BPMN enhancement

In order to conform to the latest BPMN specification, our products are updated by introducing the changes listed below.

Id for the business modeling objects

An Id is a unique name that helps identifies a business modeling object from other objects within the Business Process Diagram.
Generating the Id
Starting from this version, when you create a business modeling object, an Id will be generated and assigned to that object. By default, the Id is a number produced in ascending order. But it is possible to define your own format for the generated Id. Here are the steps:
1.	Select Tools > Options... from the main menu.
2.	Select Diagramming from the list on the left of the Options dialog box.
3.	Open Business Process tab.
4.	Define your own format of Id in the ID Generator Format section. Id will be generated in the format $prefix$num-of-digits$suffix.
	The following figure shows the Option dialog when editing the format of Id.
Showing the Id on diagram
By default, the Id is hidden in the diagram. To set the default option to be visible:
1.	Select Tools > Options... from the main menu.
2.	Select Diagramming from the list on the left of the Options dialog box.
3.	Open Business Process tab.
4.	Check the option Show ID of elements
	The above steps causes any new business process diagram shows the Id on shapes inside the diagram.
	To set the visibility of Ids for individual diagram, right-click on a business process diagram and select Presentation Options > Show as Label/Show below Caption from the popup menu.
	Here are the results:
	Show as Label
	Show below Caption

Id for the business modeling objects

Properties Id: String Version: String Author: String Language: String ExpressLanguage: String QueryLanguage: String CreationDate: Date Modificate: Date

Added Model

Model Process

Added Model Properties

Model Properties Start Event Id: String Intermediate Event Id: String End Event Id: String Sub-Process Id: String DiagramRef: Business Process Diagram ProcessRef: Process Input Properties: Collection of Expression Output properties: Collection of Expression Task Id: String Gateway Id: String Pool Id: String Process: Process Lane Id: String Data Object Id: String Text Annotation Id: String Group Id: String Sequence Flow Id: String Message Flow Id: String Association Id: String

Changed Model Properties

Model Properties Old New Parallel Ordering Flow condition Default is Unspecified Default is All User Task Performers Multiplicity is 0..1 Multiplicity is 0..* Manual Task Performers Multiplicity is 0..1 Multiplicity is 0..*

Removed Model Properties

Model Properties Service Task Instantiate

Related Resources

• Visual Paradigm for UML Home
	http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/vpuml/
• Business Process Visual ARCHITECT
	http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/bpva/
• DB Visual ARCHITECT
	http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/dbva/
• SDE Home
	http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/sde/
• Download Free Community Edition of Visual Paradigm for UML
	http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/vpuml/vpumldownload.jsp?edition=ce
• Download Business Process Visual ARCHITECT
	http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/bpva/bpvadownload.jsp