📄️ BPMN design
BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) 2.0 is a graphical specification language that is used to model and document business processes. In linqi, the BPMN 2.0 Designer is available for this purpose. It is part of the Process Designer and complements the executable process with a domain-oriented BPMN 2.0 representation.
📄️ BPMN mode
The BPMN 2.0 Designer is integrated into the Process Designer. You switch between the executable linqi representation and the BPMN 2.0 representation using a toggle button in the toolbar.
📄️ Elements
In the BPMN 2.0 Designer, open the element palette using the Elements button in the toolbar. Select a BPMN 2.0 element and drag it into the canvas by drag and drop.
📄️ Canvas
The canvas is the central work area of the BPMN 2.0 Designer. You define the various elements of the process on it.
📄️ Quick modeling
With quick modeling you create a BPMN 2.0 process from a simple list of steps. Open quick modeling using the corresponding button in the toolbar.
📄️ Managing metadata
Using the Manage metadata button in the toolbar, you open the metadata panel. The panel is identical in the BPMN 2.0 Designer to the metadata panel of the Process Designer and contains the following tabs:
📄️ Validation
The BPMN 2.0 Designer runs a syntax check of the BPMN 2.0 model after saving. If errors are present, the Syntax error button is displayed in the toolbar.
📄️ Glossary
Using the Insert elements from glossary button in the toolbar, you open the glossary panel. It shows the glossary entries that have been created in the business unit. A glossary entry is a BPMN 2.0 element with predefined text.
📄️ Automatic generation
With automatic generation you generate one model from the other:
📄️ Links
Under More functions in the toolbar of the BPMN 2.0 Designer, you open the Links panel. There you can generate three links for the published BPMN 2.0 process:
📄️ More functions
Under More functions in the toolbar of the BPMN 2.0 Designer you find the following functions:
📄️ Import definition
Under More functions in the toolbar of the BPMN 2.0 Designer, you use Upload BPMN 2.0 definition to open the import panel. There you upload an external BPMN 2.0 definition, which is then transferred into the process.