Where to edit Process Designer artifacts
The desktop Process Designer is deprecated. Use the newer web Process Designer in a browser unless you are updating artifacts that you can edit only in the traditional desktop Process Designer.
In the following table, asterisks indicate where you can edit each type of artifact.
| Artifacts | Editable in the desktop Process Designer | Editable in the web Process Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Integration Service (AIS) | Yes | In web Process Designer,
you can view and edit existing AIS.
|
| Ajax Service (deprecated) | Yes | In web Process Designer, you use a service flow with the appropriate Ajax access defined. To convert an Ajax service to a service flow, see Mapping Ajax service artifacts. |
| Business Object | Yes | Yes |
| Business Process Definition (BPD) (deprecated) | Yes | In web Process Designer, you can launch a BPD as a linked process from a process. To convert BPDs to processes, see Converting BPDs to processes. |
| Coach View | Yes | Yes To use responsive features in coach views, for example, to have the runtime behavior respond to different screen size environments, you must edit coach views in the web Process Designer. Positioning and grid are also available only in the web Process Designer. To convert deprecated coach views into BPM UI coach views, see Mapping deprecated functions to BPM UI functions. |
| Client-Side Human Service | No | Yes |
| Decision Service (deprecated) | Yes | In web Process Designer, use a service flow. To convert a Decision service to a service flow, see Mapping Decision service artifacts |
| Design File | Yes | Yes |
| Document Type | No | Yes To use document types, you must have installed the Basic Case Management feature from a previous release |
| Event Subscription | Yes | Yes |
| External Implementation | Yes | Yes In web Process Designer, you create an External Service with an External Implementation binding. |
| External Service | No | Yes |
| Exposed Process Value | Yes | Yes |
| General System Service (deprecated) | Yes | In web Process Designer, use a service flow instead of a general system service. To convert a General System service to a service flow, see Mapping General System service artifacts. |
| Heritage Coaches (deprecated) | Yes | YesYou can open heritage human services that contain heritage coaches in the web Process Designer. Basic support is available for editing heritage coaches in XML view only. Creation of heritage coaches is not supported in web Process Designer. |
| Heritage Human Service | Yes | Yes Artifacts such as Send Alert are not supported in the web Process Designer. To view or edit them, use the desktop Process Designer. |
| Historical Analysis Scenario (deprecated) | Yes | No |
| IBM Case Manager Integration Service | Yes | In the web Process Designer, use a process with ad-hoc activities instead of the IBM Case Manager Integration Service. |
| Integration Service (deprecated) | Yes | In web Process Designer, use a service flow instead of an integration service. To convert an Integration service to a service flow, see Mapping Integration service artifacts. |
| Key Performance Indicator (KPI) | Yes | No |
| Localization Resource | Yes | Yes |
| Process | No | Yes |
| Process Application Setting All settings are not available in both Process Designer editors. To see the difference, open the process app editor in the desktop and web Process Designer and compare the two. |
Yes | Yes |
| Server File | Yes | Yes |
| Service Flow | Yes | |
| Service-Level Agreement (SLA) | Yes | No |
| Simulation Analysis Scenario (deprecated) | Yes | No |
| Team | Yes | Yes |
| Theme | No | Yes |
| Timing Interval | Yes | No |
| Tracking Group | Yes | Yes |
| Undercover Agent | Yes | Yes |
| User Attribute Definition | Yes | Yes |
| Web File | Yes | Yes |
| Web Service | Yes | Yes |
From 8.6 CF2018.03, you can create new
AIS by using the