Exporting process applications to BPMN 2.0
You can export your process applications from the IBM Process Center to a Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) version 2.0 file format, which can be used with products that support the BPMN 2.0 import.
The export to the BPMN 2.0 file format
offers only a high-level view of the exported process flow. Data artifacts
and semantic details, such as swimlanes, variables, and properties
of the exported processes, are not included in the BPMN 2.0 exports.
Important notes:
- For complete exports, use the IBM® BPM export (.twx) file format. See the Importing and exporting process applications from the Process Center console topic in the related tasks section.
- BPD (Business process definition) names must not include the colon (:) character.
- BPD names must not include characters that are not supported in names on the operating system on which the Process Center server is installed.
The following table shows the mapping between IBM Business Process Manager objects and their equivalent elements in the BPMN 2.0 file format, after export. If an object is not included in the table, the object is not exported. All the elements include the name and the description text. The description is included in a Documentation element.
| IBM Business Process Manager object | BPMN element | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Business Process Diagram | Process | |
| Activity with a Linked Process implementation | Call Activity | Refers to the called process. |
| Activity with a Decision Task implementation | Business Rule Task | |
| Activity with a System Task implementation | Service Task | |
| Activity with a Script implementation | Script Task | |
| Activity with a User Task implementation | User Task | |
| Activity with a Subprocess implementation | Subprocess | Contents are included. |
| Activity with an Event Subprocess type | Subprocess | Marked as triggered by an event. Contents are included. |
| Activity with a None implementation | Task | |
| Event Gateway | Event-based Gateway | |
| Exclusive Gateway | Exclusive Gateway | |
| Inclusive Gateway | Inclusive Gateway | |
| Parallel Gateway | Parallel Gateway | |
| Start Event | Start Event | |
| Message Start Event | Message Start Event | |
| Timer Start Event | Timer Start Event | |
| Error Start Event | Error Start Event | An Error element with an error code is also created if there is an error code for the event. |
| AdHoc Start Event | Start Event | |
| None End Event | End Event | |
| Error End Event | Error End Event | An Error element with an error code is also created if there is an error code for the event. |
| Message End Event | Message End Event | |
| Terminate End Event | Terminate End Event | |
| Message Intermediate Event (Receiving) | Message Intermediate Catch Event | |
| Message Intermediate Event (Sending) | Message Intermediate Throw Event | |
| Timer Intermediate Event | Timer Intermediate Catch Event | |
| Tracking Intermediate Event | Intermediate Catch Event | |
| Error Event attached to an Activity | Error Boundary Event | An Error element with an error code is also created if there is an error code for the event. |
| Message Event attached to an Activity | Message Boundary Event | |
| Timer Event attached to an Activity | Timer Boundary Event | |
| Sequence Flow | Sequence Flow | |
| Note | Text Annotation |