Use the data visualization option in the designer to create a visual representation of a
selected process. The visualization is displayed in a new web browser window. It contains the
web-based diagram view of the process. Select the required data variables or tag groups that you
want to visualize on the left side in the browser window.
A process uses variables and business objects to contain the data that flows in and out of its
activities. When you design a process, you can map the local variables and apply tag groups to
elements of a process, and you can create a visual representation of this data for the process. A
tag group is a key-value pair that you can use to associate a service in a process. The procedure
for defining tag groups is similar to the procedure for defining regular tags. However in a tag
group, a group of similar and related values can be grouped together under a single key. For
example, the various stages in a software development lifecycle such as In
development, Available, and Retired can be created under
the group Lifecycle Stage.
Variables are represented by colored icons in the data visualization diagram. During the design
of a process, input, output, and private variables in a process can be defined as input or output
mappings for an activity. The icons for the input mappings are displayed on the left side of an
activity in the visualization diagram and the output mappings are displayed on the right side. The
activities in the selected process that have the same data variables are represented by icons that
have the same color. When you click any colored icon, the labels for all icons of the same color
slide out and the actual variable names are displayed. Up to three input and output icons are
visible on either side for each activity.
Note: If a variable is mapped as both input and output for
an activity, it is displayed as both input and output icons in the data visualization diagram.
However, under the selection area on the left side of the diagram, variables are listed according to
their attribute definition (as Inputs, Outputs, or Private).
Tag groups are displayed as labels above the activities in the data visualization diagram. The
tag groups are applied to services within a process. All the activities that are mapped to the
tagged services are displayed with appropriate labels in the diagram. The activities in the selected
process that use the same tag groups display same-color labels. Where an activity is mapped to more
than one tag group, the labels that contain the tag group are stacked above each other in a tab. You
can click the tab to display all the labels above an activity.
You can click a subprocess within a process in the data visualization diagram to visualize that
subprocess. The parent process and all its subprocesses can be displayed according to breadcrumb
selections at the top in the browser window.
Note: If you redefine a process during visualization, the browser view does not detect those changes
automatically. You must refresh the browser to view the changes, or you can close the browser window
and relaunch it.