BPMN Web Modeler

Jmix BPM enables you to create and modify process models in a web environment at runtime. You can access the Modeler through the BPM section in the main menu.

This feature allows you to:

  • Fix minor issues in existing processes

  • Make modifications during production work

  • Create new processes from scratch

Those are possible if writing new Java code or alterations to existing code isn’t required.

Take advantage of the web modeler to enhance your processes seamlessly while maintaining operational continuity.

Overview

This view contains a canvas for modeling processes and a panel with BPMN elements palette on the left. To configure process elements, select them on the canvas and set properties in the properties panel on the right.

web modeler

At the top of the properties panel, you can see a buttons panel. It contains the following buttons:

  • Deploy process

  • Open draft

  • Save draft

  • Download BPMN XML

  • Upload BPMN XML

When you click the Deploy process button in the buttons panel, the process will be deployed to the process engine and will be available for starting.

Model Drafts

If you don’t want the process model to be deployed and just want to save it to continue editing later, use the Save draft button.

save draft

The draft will be saved in the content storage. To open a draft, use the Open draft button.

open draft

To export a process model, click the Download button. XML file will be saved in the file system with the name as its process id and extension .bpmn20.xml.

To import a process model, click the Upload button and select a file for downloading. Then you can deploy it or save draft.

BPMN models created in 3rd party tools can be incompatible with Jmix BPM. And vice versa: Jmix models can be unreadable in 3rd party tools.

Special Jmix elements (Entity Data task, Email Sending task) will be represented as regular service tasks in 3rd party tools. But they keep its properties.
To create business processes in the IDE, use Studio BPMN Modeler.