The Business Process Designer (Designing Business Processes in the Sun Business Process Manager)

Designing Business Processes in the Sun Business Process Manager

The Business Process Designer

The Business Process Designer is the area in Enterprise Designer where you view, create, and edit BP models. The Business Process Designer provides the necessary tools for developing BP models such as graphic editing tools for adjusting, sizing, and aligning model components as well as a palette of modeling elements for developing the logical flow of information and tasks of the BP.

The Business Process Designer is very similar to any of the other Java CAPS interfaces. When you create a new BP, the Business Process Designer appears. The toolbar contains additional activity icons, which are described in Business Process Activities.

Note –

You might need to expand the Business Process Designer window to view all toolbar options.

Table 1 Business Process Designer Toolbar


Name	Description
Display Business Rule Designer	Reveals the Business Rule Designer in the lower portion of the Business Process Designer.
Show Business Process Code	Toggles between showing and hiding the corresponding Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) code, allowing you to view and edit the code.
Synchronize Graphical Model and Business Process Code	Updates the BP code on demand. The BP code is also synchronized when the model is saved.
Validate Business Process Model	Checks for any errors in the BP model.
Show/Hide Property Sheet	Shows or hides the Property Sheet for the selected modeling element.
Print	Prints the BP model. This option also allows you to control the scale of the printed model.
Do Auto Layout	Automatically lays out the BP model. The Auto Layout feature provides several options for customizing the model layout.
Align or Distribute	Displays several options for aligning and distributing your BP model elements.
Zoom	Controls the view size of the BP model.