Starting Process Designer

The method by which you start Process Designer can vary depending on whether you are creating a new collaboration template or editing an existing collaboration template.

Important

Before you can start Process Designer, you must ensure that System Manager is running.

There are several ways to start Process Designer from within System Manager, as described in Table 6.

Table 6. Starting Process Designer from within System Manager

Method Result
Right-click the Collaboration Templates folder from the object browser view, then click Create New Collaboration Template from the context menu. Process Designer opens and displays the New Template dialog box.
Double-click a collaboration template within the Collaboration Templates folder Process Designer opens and displays the template definition you double-clicked.
Create and use a user project shortcut to the component in the Integration Component Libraries Process Designer opens and displays the template definition associated with the shortcut.

You can also launch Process Designer from the Start menu. Click Start --> Programs --> IBM WebSphere InterChange Server --> IBM WebSphere Business Integration Toolset --> Development --> Process Designer.

Process Designer displays in its own dockable window. You can launch more than one Process Designer instance at a time to edit more than one collaboration template definition.

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