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Login to the BPMPortal and open the Web Modeller to create a first process model that can be published to the system.
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After login into the BPMPortal, the following screen will appear:
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Insert the name 'Onboarding' and commit the message 'New diagram'.
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Create and edit process models
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Create a new model
Editing process models
Opening and saving diagrams
First steps
1. When starting a process model, all involved departments and/or company parts should be defined. This will be managed by so-called swimlanes, also simply called lanes. The single lanes represent subzones, e.g. departments in the company. A lane and a start event is already displayed within our newly created model. Firstly, the process definition name must be changed to 'Onboarding' on the right side.
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Reference | Description | ||||||
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| Shows the ´shortcuts´ with general BPMN shapes. | ||||||
| First automatically generated swimlane and start event. | ||||||
| Properties area with attributes of a model object. | ||||||
| Name of the process diagram and process definition. |
2. In order to rename the automatically generated swimlane, select the start event. The BPM Flow attributes will be opened on the right side. Insert a new Responsible by clicking on the plus symbol. Enter a user or a group name and decide whether it's a group or a user of the system.
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4. For the first step, the task “create a personnel file” should be processed. An activity has to be placed behind the start event. By selecting the activity symbol in the left band and drag into the model with focus on the start event, the activity is added. The labeling can be done immediately.
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AND Gateway
With an “AND” gateway, it is possible to execute multiple steps of a process instance at the same time. The and/parallel gateway waits for all activities inside the gateway to be finished before going on. In this example, there are two activities to be done at the same time; one for the HR and one for the IT department.
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The process flow is finished so far, but an end event has to be added in order to show where the process terminates. For changing an end symbol into a Terminate Event, the extended groups must be opened by clicking on the plus button in the upper right corner in the menu on the right side. In the group BPMN, the Event Type Dimension can be changed into Terminate Event.
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Reference | Description | ||||||
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| Add responsible for changing swimlane name | ||||||
| Add a new swimlane. | ||||||
| Start event | ||||||
| Activity added to the swimlane 'HR' | ||||||
| The AND Gateway requires two or more parallel transitions to an equal number of tasks. It must be closed with a second parallel Gateway and all transitions must be connected. | ||||||
| Add sequence flow manually | ||||||
| Closing/Terminate event |
Defining and editing attributes
A process needs different attributes in order to be able to run. These attributes can be created or edited by clicking on an element. In the group menu BPM|Flow on the right, different menu options are shown for the current element. In the image, we see the general attributes for a process, which can be found in the properties of the start event.
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Attributes | Description |
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Description | Description of the process, which will later be shown in the system (tooltip and process report). |
Starter | Here, a group or a user, who is allowed to start instances of a process definition, e.g. user(john.doe), group (pm) is entered. |
Owner | Here, a group or a user who “owns” the process in the system is entered. “Owner” means that this person is responsible for the process |
Deployer | Here, a group or a user who as workflow-designer is allowed to deploy the process into the system is entered. |
Form | Here the definition of the |
form is entered. | |
Section definition | Here the section handling of the |
form is entered. |
Enter users or groups into the fields Owner, Starter, and Deployer.
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