Creating a business process definition (BPD)

To model a process, you must create a business process definition (BPD). A BPD is a reusable model of a process, defining what is common to all runtime instances of that process model.

1. Start IBM® Process Designer and open the appropriate process application in the Designer view.
2. In the Designer view, click the plus sign next to Processes and select Business Process Definition from the list of components.
3. In the New Business Process Definition dialog, enter a name for the BPD and click Finish. (See IBM Process Designer naming conventions for character limitations and other conventions for BPD names.) Enter Expense Reimbursement if you want to create a basic BPD by following the procedures in Basic modeling tasks.
4. IBM Business Process Manager Designer displays the diagram of the process with the following default components:
   

   Table 1. Default components in the process diagram

   Component	Default name	Description
   1	Participant lane	A default lane for user activities. You can change the name by clicking the lane and editing its properties.
   2	System lane	A default lane for system activities. You can change the name by clicking the lane and editing its properties.
   3	Start event	Each BPD automatically includes a start event.
   4	End event	Each BPD automatically includes an end event.

5. To continue creating a BPD and its basic components, see Adding lanes to a BPD.