Use the data visualization option in IBM® Process
Designer to create a
visual representation of a selected business process definition (BPD). The visualization is
displayed in a new web browser window. It contains the web-based diagram view of the BPD. Select the
required data variables or tag groups that you want to visualize on the left side in the browser
window.
Prerequisite: To visualize process data,
you must open the Process Designer desktop
editor.
A process uses variables and business objects to contain the data that flows in and out of its
activities. When you design a process in Process Designer, 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 a selected business process definition (BPD). 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 in Process Designer 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.
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