Mapping BPMN 2.0 constructs to IBM Business Process Manager
You can import elements from the IBM® WebSphere® Business Modeler into IBM Business Process Manager, using the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) Version 2.0 file format.
The following table shows the mapping between elements in
the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) Version 2.0 file format
and their equivalent IBM Business
Process Manager objects
or properties, after import. If an element is not included in the
table, the element is not imported. The top-level library elements
are in boldface type. The elements that are not in boldface type and
are listed under a top-level library element, are subordinate elements
within them.
| BPMN construct | IBM Business Process Manager element | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Item definition | Business object | |
| Message that does not refer to an item definition | Business object - without a structure | |
| Resource | Team | Before version 8.5 the team element was known as "participant group". |
| Global task | Integration service or Advanced Integration service | Element selection depends on your choice in the procedure described in Moving business processes from WebSphere Business Modeler to Process Designer or Importing BPMN models. |
| Global user task | Client-side human service | |
| Global rule task | Decision service | |
| Interface - with or without a backing WSDL | Integration service or Advanced Integration service | A service is generated for each operation in the interface. Element selection depends on your choice in the procedure described in Moving business processes from WebSphere Business Modeler to Process Designer or Importing BPMN models. |
| Process | Business process definition (in CF2017.12 and
earlier)
|
|
| Task | Activity | The following rules apply:
|
| Human task | User task with a reference to a client-side human service | |
| Business rules task | Decision task with a reference to a decision service | |
| Service task - To an operation with or without a backing WSDL | Activity with a system task implementation and a reference to an integration service | |
| Receive task | Intermediate message event | |
| Script task | Activity with a JavaScript implementation | |
| All other task types | Activity | |
| Subprocess | Activity with a subprocess type | Only a single none start event is allowed. Other start event types are collapsed into the single none start event. |
| Event subprocess | Activity with an event subprocess type | Only a single error, timer, or message start event is allowed. If there is more than one, only the first is used. Other start event types are converted to an error start event. |
| Call activity with a reference to a process | Activity | The activity has a reference to a business process definition. |
| Call activity with a reference to a global task | Activity with a service (task) implementation and a reference to an integration service | The activity has a reference to a service. |
| Exclusive gateway | Exclusive gateway | |
| Inclusive gateway | Inclusive gateway | |
| Parallel gateway | Parallel gateway | |
| Event-based gateway | Activity with message boundary events | The message catch events that followed the event-based gateway are converted to message boundary events attached to the activity. |
| None start event | Start event | Only a single none start event is allowed. If there is more than one, only one will be created. |
| Message start event | Message start event | |
| Timer start event | Timer start event | |
| Error start event | Error start event | |
| All other start event types | Start event | |
| End event | End event | |
| Error end event | Error end event | |
| Message end event | Message end event | |
| Terminate end event | Terminate end event | |
| All other end event types | Activity followed by an end event | |
| Intermediate catch message event | Intermediate message event (receiving) | |
| Intermediate catch timer event | Intermediate timer event | |
| Intermediate catch link event | Sequence flow | |
| All other intermediate catch events | Activity | |
| Intermediate throw message event | Intermediate message event (sending) | |
| Intermediate throw events | Activity | |
| Boundary error event | Error event attached to an activity | |
| Boundary message event | Message event attached to an activity | |
| Boundary timer event | Timer event attached to an activity | |
| Sequence flow | Sequence flow | |
| Text annotation | Note | |
| Data object | Private process variable | |
| Process data input | Process input | |
| Process data output | Process output | |
| Input data association | Data mapping inside an activity | From a process variable or input to a service input or process input. |
| Output data association | Data mapping inside an activity | From a service output or process output to a process variable or output. |
Process (in CF2018.03 and later)