Mapping IBM WebSphere Business Modeler elements to IBM Business Process Manager constructs

You can import elements from the IBM® WebSphere® Business Modeler into IBM Business Process Manager, using the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) Version 2.0 file format.

The following table shows the mapping between elements in the IBM WebSphere Business Modeler and their equivalent IBM Business Process Manager object or property, after import. If an element is not included in the table, the element is not imported. The top-level library elements are in boldface type. The elements that are not in boldface type and listed under a top-level library element are subordinate elements within them.

The process elements in boldface type are the ones that you can select in the project tree. The elements that are not in boldface type are subordinate elements contained within the parent element.

WebSphere Business Modeler element	IBM Business Process Manager element	Comments
Global human task	Human service
Global business rules task	Decision service
Service	Integration service or Advanced Integration service	Element selection depends on your choice in the procedure described in Creating a process application from a WebSphere Business Modeler process or Importing and exporting BPMN models.
Business service (WSDL-based)	Integration Service containing a Web Service Integration or Advanced Integration Service	The Web Service Integration is only added when the WSDL has a binding (it is an implemented service). Element selection depends on your choice in the procedure described in Creating a process application from a WebSphere Business Modeler process or Importing and exporting BPMN models.
Business service object (XSD-based)	Business object
Business item	Business object
Business item template	Business object
Role	Team	Before version 8.5 the IBM BPM team element was known as "participant group".
Process	Business process definition
Task	Activity	The following applies: If the task has roles, the activity has a user task implementation and refers to a human service. If a task has no roles, the activity has a system task implementation and refers to an integration service or system service. If an incoming service is, for example, a web service that contains data to set up a binding, it is reflected in the business service. Additional steps are needed to perform this invocation. For more information, see Wiring a web Service Integration Component using IBM Process Designer.
Human task	User task that refers to a human service
Business rules task	Decision task that refers to a decision service
Receive task	Intermediate message event (receiving)
Map	Activity with a Script type
Subprocess	Activity with a Subprocess type
Global subprocess	Linked process that refers to a separate business process definition	The linked process refers to a separate business process definition containing the contents of the referenced global subprocess.
While loop	Subprocess with simple loop settings	The subprocess with simple loop settings refers to a separate business process definition containing the contents of the loop.
Do while loop	Subprocess with simple loop settings	The do while semantics are dropped and the activity behaves like a while loop.
For loop	Subprocess with simple loop settings	The subprocess with simple loop settings refers to a separate business process definition containing the contents of the loop.
Exclusive decision	Exclusive gateway
Inclusive decision	Inclusive gateway
Merge	XOR gateway
Fork	Parallel gateway
Join	Parallel gateway
Start node	Start event
End node	End event
Terminate node	End event
Compensation end event	End event	The compensation semantics are dropped.
Notification broadcaster	Activity	The ability to broadcast a notification is lost.
Notification receiver	Activity	The ability to receive a notification is lost.
Timer	Intermediate timer event
Observer	Activity	The ability to react to a condition is lost.
Global repository	Private process variable	The ability to store data outside of a process is lost.
Local repository	Private process variable
Annotation	Note
Connection	Sequence flow	If the connection has data associated with it, then the related data mappings are generated on the connected activities.