Chapter 7 Working with Business Process Models

Checking a BPM

The Business Process Model is a very flexible tool, which allows you quickly to develop your model without constraints. You can, however, check the validity of your BPM at any time.

Check your BPM before generating code
We recommend that you check your BPM before generating code from it. If the check encounters errors, generation will be stopped. The Check model option is enabled by default in the Generation dialog box.

You can check a BPM in any of the following ways:

Press F4, or
Select Tools→Check Model, or
Right-click the diagram background and select Check Model from the contextual menu

The Check Model Parameters window opens, which allows you to specify the kinds of checks to perform, and the objects to apply them to. For detailed information about this window and correcting problems reported, see "Checking a Model" in the Models chapter of the Core Features Guide .

The following sections document the BPM-specific checks available by default. For information about checks made on generic objects available in all model types, see "Checking a Model" in the Models chapter of the Core Features Guide .