Importing and exporting BPMN models

You can import the BPMN models that you exported from IBM® WebSphere Business Modeler or WebSphere Business Compass in the form of BPMN 2.0 file archive (.zip). You can also import your BPMN models into the IBM Process Center or export your process applications from the IBM Process Center to a BPMN 2.0 file archive (.zip).

• To import BPMN models into the IBM Process Center complete the following steps:
  1. Start the IBM Process Designer from your Windows desktop or using the URL for the Process Center in a browser. The first time you start the IBM Process Designer it opens to the Process Center console.

     You can trigger the import of the models in two ways. You can either click Import Process App (on the Process App tab), or Import Toolkit (on the Toolkit tab). Either of these actions will result in an import dialog .

  2. Click Import Process App. The Import Process App dialog displays.
  3. Click Browse to select the BPMN 2.0 archive (.zip) file that you exported from the WebSphere Business Compass or IBM WebSphere Business Modeler and click Next.
  4. In the Import Process App window, a name and acronym have been specified based on information in the file you selected. You can edit the name and acronym and add a description. If you are using IBM BPM Advanced, you will see radio buttons that you can use to choose what will be generated for unimplemented services. Select either Advanced Integration Services or Integration Services and then click Next.
     Note: Advanced integration services are only available for unimplemented services. Integration services are always generated for implemented services. Both radio buttons display only in IBM BPM Advanced. For more information, see Building an Integration service and Building an Advanced Integration service.
     A Summary of the import results pane opens containing any generated error, warning and information messages. A new process application or a toolkit is created, containing the content from the BPMN 2.0 archive.

     It will include integration services if the model contained web service bindings and advanced integration services if the model contained unimplemented advanced integration services. All Blueworks Live artifacts will also be integrated with a BPMN import if milestones and other BPMN 2 extensions were in the model.

     A snapshot of the process application is automatically created in the Process Center, for your use as a baseline, in the future, if necessary.

  5. You can filter the messages by clicking Errors or Warnings. Click Save and specify a location if you want to save the messages. All the messages will be saved as a text file even if a filter has been applied. Click Close.
• To export your process applications from the IBM Process Center to a BPMN 2.0 file archive (.zip), complete the following steps:
  1. Select the Process Apps tab.
  2. In the list of process applications, click on the application that you want to export.
  3. Find the snapshot that you want to export. If a snapshot does not exist, create one by clicking Create New Snapshot.
  4. Click the Export option for the snapshot.
  5. Select BPMN 2.0 export (.zip).
  6. Locate the directory to which you want to save the export file, name the file, and then save it.

     The BPMN 2.0 export will include any business process that is referenced in a toolkit. No data artifacts such as business objects or services such as Advanced Integration Services will be included in BPMN 2.0 exports.

     The exported file can be imported into any Process Center repository.