APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
Attempts to display a 'Process' symbol defined with a depiction using the 'Display Selected/As...' menus or depictions style button fail on an Explorer Diagram in IBM Rational System Architect (SA). This is known to occur with the 'Process Symbol' for both 'none' (Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)) and The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF 9). CONFIGURATION Environment = Microsoft Windows (R) Tool = IBM Rational System Architect (R) Versions = 11.4.2, 11.4.2.1, 11.4.2.2, 11.4.2.3 SA Frameworks = 'none' (BPMN), TOGAF 9 SA Diagram = Explorer SA Symbols = Process SA Context Menu = 'Display Selected/as...' SA Dialog = Depiction Style SYMPTOM The 'Display Selected/as...' menus and depiction style buttons have no effect on the process symbol. Example USRPROPS.txt: Symbol 'Process' in 'Business Process' { DEPICTIONS {DIAGRAM RETAIN STYLE IMAGES\ASSET.wmf} DEPICTIONS {MENU IMAGES\ASSET.bmp} } STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1) Import the above USRPROPS.TXT 2) Create a 'Process' 3) Create an Explorer Diagram 4) Drop the 'process onto the Explorer Diagram 5) Use either: * one of the symbol context menus 'Display Selected/as...' Or, * the context menu 'Symbol Format | Symbol Style | Set Depiction Style' EXPECTED RESULTS To able to use the 'Display as... ' menus or depiction style button to change the symbol depiction style. ACTUAL RESULT The 'Display as... ' menus and the depiction style button do not change the depiction style. WORKAROUND In SA version 11.4.2.3, the 'Task Type' Property of a Process definition is used to obtain a depiction when the BPMN Process definition is 'drag and dropped' onto an Explorer diagram. If you set a 'Task Type', the symbol on the Explorer diagram can be refreshed by either: a) i) Deleting the symbol from the diagram. ii) 'Drag and drop' the definition onto the diagram. Or, b) i) Selecting the embedding Collection symbol. ii) Right click. iii) Select 'Refresh Collection'. In addition, on the Business Process diagram, if you set a 'Task type' for a Process definition, you can right click on the Process symbol and display it with it's adornment.
Local fix
Problem summary
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** Attempts to display a "Process" symbol defined with a depiction using the "Display Selected/As..." menus or depictions style button fail on an Explorer Diagram in IBM Rational System Architect (SA).
Problem conclusion
The Process symbol was designed to be used on BPMN Business Process diagrams. Its presentation is strictly controlled and this is why no full depiction is allowed by default. A means of obtaining this has recently been added for a client. There is a BPMN_AllowFullDepictionForProcess entry in the Session Options editor in 11.4.2.4. If this is set to Y, when 'Display as Task Type' is selected, a full depiction is presented for a process symbol on a Business Process diagram if the value of the Task Type has an associated depiction. This comes at the cost of it no longer being possible to obtain a depiction-less Process symbol. Already in 11.4.2.3, the Task Type of a Process is used to obtain a depiction when the BPMN Process definition is dropped onto an Explorer diagram. It can be refreshed by either deleting and re-dropping the definition or selecting the embedding Collection symbol and picking Refresh Collection. In addition on the Business Process diagram, if you set a task type, you can right click and display it with it's adornment.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
PM87997
Reported component name
TLOGIC SYS ARCH
Reported component ID
5724V68SA
Reported release
B30
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2013-04-29
Closed date
2013-06-14
Last modified date
2013-06-14
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Fix information
Fixed component name
TLOGIC SYS ARCH
Fixed component ID
5724V68SA
Applicable component levels
RB30 PSN
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 June 2013