Chapter 7 Working with Business Process Models

Generating Other Models from a BPM

You can generate another BPM from your BPM. You can use the BPM to BPM generation to generate an analysis or collaborative BPM into an implementation BPM designed for the different orchestration process languages supported in PowerDesigner (BPEL4WS, WS-BPEL, and SOA).

When changes are made to the source model, they can then be easily propagated to the generated models using the Update Existing Model generation mode.

The generated model is the one that usually contains more information. For example, once the Analyst team has designed the analysis model, the model can be submitted to the Development team for implementation.

To generate one BPM from another:

Select Tools→Generate Business Process Model (Ctrl+Shift+B) to open the BPM Generation Options Window:

On the General tab, select a radio button to generate a new or update an existing model, and complete the appropriate options.

[optional] Click the Detail tab and set any appropriate options. We recommend that you select the Check model checkbox to check the model for errors and warnings before generation.

[optional] Click the Target Models tab and specify the target models for any generated shortcuts.

[optional] Click the Selection tab and select or deselect objects to generate.

Click OK to begin generation.

Generation options
For detailed information about the options available on the various tabs of the Generation window, see the Linking and Synchronizing Models chapter of the Core Features Guide .