Process Service Diagrams (SOA)

A process service diagram provides a graphical view of the services, operations, and interfaces available in your system.

Note: To create a process service diagram in an existing BPM, right-click the model in the Browser and select New > Process Service Diagram. You cannot create a new BPM with a process service diagram as the first diagram.
PowerDesigner supports all the objects necessary to build process service diagrams:

Object

Tool

Symbol

Description

Service provider



Service containing interfaces and operations. See Service Providers (BPM).

Traceability Link



Unidirectional link between two service providers to specify a dependency (documentation purposes only).

In the following example the Process Order service provider depends on the Order Shipment service provider: