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Create a business process definition (BPD)
To model a process, create a business process definition (BPD). A BPD is a reusable model of a process, defining what is common to all runtime instances of that process model.
To create a BPD, you must have access to a process application in the Process Center repository.
Procedure
- Start IBM Process Designer and open the appropriate process application in Process Designer.
- In Process Designer view, click the plus sign next to Processes and select...
Business Process Definition
- Enter a name for the BPD and click Finish.
- The process diagram is displayed with the following initial modeling constructs:
# Default name Description 1 Participant lane A default lane for user tasks. You can change the name by selecting the lane and editing its properties. 2 System lane A default lane for system tasks. You can change the name by selecting the lane and editing its properties. 3 Start event Each BPD automatically includes a start event. 4 End event Each BPD automatically includes an end event. - Design your process by dragging additional modeling constructs from the palette onto the diagram area.
- To specify the details for a modeling construct, select it in the diagram and edit the properties in the Properties view.
See
- Add lanes to a BPD
- Create a participant group
- Create a user attribute definition
- Model process execution paths by using sequence flows
- Converge and diverging flows
- Example gateways
- Implement activities
- Assign activities
- Configure conditional activities
- Subprocess types
- Declare variables for a BPD or a service
- Add events to a BPD
- Validate processes
- Task types
Parent topic: Modeling processes