Chapter 6 Process Languages Reference Guide
The process language editor contains the following categories that include properties specific to each supported process language:
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Settings | Contains implementation, data handling and choreography categories used in the BPM |
| Generation | Contains generation options, tasks and command scripts defined in the .XPL file |
| Profile | Contains templates, stereotypes, extended attributes for generation |
| Transformation profile | Contains a group of transformations used during model generation |
A process language has a property page available when you click the root node in the tree view of the process language editor. It includes the following properties:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of the process language |
| Code | Code of the process language |
| File Name | Path and name of the process language file. This box is filled when the process language is shared. If the process language is a copy, the box is empty. You cannot modify the content of this box |
| Family | Classification used to imply a certain behavior in the process model. In PowerDesigner, the family is used to enable certain features in the model, such features do not exist by default in the standard BPM. See example below |
| Subfamily | Sub-classification that may be combined with the family classification to imply a certain behavior in the process language |
| Enable Trace Mode | Displays the generation templates used for the generated text in the Preview page of process property sheets |
| Comment | Additional information about the process language |
The Family and Subfamily properties imply certain behaviors in the process language. For example, process languages of the Service Orchestration family are SOA, BPEL4WS, and Sybase Integration Orchestrator.
The subfamily is used to fine tune the features defined for a given family.
The Enable Trace mode check box allows you to preview which templates are used during generation. Before starting the generation, click the Preview page of the object involved in the generation to see these templates, and click the Refresh tool to display these templates.
When you double-click on a trace line from the Preview page, the corresponding template definition is displayed in the process language editor in the Profile\Object\Templates category where it is located. The code of the template may appear with distinct colors.
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