In Process Designer, you can open workflow definition files in two formats: PEP format, the native format for Process Designer, and XPDL 2.0 format, a standard format for Business Process Modeling Notation. For both formats, the workflow definition is represented as a workflow collection. For an XPDL file that contains more than one workflow definition, the first workflow in the collection will display.
Workflow definitions can be stored in either an IBM® FileNet® repository (object store or CS library), or in your local file system.
To open a workflow definition from an object store or library
For Workplace or Workplace XT, the file is checked out using the default settings from the object store—exclusive (default) or collaborative.
Checkout is not available if the file is currently checked out by another user and you do not have permission to assume the checkout. If the file is currently checked out to you or you have permission to assume the checkout, you can assume the checkout.
For Workplace or Workplace XT, if the file is checked out exclusively, only the lock user can assume the checkout.
To open a workflow definition from your local file system
CAUTION If you open an XPDL file produced by a BPMN modeling application, the drawing will not be a complete workflow definition ready to launch. You need to assign steps to appropriate participants and queues for processing, specify routing conditions, specify attachments, and add system functions and other details as necessary to produce the desired processing.
When you export an XPDL file from a BPMN modeling application, the export process should complete with no errors. If errors are detected, these errors should be corrected and the file re-exported.