Generating Other Models from a BPM

You can generate another BPM from your BPM. You can use the BPM to BPM generation to generate an analysis or collaborative BPM into an implementation BPM designed for the different orchestration process languages supported in PowerDesigner (BPEL4WS, WS-BPEL, and SOA).

When changes are made to the source model, they can then be easily propagated to the generated models using the Update Existing Model generation mode.

The generated model is the one that usually contains more information. For example, once the Analyst team has designed the analysis model, the model can be submitted to the Development team for implementation.

Select Tools > Generate Business Process Model (Ctrl+Shift+B) to open the BPM Generation Options Window:
On the General tab, select a radio button to generate a new or update an existing model, and complete the appropriate options.
[optional] Click the Detail tab and set any appropriate options. We recommend that you select the Check model checkbox to check the model for errors and warnings before generation.
[optional] Click the Target Models tab and specify the target models for any generated shortcuts.
[optional] Click the Selection tab and select or deselect objects to generate.
Click OK to begin generation.

Note:

For detailed information about the options available on the various tabs of the Generation window, see Core Features Guide > Linking and Synchronizing Models > Generating Models and Model Objects.

Generating an Orchestration BPM
You can generate an orchestration BPM from an analysis, a collaborative or an orchestration BPM in any of the following ways:
Generating an Orchestration BPM from an Analysis BPM
The following transformations are executed when you generate an orchestration BPM from an analysis BPM:
Generating an Orchestration BPM from a Collaborative BPM
You can generate an orchestration BPM from a collaborative BPM, in order to focus on the implementation of one side of the collaboration you have defined in the collaborative BPM.
Generating an Orchestration BPM from an Orchestration BPM
You can generate an orchestration BPM from another orchestration BPM in order to execute your BPM in a specific application or to use a language standard format. Most of the time you will perform the following types of generation:
Changing Target from Analysis to Data Flow Diagram
You use the Change Current Process Language command from the Language menu in order to generate a data flow diagram from an Analysis business process diagram, when you need to represent the processes, at a high level of abstraction, in your information system from the viewpoint of data.

Parent topic: Working with BPMs