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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

  1. Start IBM Process Designer and open the appropriate process application in Process Designer.

  2. In Process Designer view, click the plus sign next to Processes and select...

      Business Process Definition

  3. Enter a name for the BPD and click Finish.

  4. 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.

  5. Design your process by dragging additional modeling constructs from the palette onto the diagram area.

  6. To specify the details for a modeling construct, select it in the diagram and edit the properties in the Properties view.


See

  1. Add lanes to a BPD
  2. Create a participant group
  3. Create a user attribute definition
  4. Model process execution paths by using sequence flows
  5. Converge and diverging flows
  6. Example gateways
  7. Implement activities
  8. Assign activities
  9. Configure conditional activities
  10. Subprocess types
  11. Declare variables for a BPD or a service
  12. Add events to a BPD
  13. Validate processes
  14. Task types

Parent topic: Modeling processes