditional uses /ProcessCenter/ and the web Process Designer inside it.
- Studio hosts the Workflow designer (the same web Process Designer, opened from Studio's "Business automations" list), plus the designers of the other capabilities: Decisions (ADS), Applications (Application Designer), Business Automation Insights dashboards, and the RPA / document processing entry points.
- Under the hood the Workflow parts still call the familiar endpoints: /rest/bpm/wle/v1 (classic), /bpm (Process REST v2), /ops (Operations REST), and the designer's /rest/bpm/wle/pd/v1 on the workflow authoring pod; the Studio UI is served by the Business Automation Studio pod at https://<cpd route>/BAStudio/ (CP4BA 21+ puts it behind the Zen front door: https://cpd-<ns>.apps.../bas/BAStudio).
- Login goes through Zen / IAM (LDAP or an identity provider), not through WebSphere security; API calls use Zen API keys or bearer tokens.
So: traditional BAW - no Studio; CP4BA on OpenShift with the workflow authoring pattern - Studio at /BAStudio/; CP4BA as a Service - Studio is the entry page of the tenant.
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