Select a Stencil

Stencil names describe the category or sub-category of services and adapters for the icons they contain, with the exception of the Business Process Modeling Language (BPML) stencil. The BPML stencil contains icons only for BPML activities and instructions that coordinate the flow of activities within a business process model.

To select a stencil for use in the Graphical Process Modeler (GPM):

Start the GPM.
From the View menu, select Stencil > Stencil_Name.
Look for the category of service and any sub-category that you need. Depending on the stencil category selected, there may be another level of stencils to select from.
If you want to display all services (but not BPML activities) in one single stencil, from the View menu select View > Stencil > All Services.

For example, the ebXML stencil contains icons for services that implement business-to-business data exchange using the ebXML format, such as the ebXML Digital Signature service and the ebXML Profile service. In this example, the category is Internet B2B, and the sub-category is ebXML. From the View menu, you would select Stencil > Internet B2B > ebXML.

Note: If you do not have a license for a service or adapter that you include in a business process model, the business process will fail when you attempt to run it in Sterling B2B Integrator.

For more information, see GPM Stencil Descriptions.