Chapter 11 Working with Business Process Models
The open process converts PAM objects into BPM objects as follows:
| Objects in a PAM | Imported object in a BPM |
|---|---|
| Process | Process |
| Split/Merge | Process or synchronization |
| External entity | Start & End |
| Off page connector | Start & End |
| Data flow | Flow or Resource flow |
| Data store | Resource |
| Data item on Data flow | Data (elementary) |
| Domain | — |
| Business rule | Business rule |
A split is imported as a synchronization and the following message is displayed in the Action tab of the synchronization property sheet after the import: "This process splits data".
A merge is imported as a process and the following message is displayed in the Action tab of the process property sheet after the import: "This process merges data".
An external entity with outgoing data flows is imported as a start.
An external entity with incoming data flows is imported as an end.
An external entity with both outgoing and incoming data flows is imported as a start and an end. Outgoing data flows are associated to the start and incoming data flows to the end.
An Off page connector with outgoing data flows is imported as a start.
An Off page connector with incoming data flows is imported as an end.
A data flow between a data store and a process is imported as a resource flow. Any other data flow is imported as a flow.
A data flow with a double direction is imported as two distinct flows, except for the resource flow.
The data flow type is imported as a flow type property for process flows and is lost for resource flows.
The Number property is not imported and the Is Entity property is imported as an <Entity> stereotype on the resource.
The list of data items is imported as a unique concatenated string in the Comment box of the resource property sheet.
Data items are imported as elementary data. Attachment of a data item to a flow must be preserved by attaching the corresponding data to the imported flow.
Check parameters are not imported.
Domains are not imported.
Business rules are imported.
Attachment of a business rule to a domain or a data item is not imported.
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