Modeling & simulation of

business casesEditing diagrams

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Creating new diagrams

• 1. Click New• 2. Select BPMN 2.0 as type •

Opening, editing and saving diagrams

• 1. double click on the diagram you want to edit. Or follow the instructions in the figure below after selecting the diagram:

Adding elements• You can add elements to your diagram as follow:• Either by dragging and dropping elements from

the shape repository to the left.

Adding elements• Or you can use the interactive shortcut menu

surrounding each element.

Adding edges between existing elements

• If you want to link two components together, you just need to add an edge between them.

• The edge can be added through either the shape repository or the shortcut menu.

Moving Elements• You can easily move you elements using drag &

drop.• Moving hints using ctrl & shift

Editing properties of shapes

• Resizing elements• Select the shape then click and drag the three

blue dots at the lower right corner

Hitting special keys while resizing an element :

Alt Resizing without automatic snapping and orientation lines.

Ctrl Resizing to every direction.

Shift Keep the aspect ratio while resizingI t is furthermore possible to combine these functions.

Editing properties of shapes

Editing properties of shapes

• Selecting all elements of one type by ctrl+I to adjust their properties in one go.

Editing the workspace• Adding free spaces to shorten or stretch the

workspace• You can use ctrl+m or just chose the option from

the toolbar as shown below

BPMN 2.0 notations• ACTIVITY:• Every activity performs work

• Activity attributes (Name, Description, Time, Resource (role), Cost).

BPMN 2.0 notations• Events:• There are different type of events• All activities must be performed after the start

event and before the end event.

BPMN 2.0 notations• LANES:• Each role that performs activities in a business

process has a lane.

BPMN 2.0 notations• Gateways• Exclusive gate ways used to model sequence flow

alternatives.

BPMN 2.0 notations• Gateways• Parallel gate ways used to model a parallel work

performed by two activities.