IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

Manage the workflow collection

To support Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), Process Designer can save and open files in XPDL 2.0 format. XPDL files can contain more than one workflow definition. In Process Designer, a file with one or more workflow definitions is called a workflow collection. Note that the XPDL 2.0 format is extended to include IBM® FileNet® scenario definitions.

Single workflow definition
When a workflow collection contains one workflow definition, that workflow definition is identified as the main workflow. When you save this workflow definition using options on either the File menu or the Action menu, it is saved in the native format for Process Designer—PEP file. Note that if the file includes one or more scenario definitions, then the file is saved in XPDL format.
Multiple workflow definitions
If you open an XPDL 2.0 file that was created by a BPMN modeling application, or you have more than one workflow definition or one or more scenario definitions in the workflow collection, when you save the document using File > Save or File > FileNet > FileNet Add/Checkin, the document is saved in XPDL 2.0 format. Note that if you open an XPDL document, it will always be saved as an XPDL document, even if it contains only one workflow definition.

To work on individual workflow definitions, select the workflow from View > Workflows or click the appropriate tab in the workspace. Use the options on the Action menu to specify the Workflow Properties for the current workflow definition.

The options in Process Designer are organized into two areas:



Last updated: October 2015
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