Modeling Toolset

Move project data (i.e. model elements/diagrams) from current to referenced project through model refactoring. This ease the sharing of common project data, improves readability as well as to reduce complexity of project. A typical usage is to refactor pool and lane to referenced project, to make it possible to share across different current projects.

Model refactoring

Step 1 of 4: Open the project

Open the project file where the part you want to refactor is stored.

Step 2 of 4: Refactor

Open the Model Explorer. Right click on the model element(s) you want to refactor to referenced project and select "Refactor to Referenced Project..." from the popup menu. Alternatively, you can also refactor a diagram by right clicking on diagram background and selecting "Utilities > Refactor to Referenced Project..." from the popup menu. Choose Yes when you are prompted for confirmation.

Step 3 of 4: Include related diagram

If the master view of any of the selected elements is being visualized on a diagram, you will be asked to include those diagram as well. You can either include the diagrams or remove the master views from the diagram in order to refactor. Click Include Diagram at bottom right corner to proceed.

Step 4 of 4: Review elements to refactor

Check and elements to refactor. If everything alright, click Continue. If succeed, you will find the selected elements moved to the referenced project.

Current project file

Referenced report file

Tutorial

• Move pools and lanes to base project

YouTube

• How to refactor model into library project

Know-how

• How to Perform Refactoring

Compare as-is business process diagram and to-be business process diagram. Identify new, deleted and updated tasks between diagrams. The latest release supports exporting differences to PDF for reporting purpose.

Tutorial

• Develop as-is and to-be business process

It is not possible to put everything in a single visual paradigm project in enterprise scale project. Business Process Visual ARCHITECT allows visualizing different projects' model elements in a single diagram. The following movie shows how to configure referenced project and show the model elements in diagram.

Online training

• Reusing Model Element with Referenced Projects (Free)

View sub-project diagrams in the master project without switching project back and forth.

Automatic copy reference project model elements to current project. All model element members and properties will be copied at the same time.

Mirror model elements feature are similar to reference model elements feature that allows visualizing model elements from other projects. The referenced model element will not keep a local copy of the model element in the project and not allow adding child to the model elements. Mirror model elements feature keeps copies of the model elements in local project and allows adding child model elements to the mirrored model elements.

Reusing, refining, elaborating or transcribing portion of previous project's diagram can increase modeling efficiency dramatically. Business Process Visual ARCHITECT supports the use of Design Pattern, which enables you to define diagram or portion of the diagram as pattern, and apply the pattern in future. The defined patterns are highly configurable and customizable to fulfill any needs. All diagrams in Business Process Visual ARCHITECT supports design pattern. The defined patterns can be shared within the team through VP Teamwork Server, Subversion, Perforce or CVS.

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Business Process Visual ARCHITECT's market-unique Nicknamer feature lets you define multiple set of name and documentation in a single model. In this connection, it allows a diagram to be presented in different languages without keeping multiple copy of the diagrams or project files. You can maintain one business process diagram with different languages for different branches of your company around the world. Besides, you can put a human readable name for each entity in ERD to increase the readability. The following movie shows you how to maintain two languages of business process diagram and make a human readable ERD. You can see the nicknamer in action by changing the combo box at the right hand side.

Tutorial

• Translate business process diagram

Traceability between model elements helps to identify and locate the source of origin of specify model element in project. For example, "Order Process" in process map diagram is derived from a task called "Process Order" in a business process diagram. Business Process Visual ARCHITECT supports model transitor to manage and maintain the traceability between model elements.