IBM Blueworks Live provides BPMN 2.0 support for
importing and exporting of process blueprints. However, not all elements in the BPMN 2.0
specification have a direct corollary in Blueworks Live.
Similarly, some Blueworks Live elements have no directly
corresponding element in the BPMN 2.0 specification. These additional elements are supported by
using the Blueworks Live BPMN 2.0 Extension
schema.
BPMN 2.0 schema:
BPMN 2.0
Table 1. BPMN 2.0 elements supported for import and Blueworks Live element mapping
| Imported BPMN 2.0 element |
Blueworks Live element |
|
Text annotation
|
Normal activity
|
|
Associations
|
No corresponding element
|
|
Sequence flow
|
Flow line
|
Data
- Data input
- Data object
- Data output
- Data store
|
Each data item maps to a Normal activity
|
Tasks
- Subprocess
- None task
- Business rule task
- User task
- User task (with isRobot=true)
- Service task
- Script task
|
Activities
- Subprocess
- Normal task
- Business rule task
- User task
- Robot task
- Service task
- Normal task
|
| Start events |
Blueworks Live supports the following
start events:
- Normal start event
- Message start event
- Timer start event
All other start events are imported as normal start events.
|
| Intermediate events |
Blueworks Live supports the following
intermediate events:
- Intermediate message event
- Intermediate error event
- Intermediate timer event
- Intermediate escalation event
Imported intermediate link events are imported as links. All other intermediate events are
imported as intermediate message events.
|
| End events |
Blueworks Live supports the following
end events:
- Normal end event
- Message end event
- Error end event
All other end events are imported as normal end events.
|
Gateways
- Exclusive gateway
- Inclusive gateway
- Parallel gateway
- Event gateway
|
Gateways
- Exclusive gateway
- Inclusive gateway
- Parallel gateway
- Normal activity
|
| Swimlanes |
Swimlanes |
Table 2. BPMN 2.0 elements supported in the Blueworks Live export
| Blueworks Live
Element |
BPMN 2.0 Element (including BPMN 2.0 Extension) |
| Process blueprint |
Process |
| Milestone |
See Blueworks Live BPMN 2.0 Extension Schema |
| Flow line |
Sequence flow |
| Link |
Intermediate link event |
Activities
- Subprocess
- Normal task
- Decision task
- User task
- Robot task
- Service task
- Linked Process
|
Tasks
- Sub-Process
- None task
- Business rule task
- User task
- User task (with isRobot=true)
- Service task
- Call activity
|
Events
- Start events
- Normal start event
- Message start event
- Timer start event
- Intermediate events
- Intermediate message event
- Intermediate error event
- Link
- Intermediate timer event
- Intermediate escalation event
- End events
- Normal end event
- Message end event
- Error end event
|
Events
- Start events
- Normal start event
- Message start event
- Timer start event
- Intermediate events
- Intermediate message event
- Intermediate error event
- Intermediate link event
- Intermediate timer event
- Intermediate escalation event
- End events
- Normal end event
- Message end event
- Error end event
|
Gateways
- Exclusive gateway
- Inclusive gateway
- Parallel gateway
|
Gateways
- Exclusive gateway
- Inclusive gateway
- Parallel gateway
|
Properties
- Participant
- Business Owners
- Experts
- Systems
- Cycle Time
- Wait Time
- Suppliers
- Inputs
- Outputs
- Risk
- Value Add
|
See Blueworks Live BPMN 2.0 Extension Schema |
Note: Colored events and gateways are supported in Blueworks Live but not in IBM® Business Automation Workflow. When you import into Business Automation Workflow, the colors of events and gateways are not shown.