Importing and Exporting BPMN2 Files

PowerDesigner can import and export BPMN2 files, with a particular emphasis on supporting SAP NetWeaver® BPM, SAP® StreamWork™ tools, and the Eclipse BPMN2 Modeler. The import and export supports business process diagrams only; conversation and choreography diagrams and their objects are not supported.

PowerDesigner supports round-trip importing and exporting of SAP NetWeaver® BPM v7.3 and higher BPMN2 files.

To import a BPMN2 file and create a new model, select File > Import > BPMN2 File. To export a BPMN2 model, select File > Export > BPMN2 File.

The following BPMN2 objects are supported in import and export:

Supported Objects
DocumentRoot, Definitions, Property, Documentation, TextAnnotation Process Task, GlobalTask, GlobalBusinessRuleTask, GlobalManualTask, GlobalScriptTask, GlobalUserTask, BusinessRuleTask, ManualTask, ReceiveTask, ScriptTask, SendTask, ServiceTask, UserTask Transaction, CallActivity, SubProcess, AdHocSubProcess Message, MessageFlow Participant, ParticipantMultiplicity Collaboration Lane, LaneSet SequenceFlow MultiInstanceLoopCharacteristics, StandardLoopCharacteristics Association Group InputOutputSpecification, InputSet, OutputSet DataObject, DataStore, DataInput, DataOutput, DataState DataAssociation, DataInputAssociation, DataOutputAssociation DataObjectReference, DataStoreReference BoundaryEvent, IntermediateCatchEvent, StartEvent, EndEvent, ImplicitThrowEvent, IntermediateThrowEvent CancelEventDefinition, CompensateEventDefinition, ConditionalEventDefinition, ErrorEventDefinition, EscalationEventDefinition, LinkEventDefinition, MessageEventDefinition, SignalEventDefinition, TerminateEventDefinition, TimerEventDefinition ComplexGateway, EventBasedGateway, ExclusiveGateway, InclusiveGateway ParallelGateway Operation, Interface BPMNDiagram, BPMNPlane, BPMNShape, BPMNEdge, Bounds, Point

Supported Objects

DocumentRoot, Definitions, Property, Documentation, TextAnnotation
Process
Task, GlobalTask, GlobalBusinessRuleTask, GlobalManualTask, GlobalScriptTask, GlobalUserTask, BusinessRuleTask, ManualTask, ReceiveTask, ScriptTask, SendTask, ServiceTask, UserTask
Transaction, CallActivity, SubProcess, AdHocSubProcess
Message, MessageFlow
Participant, ParticipantMultiplicity
Collaboration
Lane, LaneSet
SequenceFlow
MultiInstanceLoopCharacteristics, StandardLoopCharacteristics
Association
Group
InputOutputSpecification, InputSet, OutputSet
DataObject, DataStore, DataInput, DataOutput, DataState
DataAssociation, DataInputAssociation, DataOutputAssociation
DataObjectReference, DataStoreReference
BoundaryEvent, IntermediateCatchEvent, StartEvent, EndEvent, ImplicitThrowEvent, IntermediateThrowEvent
CancelEventDefinition, CompensateEventDefinition, ConditionalEventDefinition, ErrorEventDefinition, EscalationEventDefinition, LinkEventDefinition, MessageEventDefinition, SignalEventDefinition, TerminateEventDefinition, TimerEventDefinition
ComplexGateway, EventBasedGateway, ExclusiveGateway, InclusiveGateway ParallelGateway
Operation, Interface
BPMNDiagram, BPMNPlane, BPMNShape, BPMNEdge, Bounds, Point

The following BPMN2 choreography and conversation diagram objects are supported for modeling in PowerDesigner but are not supported in import and export:

Modeling Objects Not Supported in Import/Export
ChoreographyTask, GlobalChoreographyTask, Choreography, SubChoreography, CallChoreography CorrelationKey, CorrelationPropertyBinding, CorrelationPropertyRetrievalExpression, CorrelationSubscription, CorrelationProperty Conversation, SubConversation, ConversationNode, ConversationLink, GlobalConversation, CallConversation

The following BPMN2 objects are not supported for modeling or in import and export:

Unsupported Objects
CorrelationPropertyBinding, CorrelationPropertyRetrievalExpression, CorrelationSubscription MessageFlowAssociation, ParticipantAssociation, ConversationAssociation ResourceAssignmentExpression, ResourceParameter, ResourceParameterBinding, ResourceRole InputOutputBinding ItemDefinition ImplicitThrowEvent Assignment Auditing ComplexBehaviorDefinition Monitoring Relationship Rendering Expression, FormalExpression PotentialOwner HumanPerformer Category, CategoryValue EndPoint Error Escalation PartnerEntity, PartnerRole Resource Signal Extension, ExtensionAttributeDefinition, ExtensionAttributeValue, ExtensionDefinition Import

Unsupported Objects

CorrelationPropertyBinding, CorrelationPropertyRetrievalExpression, CorrelationSubscription
MessageFlowAssociation, ParticipantAssociation, ConversationAssociation
ResourceAssignmentExpression, ResourceParameter, ResourceParameterBinding, ResourceRole
InputOutputBinding
ItemDefinition
ImplicitThrowEvent
Assignment
Auditing
ComplexBehaviorDefinition
Monitoring
Relationship
Rendering
Expression, FormalExpression
PotentialOwner
HumanPerformer
Category, CategoryValue
EndPoint
Error
Escalation
PartnerEntity, PartnerRole
Resource
Signal
Extension, ExtensionAttributeDefinition, ExtensionAttributeValue, ExtensionDefinition Import