You can import process applications from other Process Center repositories,
and you can also export process applications.
Before you begin
When importing a process application, the users and security
groups, which are referenced by the teams in a process application,
must exist in the user repository.
Procedure
- To import process applications from an IBM® BPM export
(.twx) file, the user must be a member of the tw_admins or tw_authors security
group, or have administrative permission. Follow these steps:
- Select the Process Apps tab.
- Click the Import Process App option.
- In the Import Process App window, click the Browse button
to locate the IBM BPM export
(.twx) file that you want to import.
Note: Process applications
that you import should have unique acronyms. If an acronym is not
unique, the import completes with a warning; however, attempts to
install snapshots of the process application on test and productions
servers will fail with an error.
- Click the Next button to import
the selected .twx file. In the Import Process App window,
click to expand the sections that show the snapshots that will be
imported and the snapshots that are already available (and will not
be imported).
- Click the Import button.
When the import is complete, the imported process application
is included in the list in the Process Apps tab.Note: If you import
a process application from an IBM BPM export
(.twx) file that was created before Business Process Manager 7.5.1 and the
process application references an IBM Content Integrator Server, the
connector name will be lost and you will need to manually specify
it again in the Servers tab of the Process App Settings editor.
- To export process applications to an IBM BPM, follow
these steps:
- Select the Process Apps tab.
- In the list of process applications, click the application
that you want to export.
- Find the snapshot that you want to export. If a snapshot
does not exist, create one by clicking Create New Snapshot.
- Click the Export option for the
snapshot.
- Select BPMN 2.0 export (.zip) or IBM
BPM export (.twx). A .twx file is a proprietary
IBM format that includes snapshot and version information and can
be reused by IBM BPM products. The BPMN 2.0 export format conforms
to BPMN 2.0 standards and can be reused by products that support that
standard. It contains the high-level process flow but not all the
specifics conveyed in a .twx file.
- Locate the directory to which you want to save the export
file, name the file, and then save it. The exported
file can be imported into any Process Center repository.
What to do next
Repository administrators can see a log of all imports by
clicking the
Admin option on the
Process Center console
and then clicking
Import and Export Log.