IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Create processes in IBM Process Designer > Visualizing process data

Visualize variables

Select and visualize the local input, output, or private variables used in a process.


Procedure

  1. Open a business process definition (BPD) in IBM Process Designer.

  2. Click the Data Visualization button in the upper right corner. Alternatively, click Playback > Visualize Process to view the data visualization diagram.

    The data visualization diagram opens in a new web browser window.

  3. Select Data from the drop-down list in the selection area on the left side in the browser window. Under Variable, click Inputs, Outputs, or Private and select the input, output, or private variables that you want to visualize on the activities in the diagram on the right side.

    Variables are displayed as colored icons in the diagram. The activities in the selected BPD that have the same variables are represented by icons of the same color. Up to three icons are displayed on either side of each activity.

  4. Click the down arrow spinners below the third icon on either side to display the next three icons. Click the up arrow spinners on either side to view the earlier icons.

  5. Click any colored icon to slide and display the labels that contain the actual variable names for all same-color icons.

  6. Click a subprocess within a process in the diagram to visualize that subprocess. The input and output variables are global to the process; if you browse into a subprocess the same variables are displayed. Private variables can be defined on the main process and the subprocesses inherit them. However, private variables defined on a subprocess are visible only to that particular subprocess.

  7. Click the Minimize button on the left side to hide the variables list and view only the data visualization diagram. Use the zoom in or zoom out bar in the upper right corner to enlarge or reduce the diagram view in the browser window.

Visualizing process data


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