Update a business process map
Modify an existing business process map by adding new events, activities, or gateways.
Before you begin
Role required: sn_apm.apm_user
Note: To update a diagram, you must have Owner or Editor access to the artifact or diagram.
Procedure
Navigate to Workspaces > Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
Open the Modeling page by selecting the Enterprise Modeling and Visualization icon (
Enterprise Modeling and Visualization icon\).
Open an existing business process map from the Diagrams page.
Add the required shapes and connections.
Drag shapes from the Shapes palette to the canvas. BPMN shapes are organized into sub-categories — Gateway, Event, Activity, and General. For a full list of available shapes, see Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) shapes.
For activity shapes such as user task or service task, select the Open the side panel icon (
Open side panel\) to update the details of the associated record.
To change the style of a connector, select the relationship line and choose a line type from the list that appears directly on the line. BPMN shapes and general shapes have their own sets of line types.
- Select the More Actions context menu (
More actions menu\) to delete a shape from the canvas.
Select Share to share the diagram with individuals or groups.
For more information, see Share a modeling diagram.
Select the More Actions menu (
More actions menu.\) to perform the following actions:
- **Save as new version**: Select this option to create a version for the selected diagram. The version number is automatically added in the Version number field, and it is read-only. For more information, see [Save as a version](eaw-modeling-save-as-new.md).
- **Duplicate**: Select this option to duplicate the diagram. For more information, see [Duplicate a modeling diagram](eaw-modeling-duplicate.md).
- **Submit for approval**: Select this option to submit the diagram for approval. The approval process can be done through a configured workflow. By default, the approval request is submitted to the Enterprise Architect group. For more information, see [Submit a modeling diagram for approval](eaw-modeling-submit-for-approval.md).
Select Commit changes to synchronize the diagram to the database.
This option is available only when the diagram is approved. For more information, see Synchronize a shape to the database.
Parent Topic:Working with business process map
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