SAP® PowerDesigner® Document Version: 16.6 – 2016-02-22 Business Process Modeling Content 1 Getting Started with Business Process Modeling...................................... 7 1.1 Creating a BPM.................................................................7 BPM Properties..............................................................9 1.2 Importing Visio Diagrams into PowerDesigner.......................................... 10 1.3 Previewing Process Code.........................................................12 1.4 Customizing your Modeling Environment..............................................13 Setting Model Options.........................................................13 Setting BPM Display Preferences.................................................14 Viewing and Editing the Process Language Definition File................................14 Extending your Modeling Environment.............................................16 Traceability Links............................................................17 2 Analysis BPM.................................................................18 2.1 Process Hierarchy Diagrams (Analysis)...............................................18 Reusing Processes in a Hierarchy................................................ 20 2.2 Business Process Diagrams (Analysis)...............................................20 2.3 Processes (BPM)...............................................................23 Creating a Process...........................................................24 Process Properties...........................................................24 Implementing Processes.......................................................26 Decomposing Processes.......................................................27 Data and Resource CRUD Matrices................................................31 2.4 Organization Units (BPM).........................................................33 Creating an Organization Unit...................................................34 Organization Unit Properties....................................................35 Attaching Processes to Organization Units..........................................36 Displaying a Committee Process .................................................36 Moving, Resizing, Copying, and Pasting Swimlanes....................................37 Creating Links Between Pools of Swimlanes.........................................39 Grouping Swimlanes..........................................................39 Changing the Orientation and Format of Swimlanes....................................40 2.5 Starts and Ends (BPM)...........................................................41 Creating a Start or an End......................................................42 Start and End Properties.......................................................42 2.6 Decisions (BPM)...............................................................43 Creating a Decision...........................................................44 Decision Properties.......................................................... 45 Business Process Modeling 2 © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. 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Content 2.7 Synchronizations (BPM)......................................................... 45 Creating a Synchronization.....................................................46 Synchronization Properties.....................................................47 2.8 Flows (BPM)..................................................................47 Creating a Flow............................................................. 48 Flow Properties............................................................. 49 2.9 Message Formats (BPM).........................................................50 Creating a Message Format.....................................................51 Message Format Properties.....................................................51 Message Parts (BPM).........................................................52 2.10 Data (BPM)...................................................................54 Creating Data...............................................................56 Data Properties.............................................................56 Linking Data with Other Model Objects.............................................57 Specifying Data for a Flow, a Resource Flow or a Message Format..........................63 Migrating the Data of a Flow to a Process...........................................63 2.11 Resources (BPM).............................................................. 64 Creating a Resource..........................................................64 Resource Properties..........................................................65 Resource Flows (BPM)........................................................65 3 Service Oriented Architecture BPM (SOA).......................................... 68 3.1 Business Process Diagrams (SOA)..................................................68 3.2 Process Service Diagrams (SOA)....................................................71 3.3 Events (BPM).................................................................72 Creating an Event............................................................73 Event Properties.............................................................74 Event Handlers..............................................................75 3.4 Service Providers (BPM)......................................................... 76 Creating a Service Provider.....................................................77 Service Provider Properties.....................................................78 Importing a Service Provider from a WSDL File.......................................79 Browsing for a WSDL File on a UDDI Server..........................................80 Importing and Exporting Service Providers From/To Other Models.........................82 Service Interfaces (BPM)...................................................... 84 XSD Documents (BPM)........................................................86 3.5 Operations (BPM)..............................................................87 Creating an Operation.........................................................88 Operation Properties......................................................... 90 Linking an Operation to a Process.................................................91 3.6 Variables (BPM)...............................................................94 Creating a Variable...........................................................94 Business Process Modeling Content © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 3 Variable Properties...........................................................95 3.7 Correlation Keys (BPM)..........................................................95 Creating a Correlation Key..................................................... 96 Correlation Key Properties..................................................... 96 3.8 Data Transformations (BPM)......................................................97 Creating a Data Transformation..................................................98 Data Transformation Properties................................................. 99 4 Data Flow Diagram (DFD).......................................................101 5 SAP Solution Manager.........................................................105 5.1 Importing Business Processes from Solution Manager................................... 106 Specifying Advanced Solution Manager Connection Parameters..........................109 5.2 Generating BPMN 2.0 Descriptive Processes to Your Solution Manager Model.................. 109 5.3 Reviewing Processes Generated to Your Solution Manager Model............................111 5.4 Exporting Business Processes to Solution Manager......................................112 5.5 Projects (Solution Manager)......................................................113 5.6 Business Scenarios (Solution Manager)..............................................114 5.7 Business Processes and Steps (Solution Manager)......................................116 5.8 Logical Components (Solution Manager)............................................. 119 5.9 General and Project Documentation (Solution Manager)..................................120 5.10 Organization Units, Transactions, and Master Data (Solution Manager)........................121 6 BPMN 2.0 Descriptive......................................................... 122 6.1 Pools and Lanes (BPMN Descriptive)................................................124 6.2 Start and End Events (BPMN Descriptive)............................................ 127 6.3 Tasks (BPMN Descriptive)....................................................... 128 Sub-Processes (BPMN Descriptive)..............................................129 Call Activities (BPMN Descriptive)...............................................130 6.4 Gateways (BPMN Descriptive).................................................... 130 6.5 Data (BPMN Descriptive)........................................................132 6.6 Sequence and Message Flows (BPMN Descriptive)......................................134 7 BPMN 2.0 Executable......................................................... 136 7.1 Collaboration and Process Diagrams (BPMN Executable)................................. 136 7.2 Conversation Diagrams (BPMN Executable)...........................................139 7.3 Choreography Diagrams