Automatically Arranging Modeling Elements (Designing Business Processes in the Sun Business Process Manager)

Designing Business Processes in the Sun Business Process Manager

Automatically Arranging Modeling Elements

In order to save time and effort, you can automatically arrange the modeling elements on the Business Process Designer canvas. The Auto Layout feature provides several options for arranging modeling elements for clear display.

To automatically arrange modeling elements

In the Business Process Designer toolbar, click Auto Layout.

The Auto Layout dialog box appears.

Select the display options.

When you are done, click OK.

Auto Layout Options

The following tables describe the different options available for arranging modeling elements. Default values are indicated with bold text.

Table 8 Cycle Remove Options


Option	Description
Greedy	Optimizes cycle removal.
Depth First Search	Performs cycle removal by searching depth first.

Table 9 Layering Options


Option	Description
Longest Path Sink	Layers elements according to the longest path sink.
Longest Path Source	Layers elements according to the longest path source.
Optimal Link Length	Optimizes link length.

Table 10 Initialize Options


Option	Description
Naive	Initializes layout without searching depth.
Depth First Search Outward	Initializes layout by searching depth first outwardly.
Depth First Search Inward	Initializes layout by searching depth first inwardly.

Table 11 Crossing Reduction Options


Option	Description
Iterations	Specifies the number of iterations for crossing reduction. Click the up or down arrow to change the number.
Aggressive	Performs aggressive crossing reduction when selected.

Table 12 Layout Options


Option	Description
Layer Spacing	Specifies the number of pixels for layer spacing. Click the up or down arrow to change the number.
Column Spacing	Specifies the number pixels for column spacing. Click the up or down arrow to change the number.
Left to Right	Performs a horizontal layout from left to right.
Top to Bottom	Performs a vertical layout from top to bottom.