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ADONIS® 3.9 - Introduction

1. yUser 1 pUser 1 ddatabase h14 logs in the user User 1 with the password User 1 to the ADONIS database database using a font size of 14 pt in the ADONIS application 1 2 Start ADONIS Single Sign on Hint The functionality for Single Sign on i e the login to ADONIS as a system user without providing your username and password is only possible with Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 and has to be enabled for the respective ADONIS database For further information please contact your ADONIS consultant Start the Business Process Management Toolkit by clicking on the program icon on your desktop or by selecting the program from the Start menu BOC Group 2006 page 147 Part V ADONIS login 1996 2006 ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit for SQL Server User name Password Language English le Lagin as ADONIS user as system user Figure 112 ADONIS login Single Sign on To log into ADONIS you can choose from the following options 1 asthe current system user 2 asadifferent system user or 3 asa ADONIS user As a current system user enter the name of the ADONIS database you want to work with and select the option as system user and click on the button Login it is not necessary to provide a user name or password As a different system user enter your system user name your system password and the name of the ADONIS database you want to work with Then select the optio
2. BOC Group 2006 page 23 Part Ill 1 Terms and Context In this chapter you will find an introductory description of the terms used in ADONIS as well as their context For a better understanding these terms and context are graphically represented as follows see fig 3 Applicationlibrary contains definition for is content of has Class attribute is father of Modelattribute has Attribute Figure 3 Terms and context in the Business Process Management Toolkit Hint You can find the name of the application library which you are assigned to in the state information Application libraries contain the definitions for model types and classes A model type is a grouping of classes The picture below shows for instance the model types of the ADONIS BPMS Application Library see fig 4 Modeltypes x Modeltypes o Produktmodell a ProzeMlandkarte A Gesch ftsprozefmodel fa rbeitsumgebungsmodel E 1T Systemmodell 9 Anwendungstalldiagramm D okumentenmodell Figure 4 Model types of the ADONIS application library Classes represent the pattern for the objects created by an ADONIS user in ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit Classes have class attributes which control for instance the graphical display of an object or the arrangement of the object attributes in the ADONIS Notebook in ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit In addition the object attributes are also defined in c
3. Responsible role eS Execution time e 1 BPVoucherbound transfer 2 Execute order in calculation center Execution of orders Role Organisational structure Bank Working envionment model 00 000 01 00 00 Line toggling 2 SP Accept transfer 3 SP Control signature blocks ul Check if account ts blocked Order control Role Organisational structure Bank Working environment model 00 000 00 00 10 E Check signature Order control Role Organisational structure Bank Working environment model 00 000 00 00 30 Decide on the release Order control Role Organisational structure Bank Working environment model 00 000 00 30 00 er service Role Organisational structure Bank Working environment model 00 000 00 10 00 Cell Figure 42 ADONIS browser structure page 60 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit In a hierarchical ADONIS browser see chap 8 2 2 p 62 a number indicating the level will be shown in the grey header of each row indicating the hierarchy level of the current row The display area white background contains the results The structure of the browser in terms of the rows and columns labels and contents varies according to the way results are displayed In an editable ADONIS browser see chap 8 2 1 p 62 you can change the values displayed in the cells The availability of this function depends on the one hand on the data di
4. 2 2 6 1 Bendpoints lt is also possible to create Bendpoints within a connector These are points at which the connectors bend see fig 63 Bendpoints are inserted by clicking anywhere within the drawing area between the selection of the start and the target object Activity 1 Process start C Bendpoints Activity 2 Figure 63 Bendpoints Hint The bendpoints of a connector are always positioned on one of the intersections of the snap grid page 90 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 2 6 2 Adding New Relations via the Context Menu Adding a relation outgoing or incoming to an object with the context menu is possible if you click on the context menu of an object right button of the mouse then on the menu item new relation and then select the expected relation in the appearing submenu Es erscheint das Fenster Neue Beziehung anlegen lt Art der Beziehung gt see fig 64 in welchem Sie je nachdem ob die Beziehung hin oder wegf hrend ist entweder das Ausgangsobjekt oder das Zielobjekt selektieren Then the New relation lt Type of relation gt window appears see fig 64 in which you can select the start object or the target object according to the type of relation needed Mew relation Subsequent outgoing EI From Merging Merging To Arial of customer request Subprocess A Change name of policy holder Process start Help A Lorespondence pol
5. Division lines Figure 47 Column separator The mouse pointer will change to e when it is placed in the correct place Once the mouse pointer changes it is possible to increase or decrease the width of a column by pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving the mouse in the required direction In this way it is possible to display the results in columns wider than the standard maximum It is also possible to adjust the width of a particular column by double clicking in the header of that column this will adjust it to the optimal width Hint By selecting Adjust columns in the context menu right mouse button all the columns in the ADONIS browser are adjusted to their optimal width wide enough to display the entire contents of the largest value in the column to a maximum of 80 characters 8 5 Enter Row Height The ADONIS browser enables the user to define the height of any rows To enter a row height place the mouse pointer on the appropriate row open the context menu right mouse button and select the Row height menu item In the Set row height window see fig 48 the current number of visible rows is shown in the Row field BOC Group 2006 page 67 Part Ill Figure 48 Set row height Enter the number of rows you want to display and then click on the OK button 8 6 Adjust Row Height With the ADONIS browser it is possible to dynamically adjust the width of any column so that cells that
6. Quick access bar Working area Status bar i dh Figure 8 Working area in the Business Process Management Toolkit Explorer components and the quick access bar can be freely moved by means of Drag and Drop hold mouse on the bar drag it and drop it in a desirable place They can be docked to the edge of the window or set in any place At the end of the work settings will be stored and used in the next program session By pressing key lt F11 gt all opened tools can be hidden and afterwards shown again 2 1 Window Bar The window bar header bar consists of the exit button small program symbol information on the working area see chap 2 p 28 ADONIS component and the user name in brackets and the buttons Minimize Maximize and Close see fig 9 page 28 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit current ADONIS User Maximize ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit user1 ES Close ADONIS component Minimize Figure 9 Window bar in the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 2 Menu Bar The menu bar is placed below the window bar see chap 2 1 p 28 When starting the Business Process Management Toolkit the modelling component is activated and its menus are displayed in the menu bar see fig 10 Model Edit View Assessment Extras Window Help Figure 10 Menu bar Modelling Component Hint Depanding on the ADONIS configuration
7. lt model type gt whereas multiple references within one attribute are shown using several lines A reference to an object within a model is represented by lt object name gt lt class name gt lt model name gt lt model type gt whereas multiple references within one attribute are shown using several lines Enumeration list The enumeration values selected from the list will be displayed separated by Calendar A process or performer calendar is represented by the word Calendar To edit the displayed attribute values click on the respective cell Depending on the attribute type the following input support dialogues are available BOC Group 2006 page 63 Part Ill Edit record attributes To edit attributes of type Record RECORD Colour definition To select a colour for the graphical representation of an object Choose enumeration value To choose an attribute value in the tabular representation Selection enumeration value from list To select an attribute value from an enumeration list Edit external program call To edit an external program call in the tabular representation Edit date To edit attributes of type Date DATE Edit date time To edit attributes of type Date and time DATETIME Edit time To edit attributes of type Time TIME Add references To create model and object references of the type Reference INTERREF Distribution definition To define a distribution
8. you can edit the contents of the browser window without losses for a later integration into a spreadsheet program Like the file format spreadsheet txt See chap 8 13 2 1 p 74 the CSV format enables the definition of a whole line as a record Additionally the line breaks which may appear in the cells will be correctly interpreted 8 13 2 3 Save as text txt Word processor saves the contents of the ADONIS browsers in this format as pure text to the selected file file extension TXT The single lines will end in the file with a line break 8 13 2 4 Save as RTF file rtf The format Rich Text Format saves the content of the ADONIS browser as an RIF file file extension RTF The table format is kept and this RTF file can be opened and further edited in a word processing program BOC Group 2006 page 75 Part Ill 8 13 2 5 Save as HTML file htm By selecting the format HTML file the contents of the browser are saved in a file in HTML format file extension HTM which can then be viewed through a HTML browser e g Internet explorer 8 13 2 6 Save as comparable representation acr When the format Comparable representation is selected the results are written in ACR format ADONIS Comparable Representation The results can then be compared using the Comparison of results option in the Evaluation component see chap 5 p 140 8 14 Copy to Clipboard When you select the menu item Copy to clipboar
9. ADONIS Version 3 9 Volume 1 introduction Volume 1 Introduction Volume 2 User s manual Volume 3 Method manual Volume 4 Method definition and administrator s manual Volume 5 Installation and Database administrator s manual BOC Group addresses Austria Germany Ib rica Ireland Greece Poland Hotline Internet BOC Asset Management GmbH A 1010 Vienna Baeckerstrasse 5 BOC Information Technologies Consulting AG BOC Information Systems GmbH A 1010 Vienna Wipplingerstrasse 1 BOC Unternehmensberatung GmbH A 1010 Vienna Rabensteig BOC Information Technologies Consulting GmbH Mosse Palast am Leipziger Platz D 10117 Berlin Vossstrasse 22 BOC Business Objectives Consulting Ib rica S A E 28006 Madrid Calle Velazquez 71 BOC Information Technologies Consulting Ltd Haddington Hall IRL Dublin 4 80 Haddington road BOC Information Technologies Consulting EPE GR 10680 Athen Mavromichali 16 BOC Information Technologies Consulting Sp z 0 o PL 00 679 Warschau ul Wilcza 44 hotline boc eu com http www boc eu com http www boc us com User documentation for ADONIS Version 3 9 2006 All rights reserverd No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems without the prior writt
10. Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 2 10 Rename Connector Marks The value of a connector mark displayed in a model can be edited by double clicking on the connector mark Within the window Rename connector mark see fig 80 the current value is shown in the field New name Rename connectormark New inder 3 Figure 80 Rename connector mark Enter a new value and click on the OK button to assign the new value Hint The new value has to be either numeric or alphabetical depending on the definition and has to be unique within the connector marks of one model Hint When performing an automatic generation of connector marks previously assigned values may be overwritten 2 2 7 1 Manage Connectors in ADONIS Notebooks Accordingly to the definition in your application library connectors can be administrated in the chapter Relations of object s notebook Relations leading to or leading from an object are different For each possible relation leading to or leading from an object there is an entry with a list of all corresponding existing connectors The lists will be automatically updated when any changes to the model concerning the connectors are made On the right above each list there are three buttons for the editing of the connectors F Add relation see chap 3 2 7 p 42 Delete relation see chap 3 2 8 p 42 EF Display notebook see chap 3 2 11 p 42 Hint To delete con
11. Concerning objects and connectors lying on top of each other you can bring the object connector lying above in the background by selecting in the context menu of the object connector right mouse button the menu item layer and then the submenu to background This way it is possible to select and edit the objects connectors lying under BOC Group 2006 page 95 Part IV Hint Aggregated objects will generally depending on the definition in the application library be placed on the lower layer i e if some within objects in these aggregated objects are placed to the background they will still be visible on the aggregated object To completely deselect click on an empty point of the drawing area or select deselect in the menu Edit 2 2 1 4 Focus This shows which single object or which single connector currently has the focus within the model window In a model window either no object or exactly one object can have the focus at any time Without Forus With Focus Figure 69 Focused object A focused object has an outline drawn around it see fig 69 A focused connector is shown with both endpoints 3 with its middle point as well as all Bendpoints see chap 2 2 6 1 p 90 0 highlighted see fig 70 A E a aS with focus without focus Figure 70 Focused connector Focus is necessary in order to use the editing functionality Change object size see chap 2 2 7 6 p 98 Change the appearan
12. Note This condition presupposes also that the parallel paths inside the parallelism cannot be united before the merging point i e in the example above it would not be authorised to model a subsequent connector from the decision to the activity 1 or from the activity 1 to the activity 2 4 A connection of objects external to the parallelism with objects inside the parallelism is exclusively authorised over the parallelism object This condition is not met in the example below see fig 90 as the path leads directly from the activity 4 into the parallelism to activity 3 Activity 1 A lt gt bs O Process start Decision Activity 2 Decision Y Activity 3 Legend lt __ 4 Parallelity Merging Figure 90 Modelling parallelism Defined entrance point BOC Group 2006 page 113 Part IV 5 A connection of objects inside the parallelism with objects outside the parallelism is exclusively authorised over the connecting object This condition is not met in the example below see fig 90 as a path leads directly from the decision which is placed within the parallelism to the process end Activity 1 aS cet J Process start Activity 2 TS Q Activity 3 Legend D Parallelity Merging Figure 91 Modelling parallelism Defined exit point 2 2 9 Global Attribute Change The function Global change allows you to change the attributes of several objects connectors in one
13. 00 44 00 00 O00 00 41 00 6 00 Send the transter order back to the customer OU 000 00 10 00 00 000 00 00 03 9 00 Figure 39 Example of an editable non hierarchical browser tabular model representation e non editable hierarchical Capacity analysis Process related Per process Application model APPLICATION MODEL Business process Activity Performer Number Execution time Waiting time Resting time Transport time Cycle time Pe 1 S5P Control signature blocks 00 000 00 26 41 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 26 41 S Check signature SP Control signature blocks 1 000000 00 000 00 00 30 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Backoffice clerk 1 000000 00 000 00 00 30 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 a Check if account is blocked SP Control signature blocks 1 000000 00 000 00 00 10 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Backoffice clerk 1 000000 00 000 00 00 10 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Decide on the release SP Control signature blocks 0 743000 00 000 00 22 17 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Backoffice clerk 0 743000 00 000 00 22 17 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Send the order back to the customer SP Control signature 0 372000 00 000 00 03 43 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Backoffice clerk 0 372000 00 000 00 03 43 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Total 00 000 00 26 41 0
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15. 9 Document models Help 5 Use case diagrams Working environment models Opened models of same type Figure 92 Global attribute changes Select model To select the model which object attributes you wish to change select the appropriate model name in the model selection list Now click on the button Next gt to continue with the object selection see chap 2 2 9 2 p 115 Hint For the global changes of attribute values you can only select models of model types which are defined in the same library 2 2 9 2 Object Selection The window Global attribute changes object selection see fig 93 allows you to define a query The system will then search for all objects of the previously selected models corresponding to the query entered BOC Group 2006 page 115 Part IV Global attribute changes object selection Get all objects of class Figure 93 Global attribute changes Object selection For the object selection you can either enter a standardised see p 116 or a user defined see p 119 query As soon as you have selected or entered a query click on the Next gt button The window Global attribute changes attribute selection see chap 2 2 9 3 p 120 is displayed see fig 97 If you click on the Model info button the list of the selected models see p 119 will be displayed Standardised Query To carry out standardised queries for the object selection select one of
16. Example Telecommunication Application mobile phone a Company map A Process model Figure 31 View option model stock Hint By using these menu commands or hot keys a potentially hidden explorer will be activated page 48 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit 4 2 Opened Model Windows Clicking on the icon E or selecting menu Window gt Navigation gt Opened models or pressing keys lt Crtl gt L causes the Explorer to show the currently open models sorted by model type The active model from the workspace is preselected Explorer Opened model windows x sa 0 Zz 5 Business process models ay SP Decline application 9 Company maps 9 Document models _ Use case diagrams 5 Working environment models fa Application department Figure 32 View option Opened model windows Hint By using the menu commands or hot keys of these two functions a potentially hidden explorer will be activated 4 3 Refresh The icon or context menu gt Refresh is used to make a connection to a ADONIS database to display the newest status there Regular updates are suggested especially in the distributed environments where many users can access the same model stock at the same time The active model from the workspace is preselected after refreshing 4 4 Options for the Opening of Models After clicking on the icon wa dropdown menu appears offering various
17. Hint If an AQL expression is entered in the User defined queries field you can carry out this user defined query by clicking on the button Next gt otherwise the current selected standardised query will be carried out page 118 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit User Defined Query You will carry out the creation of user defined queries for the object selection in the User defined queries field by connecting standardised queries defining queries in the query language AQL or extending standardised queries with AQL expression User defined queries f Acity gt F E secuton time 00 000 00 00 0101 e ayo oon FF Clea Figure 95 User defined queries Part of the window Global attribute changes object selection As a support for the definition of user defined queries you can also put them together from the standardised query For this define a standardised query and then click on the Add button This way an AQL expression which corresponds to your standardised query will be generated This AQL expression will be entered into the User defined query field By clicking on the AND OR and DIFF buttons you will combine or connect queries By clicking on the Clear button you will clear the content of the User defined query field Hint If an AQL expression is entered in the User defined queries field you can carry out this user defined query by clicki
18. Number of incoming references 1 Shall they be changed to references to the new model Figure 105 Saving model under the new name It is checked whether the user has write access to any models referencing the active model and also verified whether the number of references that lead to the model is displayed After the verification the program asks if the references should be re routed to the new model page 132 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit After the user decision and the origin of references the following options are available e The user clicks no All references still refer to the original model e All references come from models with write access and the decision is yes The references will be moved All the references refer now to the new model e The references come partly from alterable partly from write protected models and the decision is yes All the alterable references refer to the new model References from write protected models as before refer to the original one e All outgoing references come from the models that are not write protected It is not possible to make any selection All references refer to the original model Hint It is possible to limit above possibilities in case of client specific configuration in the ADONIS 2 4 6 Print Models Call print function There are three different ways to start printing e By clicking on the Smart Icon
19. Save options see fig 55 window and clicking on the OK button the window Separators for spreadsheet is displayed see fig 56 page 74 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Separators for spreadsheet ES Field separator Save Separator dll Semicolon Cancel Substitution Help Other Set separator Seperator Return Substitution Blank Figure 56 Save as spreadsheet An entire row in the ADONIS browser including the row description is defined as a set The Set separator identifies what character is used to indicate the end of a single row A single cell is defined as a field and the Field separator is used to indicate an appropriate character to separate all cells In case the separator characters are already used within the data in the ADONIS browser a Substitution character must also be defined which will be used to replace any separator characters that already exist The separator for the decimal point indicates which character should be used to separate decimal numbers i e comma full stop or other Hint To guarantee that also the cells which contain line breaks will be correctly copied into a spreadsheet program you can also save the contents of the browser to a CSV file see chap 8 13 2 2 p 75 8 13 2 2 Save as comma separated value csv When you have selected the format Spreadsheet csv
20. T Some models contain unsaved changes Select the models which shall be saved before pps peter errr errr rrr rere ee err rr rr E SP Decline ema Bl usiness process aa Applying for vacation Company map None Click on Continue to save the selected models and to quit 4DONIS roa A Figure 114 ADONIS Closing with unsaved changes Remove checks from models that should not be saved simply by clicking on them None will remove all checks All will check all models Afterwards click on Continue The selected models will be saved and ADONIS will be closed page 150 ADONIS Introduction Appendix 3 Current Configuration Select the option Configuration in the Extras menu to show the available components of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit current configuration After selecting the menu item the window lt name of database gt Current configuration see fig 115 is displayed Current configuration Customer number BOCGmbH 10 Figure 115 Current configuration of ADONIS In addition to the customer number and the maximum number of simultaneous ADONIS users you can view the current configuration of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit by clicking on the Components button The current configuration of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit is shown in an ADONIS Notebook Every chapter represents a component The available components of
21. or key lt F5 gt the selection list will be updated with the current status of the ADONIS database 3 1 3 ltem Search By selecting Item search shortkey lt Ctrl gt F you can search for entries in the list When this button has been selected the window Entry search is displayed see fig 19 BOC Group 2006 page 35 Part Ill Search ttems C l Match case Regular expression Search mode Subtest Full text O word Figure 19 Entry search Enter the text for which you wish to search into the field Text or select an item already in the list The option Match case determines whether or not the actual case of the text for which you are searching should be taken into account The option Regular expression allows a search for regular expressions Additionally you can specify the type of search you are carrying out Subtext means that the text being searched for can be part of a larger word or sentence e Full text searches for an entire piece of text which matches the text for which you are searching e Word assumes that the piece of text you are searching for is an entire word and will only locate matching words A word must be a single grouping of text flanked by blanks a full stop or the like Start the search by clicking Search If entries matching the search criteria are found in the list the search results will be displayed see chap 3 1 3 1 p 36 3 1 3 1 D
22. p 88 on the object from which the new connector should begin Hint The Focus see chap 2 2 7 4 p 96 will be put on the start object if it is an allowed start object according to the definition in the application library for the selected relation class Click on that object and then place the mouse pointer on the object which should be joined to the first object by the connector Hint The Focus see chap 2 2 7 4 p 96 will be put on the target object if it is an allowed end object according to the definition in the application library for the selected relation class The connector is now shown in a magenta colour This indicates that the connector has not yet been created The connector will only be created when you left click on the target object As a result the connector will be shown in the defined colour You can also draw a connector by moving the mouse pointer Drawing mode see chap 2 2 4 2 p 88 onto the start object left clicking and then keeping the left mouse button pressed move the mouse pointer to the target object where you release the button It is also possible to create a connector between two objects which are not visible in the window at the same time After you have clicked on the start object move the mouse pointer to the appropriate position The window will scroll automatically BOC Group 2006 page 89 Part IV You can cancel the drawing of a connector by clicking on the right mouse but
23. save 74 Show attribute values 71 Shrink branches 68 sort 70 BOC Group 2006 Appendix sort by attribute columns 0 Structure 60 ADONIS Explorer 46 Activate model 51 close model 51 Copy model 52 Copy model group 52 Copy model references 52 Create new model 50 Create new model group 50 Cut model 52 Cut model group 52 Delete model 52 Delete model group 52 Delete model references 52 Hide all 50 Item Search 53 Manage model groups 53 Models in the database 48 Open model 51 Opened model windows 49 Options for the Opening of Models 49 Paste model 52 Paste model group 52 print models 52 Refresh 49 Rename model 51 Rename model group 51 save model 51 Save tree structure 53 Set Visible Model Types 50 Show all 50 Show selected with sublevels 50 ADONIS Navigator 54 ADONIS Notebook 40 ADONIS Inspektor 56 Align objects 110 Analysis 137 APF file 154 B Bendpoints 90 Bendpoints in connectors 90 BMP file 154 Business Process Management Toolkit 81 close 150 file formats 153 start 146 start Single Sign on 147 C Change connector course 101 Change object size 98 Change visualised attribute values Quick Edit 105 Class panel 86 page 157 Part V Close model 130 closing ADONIS 150 components 81 Control elements 33 Add icon 42 Delete icon 42 Dialog icon 41 Execute Follow icon 42 Expression Dialog icon 42 Info icon 41 Large text field icon 41 Print icon 41 Save as icon 41 Deselect 38
24. the menu bar can contain more entries than shown here 2 3 Component Bar You can find the component bar below the menu bar see chap 2 2 p 29 at the left hand side ARS e Modelling Figure 11 Component bar Modelling Component The component bar see fig 11 holds the symbols smart icons for the single components of the Business Process Management Toolkit the components Acquisition Modelling Analysis Simulation Evaluation and Import Export You can activate a component by clicking on the appropriate smart icon Alternatively you can also activate a component by clicking on the component bar to the right of the component icons with the right mouse button By selection of the required component a popup menu appears Alternatively you can open this popup menu by pressing the function key lt F9 gt and activate a component by using its accelerator underlined letter in the component name The name of the component currently active is displayed to the right of the component symbols 2 4 Quick Access Bar The quick access bar is located below the menu bar see chap 2 2 p 29 right next to the component bar see chap 2 3 p 29 BOC Group 2006 page 29 Part Ill JS GA Negua sexa nA HS alla SIS She s h Figure 12 Quick access bar Modelling Component The quick access bar see fig 11 offers symbols for actions frequently used when working with this component 2 5 Workspace The workspac
25. 130 Create 12 Model type filter 34 Model types view 34 Navigating through open models function 126 Open 128 Print models 133 Print several models with identical settings 135 printing model selection 134 Save 130 Save with a different name 131 BOC Group 2006 Appendix Model documentation 141 Generate 142 Model editor 84 Model window 87 Modelling Bar 85 Working area 84 Model type filter 34 Model types view 34 Model type filter 34 Model window 87 activate 126 View all open model windows 126 Modelling 83 Model editor 84 Model Management 127 Model navigation 126 Modelling Bar 85 Class panel 86 Relation panel 86 Modelling Component 83 Modelling conditions for Simulation 110 Completeness 111 Parallelism 111 Modelling modes 88 Drawing mode 88 Editing mode 88 Model related versioning 79 Move connector centre 105 Moving objects 96 N Navigating through open models 126 Navigator 54 Next model window 126 O Open existing models 128 P Paste objects connectors ADONIS clipboard 108 Referenced objects 108 PCX files 155 PNG file 155 Previous model window 126 Print diagram 43 Print models 133 Select pages 135 Print several models with identical settings 135 Print text field 43 R Re allocate connectors 102 Redo 94 Relation panel 86 RTF files 155 S Save model under a different name 131 save models 130 page 159 Part V Save models automatically 131 Search model 109 Search
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27. 96 is very important here Align objects by selecting them and focus see chap 2 2 7 4 p 96 the referenced object to which they should be aligned Then select in the Edit menu the Align menu item as well as the Horizontally submenu or the Vertically submenu you can also click on the smart icon HE for horizontal alignment or E for vertical alignment in the quick access bar The alignment of objects can be undone using the Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 function 2 2 8 Modelling Guidelines for Simulation Every ADONIS model you want to analyse in the Simulation Component see chap 4 p 138 must meet certain requirements In order to meet these requirements ADONIS supports you with modelling guidelines in the following areas e Completeness see chap 2 2 8 1 p 111 Parallelism see chap 2 2 8 2 p 111 page 110 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit Times Random generator Transition conditions and probabilities Sub processes Performer assignment Resource allocation Performer calendar Process calendar Hint These guidelines also partly apply to Analytical Evaluation Assessment and Process Cost Analysis 2 2 8 1 Completeness Before starting their Simulation business process models must meet the following requirements Each model must have exactly one start object Each model must have at least one end object e The start object and the end o
28. Business Process Management Toolkit 1 General Innovations When using ADONIS 3 9 in Windows XP environments all graphical elements of the user interface are now shown in the XP Look ADONIS 3 9 can either be launched with a German or an English user interface An appropriate option can be found in the login dialogue and as a parameter 1ang for the command line Note When using application libraries originating from older ADONIS versions a library extension is necessary for enabling a multilingual view and unleashing all new possibilities Because of an internal switch to MVC Architecture several views at a time of one model are possible Furthermore the model view is now always consistent with the real model contents it is no longer necessary to refresh the model view manually The resulting performance gain allows for keeping the model view up to date at all times without burdening older computer systems unnecessarily manual refreshing is no longer necessary As a consequence the dialogue Overview Representation was removed All preview windows are now instantly drawn or refreshed With ADONIS 3 9 the traditional ADONIS Standard Application Library is replaced with the new ADONIS BPMS Modelling Method This library as its predecessor is based on the BPMS Paradigm but contains some new model types and special features Note Models based on the ADONIS Standard Application Library can be transferred trouble free an
29. Hide all 37 Icon File dialog 42 Icon Notebook 42 in ADONIS Notebooks 40 in selection windows 33 Item search 35 Model types 34 Refresh 35 Save as 3 Selected items 38 Show all 37 Show all selected items 38 Show selected 37 Show selected with sublevels 37 Shrink selected 37 Shrink Expand 37 Shrink Expand version threads 39 Copy objects connectors ADONIS clipboard 106 Create a new model 127 CSV file 154 current configuration 151 Cut objects connectors ADONIS clipboard 107 Referenced objects 107 D Define object size position 99 Definition of object size and position 99 Delete objects connectors 109 Referenced object 109 Documentation 141 Generate 142 Drawing connectors 89 Drawing mode 88 Drawing objects 89 Editing connectors 93 Align 110 Change 101 Change visualised attribute values 105 Copy 106 Cut 107 Define size and position 99 Delete 109 Drawing connectors 89 Editing attributes 103 Managing in ADONIS Notebooks 103 Move connector centre 105 Paste 108 page 158 Reallocation 102 Rename marks 103 search in models 109 Select 95 Editing attributes in ADONIS Notebooks 103 Editing mode 88 Editing objects 93 Align 110 Change size 98 Change visualised attribute values 105 Copy 106 Cut 107 Cut referenced objects 107 Delete 109 Delete referenced object 109 Drawing objects 89 Editing attributes 103 Moving 96 Paste 108 Paste referenced objects 108 search in models 109 Select 95 EMF file 154 Evaluation 1
30. Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit E BP Model 1 Business process model ES Responsible role Language Classification Ctivity A Eris pf Eris Alf English chivity 1 ctiviby 3 ctivity 2b Order A o ctivitu da Actiwity 2a 0 A oO oO Figure 7 Tabular display of all the objects of the class activity In this way the editing of attribute values in several objects of a class is quicker and clearer in the tabular display than in the graphical display where you have to open and close the ADONIS Notebook of each single object BOC Group 2006 page 27 Part Ill 2 ADONIS User Interface The ADONIS user interface follows the structure of other applications However there are some additional features The ADONIS window see fig 8 appears on the screen after the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit see chap 1 1 p 146 has been started This window consists of the following six parts Window bar see chap 2 1 p 28 Menu bar see chap 2 2 p 29 Component bar see chap 2 3 p 29 Quick access bar see chap 2 4 p 29 Workspace see chap 2 5 p 30 Explorer see chap 2 6 p 30 Window panel ee A O CATA Process Management Toolkit Admin Fala ES Menu bar iode Edit view Assessment Process stepper Extras Window Help Component list a ee Dees se y 9 438 BE AHO 0 aes E Explorer Models in the database x Mod x ebl s 0l
31. PNG files can be inserted to graphic programs and then further edited or be connected to any application e g spreadsheet programs 5 13 Rich Text Format RTF RTF files can be created when saving the contents of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 and also when using the HTML generation within the Documentation Component see chap 6 1 p 141 RTF files can be further edited in spreadsheet calculation programs 5 14 Scalable Vector Graphics SVG SVG files are used when generating graphics from models or model parts and when copying the graphical result representation of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 In addition SVG files can be created during documentation generation see chap 6 1 p 141 In general SVG files are used in HTML browsers BOC Group 2006 page 155 Part V Hint SVG files can be displayed using Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5 0 and up with SVG Viewer plugin or Mozilla Firefox Version 1 5 and up However it is recommended to use Microsoft Internet Explorer with SVG Viewer Plugin as Mozilla Firefox does not interpret text and some other SVG objects correctly 5 15 ASCII Text TXT TXT files are generated when saving simulation see chap 4 p 138 and analysis see chap 3 p 137 as well as the contents of an ADONIS Notebook see chap 3 2 p 40 TXT files can be inserted in other applications and edited further 5 16 User Definition Language UDL UDL files are creat
32. PO atacados 155 5 12 Portable Network Graphics PNG ios rss 155 5 13 Rich Text Format RTP cccccconncnnncnccnnccnncncnnnonnnccnnnoronononnnornnnnonnnarnnnnnonnnnonononnnnnonenananass 155 514 Scalable Vector Graphics SVG essence ene AAA AAA 155 BTS ASCII Tex CIT 2m te ia 156 5 16 User Definition Language UDL 0 0 0 cccccccesssesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeasseeeeeeeseaeasseeeneess 156 5 17 Extensible Markup Language XML ccccsssccccssseeeceeseeecseeeeessesseecseuseeesseseeessaeees 156 page IV ADONIS Introduction Table of Contents BOC Group 2006 page V Table of Contents page VI ADONIS Introduction Preface Welcome to the integrated Business Process and Knowledge Management Toolkit from the Management Office of the BOC Group ADONIS offers you a wide range of various functionality in the following operational areas E Business E business application development as well as constant and integrated modelling of business models Business Processes products IT systems and IT infrastructures Business process management Acquisition modelling analysis simulation evaluation documentation and realisation of Business Processes Process based application development Application development with workflow CASE groupware and object technology as well as process based introduction of standard software Process Warehouses Operational data management and Evaluation based on business pro
33. Process Management Toolkit Admin Bee ae x corresponding pasted objects To avoid inconsistencies by references to objects which have nok been saved yet in case of changing the references the model will be saved subsequently 2 Some references to origin objects exist number 1 these can now be changed automatically to references to the Shall these references be changed now Yes Mo Figure 85 Query before pasting a referenced object Click on the yes button to apply changes i e the references on the copied or cut original object will be deleted and set in the pasted object Click on the no button to cancel changes i e the references on the copied or cut original object will remain the same and the pasted object will not be referenced by another object page 108 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 2 18 Delete First selecting see chap 2 2 7 3 p 95 the required object s and then calling the Delete function can delete objects and connectors This function can be called in a number of ways e Select the menu item Delete from the Edit menu e Press the button lt Del gt e Select the menu item Delete from the context menu of a previously selected object Objects and connectors which were deleted can be restored by using the Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 function Hint When you delete referenced objects see p 109 the references to this object will bec
34. Rename model groups is available in the view Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 only BOC Group 2006 page 51 Part Ill 4 12 Print Models A selected model can be printed see chap 2 4 6 p 133 by selecting Print from the context menu Selecting several models and selecting Print from the context menu afterwards enables printing of these models with identical settings see chap 2 4 6 2 p 135 Hint The function Print models is available in the view Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 only 4 13 Cut Copy Paste Delete Models and Model Groups Like in almost all modern programs containing treelists the Explorer offers the widely known features Cut lt Ctrl gt X Copy lt Ctrl gt C und Paste lt Ctrl gt V for manipulating models and model groups These commands can also be found in the context menu A selected model can be deleted by selecting delete from the context menu or by pressing the key lt Del gt A selected model group can be deleted by selecting delete from the context menu or by pressing the key lt Del gt Hint Model groups can only be deleted when they are totally empty Hint The functions Cut Copy Paste and Delete are available in the view Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 only 4 14 Copy Delete Model References Strictly speaking the ADONIS Explorer does not show models but model references references to the real model in t
35. all objects they contain press the lt Shift gt key before starting the moving and keep it pressed while moving the aggregated object page 96 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit Effects on related connectors e Start and target objects of a connector are selected The connector will be moved unchanged with its object e Starting or target object of a connector is selected Case 1 The part of the connector of the object you wish to move and the bendpoint laying beneath this object goes horizontally or vertically The object and the next bendpoint in a horizontal vertical direction will by horizontal movement create a new position for both Example from the ADONIS BPMS Application Library In the model detailed below see fig 71 the object request authorised of the class Decision in horizontal position will be moved to the right The bendpoint in the related connector will also be automatically moved to the right 0 0 Decision yes i Applicaton accepted Decision no SP Decline application 1 0 Figure 71 Example of the moving of an object and of its related bendpoints Case 2 The part of the connector between the object you wish to move and the bendpoint laying next to this object does not run horizontally or vertically Only the object will have a new position Example from the ADONIS BPMS Application Library In the model detail below see fig 72 t
36. area 5 ee of the model overview the mouse pointer changes to and drag it to the desired site in the model During moving the view in the workspace is adjusted permanently Change visible area With this function far away parts of a model can be reached with one click Click at an arbitrary grey back point in the model preview The visible area both in the Naviagtor and the workspace jump to the selected position with the click point as the centre page 54 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Zoom In addition to the extensive zoom function the Navigator offers a possibility to resize the visible area of the model For this move the mouse pointer to a border of the visible area in the Navigator the mouse pointer changes to J or respectively Drag the border into the desired direction On releasing the mouse button the new zoom factor is calculated and the model views in Navigator and workspace are adjusted accordingly BOC Group 2006 page 55 Part Ill 6 ADONIS Inspector The Inspector is a window which informs the user about various details of the current modelling environment see fig 36 The information is clearly arranged as a treelist Inspector 5 Accessible models in database Count E 5 Opened model windows Count 2 With changes 1 E 3 Active model window Number of visible objects 2 Number of visible connectors 1 Drawing area 17612
37. attributes e g performer assignment statistical distributions for the generation of variables graphical representation of objects and connectors etc Hint The Dialogue icon is only available in the ADONIS Notebooks of objects and connectors in the Business Process Management Toolkit as well as in the Class Attribute GraphRep within Library Configuration in the Administration Toolkit BOC Group 2006 page 41 Part Ill 3 2 6 Expression Dialog Icon When you click on this icon Fe an input window for the expressions see chap 3 2 12 3 p 44 for each attribute value will be displayed This makes the activity of entering expressions easier 3 2 7 Add Icon When you click on this icon Fa window in which the attribute values to be added are listed will be displayed Hint The Add icon is only available in the ADONIS Notebook of objects for enumeration lists creation of inter model references and attribute profile references 3 2 8 Delete Icon When you click on this icon x a previously selected attribute value will be deleted Hint The Delete icon is only available in the ADONIS Notebook of objects for enumeration lists creation of inter model references and attribute profile references 3 2 9 Execute Follow Icon When you click on this icon a a program call will be executed or the referenced model will be shown depending on the attribute type Hint The Execute Follow icon is only available
38. bendpoint To add a new bendpoint e place the mouse pointer on a part of the connector without other elements e hold down the left mouse button the connector is selected and focussed and e drag the connector to the place you want the bendpoint to appear Once you release the left mouse button the connector will be placed in its new position o Move a bendpoint Moving bendpoints works in the same way as moving objects e place the mouse pointer on the bendpoint you want to move hold down the left mouse button the bendpoint is selected and focussed and e drag the bendpoint to the place you want the bendpoint to appear and release the mouse button Remove a bendpoint To remove a bendpoint just move it into such a position that a straight line between the two neighbouring bendpoints is created Remove all bendpoints of a connector To remove all bendpoints of a connector e open the context menu of the connector e select the menu entry Remove all bendpoints Moving connector edges parallel Horizontal and vertical connector edges can also be moved parallely For that purpose a handle grey bar is provided along the edge To move the connector in a parallel motion take the following steps e Select a connector by clicking on it e Point the mouse pointer on the handle the mouse pointer will change into or and BOC Group 2006 page 101 Part IV e Holding the mouse button move the
39. by creating a new model see chap 2 4 1 p 127 and entering the same model name with a different version number Hint In model related versioning you can only create version numbers for models not for attribute profiles 10 1 2 Time related Versioning In time related versioning a date of validity will be assigned during the creation of every model and every attribute profile This indicates the date from which the attribute profile version becomes valid The validity of a version ends with the start of validity of the next version The youngest version of a model is the valid one Dates of validity are of significance especially for the use of inter model references and attribute profile references References can only be created on models or on attribute profiles which are valid at the same time as the referencing model The format of the version number can consist of the elements Day Month and Year Example If you do not want to create a version with a day level the format of the version number can for instance consist only of month and year see fig 58 BOC Group 2006 page 79 Part Ill Create new model E Model type Model group er OE EA ze Company map 41 E USINGSE process model Cancel Working environment model E Document model help Use case diagram Mame Month Year Januar gt 2001 gt Show models contained in groups Figure 58 Example of time related versioning when creat
40. capable to set informative analysis on the available savings possibilities The ADONIS Process Cost Analysis simulates the Business Process models This identifies further potential for analysis and optimisation of the process costs the course of the control structure can contain decisions and some parallel structures and above this many optional process levels are allowed 1 3 2 Personnel and Capacity Management The Personnel and Capacity Management supports the time period based evaluation of Business Processes and Working Environments In particular the periods of validity assigned in the period related versioning will be used The key figures determined in the Personnel and Capacity Management can be corporate specific configured Besides quantitative evaluation quality evaluation will also be supported For instance page 12 ADONIS Introduction ADONIS questions such as What are the roles and skills that need to realise my Business Processes can be answered 1 3 3 Call Centre Management The Call Centre Management Component supports personnel planning FTEs and skills management within Call and Multimedia Service Centres The processes in these centres are used as the basis and input for crucial information regarding time costs and knowledge For instance How long does a helpdesk query or an address change take What capacity is needed for a given time interval and which costs do arise How do you document for
41. changeability status of expression attributes are defined in the library Availability Performer 12030 Performer G Expression round paval Presence as en MESAS day paval Presence Days per week 40 100 Figure 28 Input dialogue for expressions You can enter either an expression or a string Click on the Standard value button to enter the standard value defined in the application library Click Assign to confirm your entry Hint The entered value must not contain more than 3600 characters page 44 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit 3 2 13 Accelerators The accelerators in the ADONIS Notebooks support you in navigating and entering attribute values The accelerators are identified by underlined letters and are contained in all chapter names and attribute names see fig 29 Aktivit t Aktivit t p Aktivit t l 0 Berretura 2 Cihmentar Verantwarthche Aolle vel antwortliche Rolle z_ C Ea watichs Rolle visualisieren rifik ation Figure 29 Accelerators in a ADONIS Notebook Navigation using accelerators is carried out using a hot key combination of lt Alt gt and the desired underlined letter On entering the accelerator of a chapter the first page of the chapter is displayed By entering the accelerator of an attribute name the cursor is placed in the relevant attribut
42. e Extensions to the MessagePort Core MOVE_INCOMING_INTERREFS e Extensions to the MessagePort CoreUl sSET_OBJ_FOREGROUND SET_OBJ_BACKGROUND RESET_OBJ_FOREGROUND RESET_OBJ_BACKGROUND e Extensions to the MessagePort Application SET_MENU_ITEM_HDL REMOVE_CONTEXT_MENU_ITEM e Extensions to the MessagePort Modeling SET_ATTR_ACCESS_MODE GEN_GFX_STR GEN_GFX_FILE GENERATE_GFX COMPUTE_REGION_IMAGE_MAP SET_REPRESENTATION GET_REPRESENTATION CLEAR_UNDO_REDO BOC Group 2006 page 7 Preface 2 Note Designation of people within this documentation We would like to explicitly state here that wherever the third person singular is used within this manual this is intended to include female as well as male persons The use of the male form of description is not intended to be discriminatory in any way but is simply used in order to ensure consistent descriptions Pictures within this documentation The pictures within this documentation were created using ADONIS 3 9 for Windows 2000 and Windows XP If you are using different operating system the appearance of some screens may be Slightly different ATTENTION Further publication of this documentation in any form including copies is not permitted without the expressed permission of the BOC Group page 8 ADONIS Introduction Part ADONIS Successful and dynamic enterprises can achieve decisive competitive advantage through the ability to adapt their Business Processe
43. function to assign to variables Transition condition To define transition conditions in Subsequent relations Performer assignment To define performer assignments Resource assignment To define resource assignments Definition of a performer calendar To define a performer calendar and therefore when the performer will be present Definition of a process calendar To define a process calendar Hint For referencing an attribute profile move the mouse pointer to the respective cell open the context menu right mouse button and select the menu entry attribute profile 8 2 3 1 Representation of Programcall Attribute Values The attribute values of program calls can be represented differently depending on the definition in your application library The possible values are as follows gt Executable Instead of Executable the name of the defined program will be shown The program is started by double clicking on the cell Note The name of the program and the parameter are defined by the ADONIS administrator and cannot be changed gt lt automatically gt Double clicking on the cell will start the program associated with the parameter Note The parameter is defined by the ADONIS administrator and cannot be changed page 64 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit o Executable Double clicking on the cell will show the input dialogue for the program cal
44. hierarchical levels The menu entry Expand Shrink leads to a sub menu where the hierarchical view in the selection window can be expanded or condensed the following options are available e Show all e Hide all e Show selected e Show selected with sublevels o Shrink selected The options in a nutshell Show all All hierarchical levels of the list are displayed Hot key lt Ctrl gt Enter Hide all Only the topmost hierarchical levels of the list are shown Hot key lt Ctrl gt lt Shift gt Enter Show selected 7 This option has the same effect as clicking on the symbol and is only available when at least one list entry is selected Entries that are immediately below the next hierarchy level will remain collapsed Hot key BOC Group 2006 page 37 Part Ill Show selected with sublevels This function is also only available if at least one entry is selected All entries on all hierarchical levels below this one will be selected regardless of structure depth Shrink selected 7 This option has the same effect as clicking on the symbol and is only available when at least one list entry is selected All entries below the selected entry are collapsed Hot key 3 1 6 Select All Items By selecting the Select all items menu item or using the hot key lt Crtl gt lt A gt all selectable items in the list are selected Hint Only the selectable items of the selection list will be selecte
45. in the text that does not have to be a whole word Full text only the results that exactly match the search string will be taken into consideration Word A searched term must be a word The word is defined as a string of arbitrary length flanked by blanks a full stop or the like 4 17 Save Tree Structure To save the tree structure of the Explorer to a file select Save as from the context menu In the appearing window enter the desired path and filename for the export file The data is stored in ASCII text format BOC Group 2006 page 53 Part Ill 5 ADONIS Navigator The Naviagtor is a window showing an overview of the active model see fig 35 The part of the model which is currently visible in the workspace is displayed with white background the invisible part has a grey background in the Naviagtor window Figure 35 The ADONIS Navigator The Navigator can be made visible or hidden by pressing lt Crtl gt R or selecting the option Navigator in the menu Window gt Tools It can be moved and docked to any edge or can float in any position The Navigator offers these functions Move visible area to move the area visible in the workspace to a different position Change visible area to jump to a different part of the model and display it in the workspace Zoom to resize the visible area Move visible area The visible part of the model can be moved using the Naviagtor For this click into the white back
46. integrated and adapted for your modelling method application library if required e Data acquisition Excel Microsoft Corporation HOMER BOC Asset Management GmbH contained in the ADONIS Professional Edition Visio Microsoft Corporation e Workflow Management and Enterprise Integration systems page 14 ADONIS Introduction ADONIS BizTalk Server Microsoft Corporation EasyFlow Heyde AG TOPAS Informations Technologien GmbH Fabasoft Components Fabasoft IBM MQSeries Workflow IBM IBM WebSpere MQ Workflow IBM ORACLE BPEL Process Manager Oracle Staffware 2000 TIBCO Software Inc TIBCO Staffware 10 TIBCO Software Inc Unisys Workflow Unisys WPDL WfMC Workflow Management Coalition XPDL export Simulation ARENA Rockwell Software Corporation CASE tools case 4 0 microTOOL interfaces provided directly in ADONIS see chap 1 3 4 p 13 IBM Rational Rose IBM objectiF microTOOL interfaces provided directly in ADONIS see chap 1 3 5 p 13 XMI Import Export Software Engineering SQS TEST SQS Software Quality Systems AG ERP systems R 3 SAP reference models R 3 SAP Online interface to integrate R 3 calls R 3 SAP HR integration JuraPack PELI Claims management Groupware systems IBM Lotus Notes IBM Export interface for company documentation IBM Lotus Notes IBM Online interface to call and integra
47. items described below refer to the ADONIS BPMS Application Library and can vary according to your ADONIS configuration Start the generation of documentation see chap 6 1 1 p 142 via the appropriate menu item in the Documentation menu The documentation will be created using the current valid settings In the settings for the documentation you will define among other things which model contents model graphics objects attributes will be taken over in the document you are generating To define the settings follow these two steps 1 Options Selecting the appropriate menu item in the Documentation menu or by clicking on the smart icon lad will enable you to display and change the basic settings In the basic settings you will define whether and how the model graphics as well as which classe and attribute information using predefined modes will be taken over in the documentation 2 Attribute and class filter You can show and change the settings of the attribute and class filter by selecting the attribute and class filter menu item Documentation menu In the attribute and class filter starting from the predefined modes you can individually shrink or expand classes and relations as well as their attributes i e include or exclude them in the documentation to be generated These settings basic settings and settings of the attribute and class filter will be saved user specific 6 1 1 Generate documentatio
48. model opening options To the left of the menu entry a tick indicates that the function is currently active These variants are available Include referenced models In addition to the selected models all models referenced from these are opened too Open write protected The models are opened without write access Minimise new windows The opened models are not displayed in the workspace but placed there as minimised windows Hint These three options can be combined freely References The support dialogue References Settings is opened BOC Group 2006 page 49 Part Ill 4 5 Set Visible Model Types For both views Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 and Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 it is possible to filter the displaying of given model types The icon E or context menu gt menu entry Modeltypes opens a dialogue where the user can select preferred model types to be displayed Modeltypes i E X Modeltypes A ge Company map Ir Ex lv pa Working environment model 1 Document model None La a Use case diagram a Help Figure 33 Showing or hiding model types By a on the checkboxes next to the model types the user can choose which type to show Le or hide L_ After clicking Assign the view is adjusted accordingly Hint If your application library contains a special model type filter see chap 3 1 1 1 p 34 it
49. of the reference at the beginning of each line indicates whether the reference is valid or broken 4 By clicking on the button Follow you can follow the previously selected reference and display the referenced model or object Change enables you to edit the reference Add helps you to define new references Delete removes the previous references Assign confirms the changes performed 8 3 Enter Column Width The ADONIS browser enables the user to define the width of any column To enter a column width place the mouse pointer on the appropriate column open the context menu right mouse button and select the Column width menu item In the Set column width see fig 46 the current column width is shown in the width field page 66 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Set column width Figure 46 Set column width Enter the value of the column width and then click on the OK button Hint Every value between 0 and 200 is allowed for the column width Hint The column width will be given in so called norm signs e the entered value defines the number of characters which will be displayed in the standard font in the cell 8 4 Adjust Column Width Within the ADONIS browser it is possible to dynamically adjust the width of any row In order to do this place the mouse pointer at the division point between two columns see fig 47 in the header column
50. on behalf of will display all the BOC Group 2006 page 117 Part IV object of the class Process start that contain the value on behalf of in the classification column of the process responsibility class O Get object object name of the class selection This query allows to verify in what models given objects occur Example By the instruction of the class Activity and the object edit application form the system will detect the activity edit application form within the previously selected models Get all the objects that are connected with the object Object name of the class selection by the relation selection Using this query you can follow defined relations Note The name of the object provided by the user must exactly match the name of the object in the model capital and small letters are distinguished The input from wildcards is not allowed Example The selection of the object find worker of the class role and relation has role will display all searched persons related to that role in the selected model O Get all connectors of the class selection This query displays all the connectors of the selected relation Example By selecting the relation subsequent all the subsequent connectors in the selected model will be reported O Get all the connectors of the relation selection with attribute selection operator value This query shows all connectors of the relation
51. on the available model types see fig 18 page 34 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Model types Model type filter All model types j e EPMS method Model types ae aj Produktmodell Core elements E Prozeblandk arte A Gesch ltsprozelimodel Ta rbeltesumgebungsmodell E IT Systemmodell a Anwendungstalldiagramion lt Dokumentenmodell Business P ia processes Information technology Figure 18 Model type filter of the ADONIS BPMS Application Library The left part of the filter window usually has an embedded graphics with hotspots the scenario diagram Dependin on which graphical element is clicked the model type list to the right displays exactly those model types which are used in the selected scenario part Thus even complex method definitions with more than ten model types are presented tailor made to the use case on the user interface Instead of clicking the hotspots in the scenario diagram you can use the dropdown list Model type filter to select one of the scenarios provided Furthermore this list contains an additional entry Custom If you choose this variant an extra button Change appears Click on this button to open the model type list see chap 3 1 1 p 34 and select your desired model types manually ATTENTION Changed filter settings will be reset when exiting ADONIS 3 1 2 Refresh By selecting Refresh Icon
52. only two attributes have been selected from the list and that these two attributes are of the same type Clicking on the Change button executes the swap As soon as it is completed a window listing the attributes whose values have been swapped appears Close the window by clicking on the OK button or by pressing the enter key Place First It is possible to append attribute values to the front of all alphanumerical attributes e g description comment etc The change mode Place first inserts a character or string at the beginning of the current attribute value in all attributes selected Enter the value which is to pre cede the attributes selected into the field String to place first in the window Changes of attribute values place first and click on the button Change Replace Replacing attribute values is possible for all alphanumerical attributes and for distribution attributes e g description comment or value The change mode Replace replaces existing characters or strings in the selected attributes Enter the text you wish to be replaced into the field Old string and the new text into the field New string in the window Changes of attribute values replace and click on the Change button The text will be replaced in all objects which contain exactly the Old string Hint A special input window see p 123 is available to replace program call attributes Replace Program Call In the selected prog
53. pels oom 29 Figure 36 The ADONIS Inspector The Inspector can be made visible or hidden by pressing lt Crtl gt l or selecting the option Inspector in the menu Window gt Tools lt can be moved and docked to any edge or can float in any position Like in all tree structures by clicking on or single hierarchy levels can be expanded or collapsed repectively Furthermore some hot keys are available lt Ctrl gt lt Enter gt shows all hierarchy levels lt Ctrl gt lt Shift gt lt Enter gt hides all but the topmost hierarchy levels expands the selected branch hides the selected branch and expands the selected level plus all sub levels The Inspector offers the following details Accessible models in database Shows the number of models in the ADONIS database which the active user may acces Opened model windows Shows the number of models the active user currently holds open plus how many of them contain unsaved changes Active model window Lists the number of visible objects and connectors from the active model Furthermore the size of the drawing space at the current zoom factor is shown in pixels page 56 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit 7 ADONIS Serach Result Window The ADONIS search result window is a tool which gives both access to the search function see chap 2 2 7 19 p 109 and all model content search results of the current sessi
54. result window 57 Search results 57 Select objects connectors 95 service information 152 Short introduction to modelling 17 Simulation 138 algorithms overview 139 introduction 139 simulation algorithms overview 139 Start ADONIS 146 Start ADONIS Single Sign on 147 SVG file 155 Swimlanes 78 Terms 24 Text input field 44 Time related versioning 9 TXT files 156 page 160 UDL files 156 Undo 94 Versioning 9 Basics 9 Effects 80 Model related 79 Time related 79 View window 43 for texts 43 Print diagram 43 Print text field 43 XML file 156 ADONIS Introduction Business Process Management
55. right mouse button on the drawing area or select the Edit icon The following functions are available when editing objects and connectors Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 Redo see chap 2 2 7 2 p 94 Select see chap 2 2 7 3 p 95 Focus see chap 2 2 7 4 p 96 Move objects see chap 2 2 7 5 p 96 Change object size see chap 2 2 7 6 p 98 O BOC Group 2006 page 93 Part IV Define object size and position see chap 2 2 7 7 p 99 Change connector course see chap 2 2 7 8 p 101 Re allocate connectors see chap 2 2 7 9 p 102 Rename connector mark see chap 2 2 7 10 p 103 Change connector representation Manage connectors in ADONIS Notebooks see chap 2 2 7 11 p 103 Edit attributes in the ADONIS Notebooks see chap 2 2 7 12 p 103 Change visualised attribute values see chap 2 2 7 13 p 105 Move connector centre see chap 2 2 7 14 p 105 Copy see chap 2 2 7 15 p 106 Cut see chap 2 2 7 16 p 107 Paste see chap 2 2 7 17 p 108 Delete see chap 2 2 7 18 p 109 Search model see chap 2 2 7 19 p 109 Global change see chap 2 2 9 p 114 Generate object names Change values of object connector attributes Number objects Convert objects Generate graphics Align objects see chap 2 2 7 20 p 110 Arrangement function see chap 2 2 9 2 p 115 Check Cardinalities 2 2 7 1 Undo Editing actions can be undone immediately after the particular editing action has be
56. search Hint In the browser the editable attributes are marked with the symbol and the write protected attributes with the symbol Select the attributes that the sort should be applied to and then click on the OK button BOC Group 2006 page 69 Part Ill Select columns To select the columns to display open the context menu of the browser right mouse button and select the Select columns menu item All columns that can be displayed in the browser are shown in the Select visible columns window see fig 51 Select visible columns Columns GUISES pr a Activi Cancel a Performer Number Execution time Wating time Resting time Transport time Cycle time Personnel costs gt gt i ai gt gt i ai Figure 51 Select columns Example from the Analytical evaluation Select the columns you want to display and click on the OK button 8 9 Sort In the ADONIS browser it is possible for specific displays to sort the browser contents using the attribute values displayed within a column Hint The function to sort is not available in every ADONIS browser To sort the browser contents displayed move the mouse to the top of the column and select the menu item Sort ascending or Sort descending from the context menu of the browser right mouse button In addition it is possible to select the attribute to use column for the sort using a dialogue for selection see chap 8 9
57. selected chapter is displayed If a chapter contains more than one page then you will see in the right lower corner of the displayed page the number of the page and the total amount of pages in this chapter e g 1 3 Click the buttons and 0 in the right lower corner of the ADONIS Notebooks or stroke the keys lt Alt gt lt gt or lt Alt gt lt gt to leaf page by page through the ADONIS Notebooks Hint The paging within a chapter of an ADONIS Notebook depends on the screen resolution and on the font size and can be different from the pictures in this chapter The contents of an ADONIS Notebook can be saved in a datum Button ll or printed out Button To edit the attributes of an object enter the expected values in the fields of the attribute The values you have entered will be immediately taken over when you leave the corresponding editing field Close page 104 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit the ADONIS Notebook after the entry by clicking on the close button To fetch back the original value of the last edited input field of a page click on the button put back If you want to undo changes in several notebook pages use the function Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 The ADONIS Notebooks contain controls see chap 3 2 p 40 which can support you in adding attributes values Hint The ADONIS Notebook of an object can also be opened using the context menu of this object ri
58. size see fig 76 with changed settings for the values x horizontally from the left y from top as well as the fixed values width and height will be shown Position Size Activity Activity Ea from left 7 00 cm Preje y from top 2 00 cm Assign Width 240 cm Cancel Height 1 40 cm Help Figure 76 Define position for objects with fixed size For swimlanes the window position size see fig 76 with changed settings for the value height as well as the fixed value y vertically from the top for horizontal swimlane or the changed value width as well as the fixed value x horizontally from the left for vertical swimlanes will be shown Position Size Swimlane horizontal 1 2 E y from top 0 00 cm Preview Height CTT Cancel Help Figure 77 Define height for swimlanes Change the values by direct input in the field or by clicking the buttons a by steps of 0 1 cm By clicking on the button preview you will have a look at the effects of the values changed clicking on the button assign confirms the new position of the object page 100 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 2 7 8 Change Connector Course The appearance of a connector can be changed by adding new bendpoints see chap 2 2 6 1 p 90 or moving existing bendpoints or removing existing bendpoints or moving parallel connector edges Add a new
59. the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit are marked by a tick BOC Group 2006 page 151 Part V 4 Service Information If you have problems or questions concerning ADONIS select the option Service from the Help menu to view contact addresses The window Service appears see fig 116 Address BOL Ltd 80 Haddington Road Dublin 4 Ireland Hotline email boctboc il com Figure 116 ADONIS service information You can save this information to a file or print it out page 152 ADONIS Introduction Appendix 5 File Formats in ADONIS The following file formats can be generated and are supported within ADONIS ADONIS Binary Language ABL see chap 5 1 p 153 ADONIS Comparable Representation ACR see chap 5 2 p 153 ADONIS Definition Language ADL see chap 5 3 p 154 ADONIS Protocol Format APF see chap 5 4 p 154 Windows Bitmap BMP see chap 5 5 p 154 Comma Separated Value CSV see chap 5 6 p 154 Windows Enhanced Metafiles EMF see chap 5 7 p 154 FlowMark Definition Language FDL see chap 5 8 p 154 HyperText Markup Language HTML see chap 5 9 p 155 JPEG File Interchange Format JPG see chap 5 10 p 155 ZSoft Paintbrush PCX see chap 5 11 p 155 Portable Network Graphics PNG see chap 5 12 p 155 Rich Text Format RTF see chap 5 13 p 155 Scalable Vector Graphics SVG see chap 5 15 p 156 ASCIll Text TXT see chap 5 15 p 156
60. the standardised queries in the query list see fig 94 Then an appropriate blank text appears within the input field of the selected query Enter the necessary information e g select object attribute name or select the value you want in the list of the classes attributes or comparative operators page 116 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit Standardized queries Query Get all objects of class with attribute lnputhield Get all objects of class Activity with attribute Execution time 00 000 00 00 00 Add Evaluate Figure 94 Standardised query part of the window Global attribute changes Object selection The standardised query will be explained as following Get all objects of the class selection This query displays all objects of the selected class Example By selecting the class Activity you will obtain all activities in the models selected Get all object of the class selection with attribute selection operator value This query displays all objects of the selected class with specified attribute value Note Select the class first then the attribute of the class and the operator and then enter the attribute value Example the class Activity with the attribute Costs the operator gt the value 1000 display all objects of the class Activity with costs that are greater than 1000 O Get all object of the cla
61. type selected which contain the specified attribute value Note First select the relation then the attribute of the relation and the operator and finally enter the comparison value of the attribute Example The query select the relation Subsequent with the attribute Transition probability the operator gt and the input value 0 5 displays all connectors of the type Subsequent with transition probability greater than 0 5 50 Hint Instead of object name the window Query shows an input field into which you may enter the name of an existing object Instead of value there is a selection field into which you may enter a text Instead of number there is a selection field from which you may choose a number Instead of selection there is a selection field from which you may select a class an attribute of a class or a relation Instead of operator there is a selection field from which you may choose a number Carry out the object selection using the complete standardised query by clicking on the Evaluate button to select the attributes see chap 2 2 9 3 p 120 you wish to change If you click on the add button Add button the standardised query will be converted into an AQL Expression and displayed within the user defined queries field see fig 95 From this query you can create a complex user defined query see p 119 by entering further AQL expressions and by adding further standardised queries
62. update the Explorer view see chap 4 3 p 49 to search for entries in the Explorer see chap 4 16 p 53 page 47 Part Ill Save as Shrink Expand Select all items Deselect Selected items to save the current structure to a text file see chap 4 17 p 53 to show or hide branches and selected levels See chap 4 6 p 50 to select all models and model groups in the current view see chap 3 1 6 p 38 to cancel all selections see chap 3 1 7 p 38 to display selected models and model groups clearly laid out see chap 3 1 8 p 38 4 1 Models in the Database Clicking on the icon Sl or selecting menu Window gt Navigation gt Models in the database or pressing the keys lt Crtl gt D causes the explorer to show the model group structure including all models from the database The active model from the workspace is preselected E Models Explorer Models in the database x 3 Example Application for vacation O1 Company Maps O 3 02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation ay SP Decline application 0a working Environment Models m Application department Example Application for vacation including resources 3 Example Bank Youcher bound transfer i M Company maps 02 Business processes E Sy 03 Document model E 044orking environment E O5 Use case diagram 5 Example Health Sector 5 Example Insurance 5 Example Public Sector 5
63. your employees which actions to take in different scenarios 1 3 4 case 4 0 Interface Through the coupling of case 4 0 from microTOOL GmbH Business Process oriented application development is possible to create the required building blocks for a new system in case 4 0 from ADONIS and to maintain consistent links to the specific activities of the Business Processes The link is established online from special Business Process models to an Application Development environment Through this direct integration from specialised Business Process models to IT models before the construction of an application system it is possible to identify the Business Process affected by the new system The functionality of ADONIS allowing personnel capacity and cycle time to be calculated is very useful for deriving the qualifications necessary to carry out the Business Processes This means that when changing existing applications we already have an effective qualification system The IT company map together with the Business Processes provide comprehensive documentation As a result of the links between the two toolkits changes to either the applications or the Business Processes can be accurately described and evaluated In this way modern Information and Migration Management is possible ADONIS and case 4 0 also offers components for the generation of documentation which can then be distributed over the Internet or an Intranet Through the coupling with case 4
64. 0 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 lt ao Figure 40 Example of a non editable hierarchical browser simulation result capacity analysis BOC Group 2006 page 59 Part Ill e non editable non hierarchical Path analysis Business process model SP Accept transfer o Expected value 00 000 01 013 39 00 000 00 39 55 00 000 00 10 15 00 000 00 22 31 00 000 02 16 20 20 876000 Figure 41 Example of a non editable non hierarchical browser simulation result path analysis 8 2 Structure The window of the ADONIS browser displays data results in tables and offers the functionality to save print and display the data graphically The column headings first row grey background show the type of data in each column e g attribute The first column grey contains the structure of the rows or the row names for each of the data sections lines The rows group the results in individual data sections Each data section contains one or more cells Within the cells the corresponding attribute values or calculation results are displayed Hint In hierarchical ADONIS browsers see chap 8 2 2 p 62 empty cells will also be shown The picture below see fig 42 shows the results of a Capacity Analysis in the ADONIS browser Some information about the results is also shown Query result All activities with an execution time greater than 00 000 00 00 01 Column headline A A _ _____ _ _ A E
65. 0 Business Process and application documentation can be integrated and distributed to target groups within the enterprise 1 3 5 objectiF Interface Through the coupling of objectiF from microTOOL GmbH Business Process oriented application development is possible to create the required building blocks for a new system in objectiF from ADONIS and to maintain consistent links to the specific activities of the Business Processes The link is established online from specialised Business Process models to an Application Development environment Through this direct integration from specialised Business Process models to IT models before the realisation of an application system it is possible to identify the Business Processes affected by the new system The functionality of ADONIS allowing personnel capacity and cycle time to be calculated is very useful for deriving the qualifications necessary to carry out the Business Processes This means that when changing existing applications we already have an effective qualification system The IT company map together with the Business Processes provide comprehensive documentation Because of the links between the two toolkits changes to either the applications or the Business BOC Group 2006 page 13 Part Processes can be accurately described and evaluated In this way modern Information and Migration Management is possible ADONIS and objectiF also offers components for the generation of documenta
66. 1 p 70 In this case open the context menu of the browser right mouse button the mouse pointer must not be on the header of a column and choose the menu point Sort 8 9 1 Sort by Attribute Columns After selecting the menu point Sort within the context menu of the browser all attribute columns within the respective notebook structure are displayed see fig 52 page 70 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Model attributes Sort Sort criterions Te Alphabetically according to the modelname dul EME Description Cancel Kevwords Description Help Comment EME User attributes Model type State Reviewed on Reviewed by EH System attributes Author Creation date Last user Date last changed Number of objects and relations Q T T lt 2 lt P M Sort in ascending order Figure 52 Attribute selection to sort Example from tabular model display Hint It is only possible to sort with columns being displayed in the browser Columns attributes not shown in the browser will be shown in the selection dialogue in grey font If you want to sort using a column currently not displayed you will have to include the column beforehand see chap 8 8 p 69 Hint In editable browsers chanreable attributes are marked with the symbol and write protected attributes with the symbol Select the attribute according to which the sort sho
67. 2 3 3 p 126 allows you to open sub models referenced in a model or to bring them to the foreground if already open Calling a sub model causes the models to be re ordered in such a way that the model called will be placed immediately behind the model which is referencing it The models are also re ordered when a model is opened see chap 2 4 2 p 128 or brought to the foreground via the ADONIS explorer see chap 4 p 46 The model opened or brought to the foreground is placed immediately behind the model previously active 2 3 2 Activate model window If you activate a model window this window will be displayed in the foreground on the working area To activate a model window e Select in the window menu the menu item with the model name of the window you wish to activate e Click on the smart icons G gt or and keep the mouse button pressed until a pop up menu with the name of the opened model is displayed and then select from this menu the model name of the window you wish to activate e Select the model in the ADONIS Explorer Hint There is a special method to activate model windows known as activating a referenced model see chap 2 3 3 p 126 from a main model 2 3 3 Activate Referenced Model The activation of sub models allows you to open referenced models quickly or activate their model windows To activate a sub model page 126 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management
68. 40 Example models 22 Explorer 46 FDL file 154 File formats 153 ABL 153 ACR 153 ADL 154 APF 154 BMP 154 CSV 154 EMF 154 FDL 154 HTML 155 JPG 155 PCX 155 PNG 155 RTF 155 SVG 155 TXT 156 UDL 156 XML 156 Focus 96 G general context 24 General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit 23 Generate documentation 142 Global attribute change 114 absolute 122 append 124 Attribute selection 120 Changing attribute values 121 Model information object selection 119 Model selection 115 Object selection 115 percentage 125 ADONIS Introduction place first 123 Predifined query object selection 116 relative 124 replace 123 replace program call 123 statistical 125 swap 122 take over 122 User defined query object selection 119 global change 114 absolute 122 append 124 percentage 125 place first 123 relative 124 replace 123 replace program call 123 statistical 125 swap 122 take over 122 HOMER 82 HTML files 155 Hyperlink display referenced model 126 Import Export 141 Information acquisition 82 Input dialogue for expressions 44 Input dialogue for text 43 Input window 43 for expressions 44 for texts 43 Print diagram 43 Print text field 43 Inspektor 56 is inside relation 92 Item search 35 Display search results 36 J JPG files 155 Managing connectors in ADONIS Notebooks 103 Model 126 127 activate model window 126 Activate referenced model 126 Close
69. NIS Introduction Appendix 5 9 HyperText Markup Language HTML HTML files can be created when saving the contents of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 and also when generating the HTML documentation from model contents within the Documentation component see chap 6 1 p 141 HTML files can be viewed in a Web Browser 5 10 JPEG File Interchange Format JPG JPG files can be created by generating graphics from models model sections or the graphical representation of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 results In addition JPG files can be created when generating a documentation see chap 6 1 p 141 JPG files may be opened or inserted into graphics programs and may be edited further there or integrated into other applications such as word processor applications 5 11 ZSoft Paintbrush Graphic PCX PCX files will be created by generating graphics from models model sections or the graphical representation of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 results PCX files may be opened or inserted into graphics programs and may be edited further there or integrated into other applications such as word processor applications 5 12 Portable Network Graphics PNG PNG files will be created when generating graphics from models or model parts and when copying the graphic result display of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 In addition PNG files can be created when generating a documentation see chap 6 1 p 141
70. Selection Attributes E Description Name Order Description pope cess ge ee crac Responsible role Display responsible role Classification External documentation Referenced documents 44444444 Reference object None Change modes Absolute Take over Place first C Replace O Relative f Percentage Figure 97 Attribute selection In the list Attributes select the attributes you wish to change in the objects found The field Reference object lists all objects found in which the global change will be carried out A reference object is used when selecting the change mode Absolute for the pre assignment of the value of the attribute you wish to change After the selection of the attributes to be changed and if necessary of a reference object you will define the type of change and click on the button Next gt to change the attributes see chap 2 2 9 4 p 121 2 2 9 4 Changing Attribute Values To execute a global attribute change you must also select one of the change modes displayed in the lower part of the window The types of change mode available for selection depend on the type of the attributes marked For certain types of attributes e g number time format etc only some types of change make sense Change modes f Absolute Take over C Swap C Place first Replace C Append C Relative Percentage Statistical Figure 98 Global attribute change Change modes The f
71. Toolkit e click on the visualised object reference e g name of the sub model or referenced object which is displayed as a hyperlink see fig 100 SF Decline appli ation Figure 100 Hyperlink display Example subprocess e Double click while keeping the control key lt Ctrl gt pressed on the object from which the reference is starting in the drawing area Function Ctrl double click e Select in the context menu of the object the activate submodel menu item Select the registered reference in the ADONIS Notebook and click on the icon a Hint The hyperlink function see fig 100 is only possible for non selected objects Hint The Activate sub model menu item in the context menu of an object as well as the function Ctrl double click is only available if a model pointer as been defined for the class of this object in the application library If the sub model is already opened only the corresponding model window will be activated i e displayedc in the foreground If you Ctrl double click on an object holding no reference an appropriate message will be displayed and a window will open up in which you can create an inter model reference When activating a sub model the models opened will also be re ordered within the navigation function see chap 2 3 1 p 126 The sub model will be placed immediately behind the model which is referring it 2 4 Model Management Model management is an umbrella t
72. User Definition Language UDL see chap 5 16 p 156 Extensible Markup Language XML see chap 5 16 p 156 Hint The extensions listed below are suggested by the program They are optional i e other extensions may be used instead Note however that when searching for files the filters are preset in order to search for the appropriate extension as listed below Also using the preset extension makes it easier to see which type of file you are dealing with 5 1 ADONIS Binary Language ABL ABL files are generated when exporting application libraries from within the Administration Toolkit An application library which has been exported into an ABL file may be imported into the ADONIS Administration Toolkit on another computer 5 2 ADONIS Comparable Representation ACR ACR files are also generated when saving simulation see chap 4 p 138 and query results to be later used in the Comparing of results option within the evaluation see chap 5 p 140 component BOC Group 2006 page 153 Part V 5 3 ADONIS Definition Language ADL ADL files are generated when exporting models and or model groups ADL files can then be imported and edited within the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit 5 4 ADONIS Protocol Format APF APF files can be created while running the Capacity analysis or Workload analysis simulation algorithms They can then be read by the Offline animation function which allows you to play thr
73. User Management see chap 1 2 2 p 6 Library Management see chap 1 2 3 p 6 Model Managemet see chap 1 2 4 p 6 LEO AdoScript and Expressions see chap 1 2 5 p 7 1 2 1 General news and improvements When using ADONIS 3 9 in Windows XP environments all graphical elements of the user interface are now shown in the XP Look ADONIS 3 9 can either be launched with a German or an English user interface The available languages can be found in the file lang ini listed as Windows Language IDs The first entry is always the default language This ensures that e g in a German version English can be determined as the default language Via command line a language can be determined using the parameter 1ang together with either an ISO 639 code or a Windows Language ID Examples langen for English or 1ang1031 for German Performance has been improved in different areas O BOC Group 2006 page 5 Preface 1 2 2 User Management Before starting the import of all system user groups and their users of a selected domain it is now possible to select certain system user groups via a new option Afterwards only the users of the selected groups are imported Especially in large domains with many system user groups this speeds things considerably up 1 2 3 Library Management It is now possible to define restriction rules for passwords e g at least six characters This rule is checked when a user changes his password The def
74. a 78 TO Verso NIN apa 79 A ASICS pics ashi A 79 10 1 1 Model related Versioning cccccsssseecccseseeeeccceesecececeeeseceeeceeeeeeeseaeeeeeseaageeeeesaas 79 10 1 2 Time related Versioning cssccccccssececcceessececcceeseeeccseaaseeecsuaseeeecseaseesesssaseeess 79 WO A ete SY a aah ean Siete sue ial Soc eet et 80 IV Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 81 AMO Malo nr acaq us MOM diia 82 A A 83 2 1 o a Sine onze hate tered Yoel a een dead 83 2 2 The Model Editor ascetic os cele de oia 84 2 2 1 The Working Area of the Model Editor oooooccncccoconconncccnonnncnonanconncnonanonns 84 2 2 2 MOG CHING Barcia A ritos ete 85 2 2 2 1 Glas Panels it toilet lic da sida 86 2 2 2 2 A 86 2 2 3 Model WVIMNGOW seiss a a a a 87 2 2 4 Modelling modes of the Model Editor ccooooccnnccccconcnncccnnnccnnoncnnconncnnnanconnnos 88 2 2 4 1 1 aa hentia caked eeeeten sh ebedid a 88 2 2 4 2 DrawinaMode hoes A et ee eG acdc ele an 88 2 2 5 Drawing ODJEC Sestao dedos 89 2 2 6 Drawing COMMCCIOLS na ada 89 2 2 6 1 A te a eee eee 90 2 2 6 2 Adding New Relations via the Context M nu ccccccsssseeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeees 91 2 2 6 3 Adding New RelatiONS occcccccccocccnncccconconnconnnncnnnonnnnconnnononnnnnnnonannnnncnnnanenos 91 2 2 6 4 RelallonIS IASIOO i oteetectstsetenoct tates toc utestendasantetacenstelia alere a 92 2 2 7 Editing Objects and Connectors ccccooc
75. a single click on the exit button and then selecting the option Close or by the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt F4 gt If there are unsaved changes in the model the exit button of the model window will be marked with a red star ay and a will be appended to the window name This will be displayed in the model window by a Change in the status line If you close a changed model without saving it an appropriate indication window will be displayed Now you now have the possibility either to save and close the model click the Yes button close the model without saving the changes click the No button or to cancel the previously selected close action click the Cancel button Hint By selecting the menu item Close all in the Window menu all model windows will be closed Hint If you close a new empty Model which has not been saved an appropriate indication window will be displayed and you will have the possibility to delete this model or to store the empty model within your ADONIS database 2 4 4 Save Model If the contents of a model have changed and these changes have not yet been saved the exit button of the model window is marked with a red star l and a star is added to the name of the window The text modified also appears in the status row referring to the active model In order to save these changes in the ADONIS database you can select the option Save from the Model menu Alternatively use the key
76. also shows the edge middle point see fig 83 BOC Group 2006 page 105 Part IV atartpoint Middlepoint Bendpoint Irevocable yes Endpoint Figure 83 Edge middle point In the ADONIS BPMS Application Library visualised connectors attributes of the relation subsequent will be aligned As you can move the edge middle point it is also possible to adjust the label position of the connector Hint If you are using a customised application library the connector labels can also be displayed at the start or the endpoint of the connector It is also possible to assign a graphical symbol to the edge middle point Such as the arrows at the start or end point If the edge middle point of a connector has not yet been moved then ADONIS will place the midpoint in the geometric centre of the connector If on the other hand it has already been moved then ADONIS will try to maintain a position The chosen position follows any object or bendpoint movements To move an edge middle point first select the corresponding connector in order to give it focus see chap 2 2 7 4 p 96 Then click on the edge middle point mark with the left mouse pointer and pull it along the connector to the position it should have By releasing the left mouse button the connector will be assigned the new position of the edge middle point and the connector will be drawn with the related moved elements connector label If the edge middle po
77. ameters and Scale Check the Layout parameters chapter for details To start printing click on the Print button In the status window you will find information about current printing status By clicking on the Cancel button the printing process will be cancelled immediately 2 4 6 3 Select Pages If a print out needs several pages you can determine which pages actually shall be printed by default all To omit particular pages during printing click on them in the Preview and page selection They will be highlighted with grey and omitted during printing You can un mark pages by clicking on them again BOC Group 2006 page 135 Part IV Preview and page selection Figure 109 Preview and page selection page 136 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 3 Analysis The Analysis Component allows you to carry out static evaluation on your ADONIS models the Simulation component see chap 4 p 138 allows the possibility of dynamic evaluation In Queries Reports you can analyse the contents of your models objects connectors and their attributes which contain specific defined criteria The results of these queries can be displayed either in graphical or tabular form can be saved in different formats including TXT CSV RTF HTML or ACR and can be printed Additionally depending on the application library you are using it is possible to execute predefined que
78. an be found on the right hand side above attribute fields of this type 3 2 1 Save as Icon By clicking on the icon lal the entire contents of the ADONIS Notebook can be saved to a TXT file see chap 5 15 p 156 ASCII Text 3 2 2 Print Icon By clicking on the Print icon 3 the entire contents of the ADONIS Notebook can be printed An information window is displayed when the contents have been successfully sent to the printer 3 2 3 Info Icon When the Info icon is selected o a window with additional information on either the class or the particular attribute as appropriate is displayed The contents of this window can be printed Hint The Info icon is only available in the ADONIS Notebooks of objects and connectors Hint The Info icon will be displayed only when information on either the class or the particular attribute is defined in the application library For the attribute Name no Info icon will be displayed 3 2 4 LargeText Field Icon When you click on this icon Lal a large input field is displayed for the particular attribute In this way an overview of the input for long attribute values can be taken The Large text field icon is available for all multi line attributes lt is also possible to print out the contents of these fields 3 2 5 Dialog Icon When you click on this icon ri a support dialogue for the particular attribute value is displayed It supports the entering of complex
79. area BA BP Change policy holder name 1 0 Business process model AA gt AO 0 hana name of oF Receipt of search for Enter new names policy holder Customer partner in Partner in system cores andres Request 1 0 system Policy update Business 1 0 Business process model process model Drawing area Drawing space Page transitions Figure 62 Model window The Window bar of each model window contains the exit icon the name and type of the model as well as the buttons to minimize maximize and close the window The appearance of the exit icon depends on the model type For example of a business process model it looks like this and for a working environment model like this When you change a model the exit icon is highlighted with a red star Aunt the changes have been saved in the model Similarly an asterisk is added to the title bar of the model window BOC Group 2006 page 87 Part IV The Drawing area is used to create and work on your models A grey rectangular border shows you the size of the actual Drawing area The drawing area is at least 10cmx10cm in size and will grow in size to include all the objects and relations and to print the entire model on a graphical printer Placing an object below or to the right of the current drawing area can increase the size of the drawing area You can also pull the rectangular borderline with the mouse in order to increase decrease the size of the drawing area The Page
80. aspects Identification of Business Processes see chap 1 1 p 18 Modelling of the flow of business processes see chap 1 2 p 18 Modelling of the organisational structure see chap 1 3 p 20 Entering the model information in the attributes of objects see chap 1 4 p 21 The model type Business Process Model is used to model flows of processes and accordingly the model tyoe Working Environment to model organisational structure 1 1 Identification of Business Processes According to the BPMS Methodology during the organisational projects following approach is followed gt e Identify the products or services produced by the enterprise or its part being examined e Identify the Business Processes that answer the question with which processes or activities are these products or services realised Workshops and brainstorming techniques can be used to identify these aspects 1 2 Process Flow The process flow is shown in a Business Process Model The creation of Business Process Models can be carried out in either a top down or bottom up In bottom up modelling sections of the process possibly later sub processes are modelled in great detail These excerpts sub processes and single activities are aggregated into a Business Process Model Top down modelling begins at a higher level with the depiction of the overall process to which more detail is then added through further activities and sub processes During
81. atabase with which you intend to work and click on the button Login Hint Depending on the settings of your ADONIS installation it might be possible to select the name of the database from a list of possible values in a drop down list The availability of such a list is indicated by the symbol I at the end of the input field After a successful login the Business Process Management Toolkit will be started Additionally the ADONIS application can be started from a command line window In this case you will first have to enter the directory where ADONIS has been installed to By entering areena for the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit the ADONIS application will be started The following parameters can be used u lt User name gt replace lt User name gt with the name of the ADONIS system user p lt Password gt replace lt Password gt with the password of the ADONIS system user page 146 ADONIS Introduction Appendix d lt DB Name gt replace lt DB name gt with the name of the ADONIS database f lt font type name gt replace lt font type name gt with the name of the font to be used in ADONIS The default font for Windows is MS Sans Serif h lt font size gt replace lt font size gt with a number between 4 and 48 for the size of the font in ADONIS The default for the font size is 12pt X causes that the ADONIS login screen to be shown despite the fact that parameters for the user name u the passw
82. ation is inside will be automatically made between grouping aggregated objects and the objects created within these objects The relation is inside can be evaluated for instance with queries in the Analysis Component i e you can define queries which results are all objects that are inside a specific domain e g swimlane aggregation The determination of an object which is located inside a specific domain happens depending on the definition of the application library either on the position or on the size of this object An object is inside a domain when 1 The position of this object is inside this domain 2 The object is completely on the area of this domain or The object touches on the area of the domain Hint The position of an object can be displayed and changed see chap 2 2 7 7 p 99 using the context menu of this object right button of the mouse Example from the ADONIS BPMS Application Library The picture below see fig 66 shows a part from a Business Process Model with a grouping object of the class Aggregation and three objects of the class Activity In addition to the coordinates the position defined as object centre of the objects of the class Activity in the object of the class Aggregation the position which is defined as from the left or from the top and the size width w and height h will be shown page 92 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Too
83. attributes either in the active or in all loaded models The search result is shown in a docking window with additional features On clicking on a search result the appropriate model is shown and the object containing the searched pattern is highlighted In addition all attribute values contained in the search result can be edited directly The search results remain available as search history This enables navigating based on different results Connector representation The dialogues Connector marks and Representation of connector edges from earlier ADONIS versions are now united in one dialogue Connector representation Thus all connector settings are accessible at the same time Now it is possible to assign Attribute Profile References in the tabular modelling too 1 1 3 Import Export New ADL 3 9 code Class Attributes of relations graphical representation Notebook definition etc are no longer exported with the standard ADL export If this redundant attribute information is needed for some reasons it is still possible to export in ADL 3 81 code as it is in ADL 3 0 code The ADL Import can now handle over long reference attributes without problems The XML files generated by the XML Export are now UTF 8 coded Unicode 1 2 New Functionality in the Administration Toolkit New features in Administration Toolkit are included in the following components or functions General news and improvements see chap 1 2 1 p 5
84. bject s must be completely and logically linked by other modelling objects and or connectors e g activities decisions etc e The transition conditions or transition probabilities after a decision must be defined correctly There are additional requirements for the Simulation algorithms Capacity Analysis and Workload Analysis A performer assignment must be defined in every activity An application model comprising at least one business process model and exactly one working environment model must be defined Hint The provision of times costs and quantities in the models is not a precondition for the Simulation However if this data is not entered the Simulation results may be incomplete The completeness check regarding the attribute values assigned can be called using the appropriate query Additionally you can provide the application library with predefined queries using which corporate project specific queries for completeness could be executed The Cardinality check will enable you to check the authorised number of objects and connectors within a model 2 2 8 2 Modelling Parallel Paths For the modelling of parallel flows within Business Process Models the following conditions must be met 1 Each parallelism branching of simultaneous activities must be reconnected to the process This condition is met in the example below see fig 88 as the parallelism A is united in the merging A and the paralleli
85. ble When this occurs the arrow icons and can be used to scroll through the contents BOC Group 2006 page 85 Part IV 2 2 2 1 Class Panel The Class panel contains all the classes available for modelling Hint The objects displayed in the class panel depend on the Mode currently selected The picture below shows the class panel of the ADONIS BPMS Application Library for all model types see fig 60 d 2 ae Bs EEE E 2 Un Sial 2 2G 2 Sim 2 O 5 4 aS fo sal ce 3 2 ya cm 0 ZC EDA PU 34 54 309 0 08 D Em Poe gt 3 BE 23239175 111 4 Si mo T T y O n 1 fe ce Q Q E lt lt E Figure 60 Class panel of the ADONIS BPMS Application Library 2 2 2 2 Relation Panel The Relation panel contains all the relations available for modelling Hint The relations displayed in the relation list depend on the current Mode selected The picture below shows the relation panel for the ADONIS BPMS Application Library for all model types see fig 61 page 86 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit y a D D ES D E EPEE y es A Y H x OE s E c U O e 5 wv O i qd N Ll a O a a a EN O y d i uN a O O O C t Y E qd a Dd 5 re l lt ef Figure 61 Relation panel of the ADONIS BPMS Application Library 2 2 3 Model Window A model window see fig 62 consists of a window bar and a drawing
86. borders dashed lines on the drawing area show the actual page layout which will be produced when printing see chap 2 4 6 p 133 or generating graphics Additionally the page border line also shows the paper orientation as well as the paper size defined in the printer settings The Page number numbers all pages continuously by the line starting from the top left Hint It is possible to switch on off the display of the page border line and of the page number in the Page layout window It is possible to open more than one model of the same or different model types at a time The status row and the title bar of the model window refer to the model window which is currently active The open modelling windows can be ordered and activated using the options available in Window menu its corresponding quick access icon or ADONIS Explorer see chap 4 p 46 2 2 4 Modelling modes of the Model Editor The following two modelling modes are available within the model Editor Editing mode see chap 2 2 4 1 p 88 e Drawing mode see chap 2 2 4 2 p 88 Hint The model Editor s modelling modes differ from the modes available in the menu View which refer to the modelling objects available for the user 2 2 4 1 Editing Mode Editing mode allows you to select objects and connectors already placed on the drawing area move them and Edit their attributes for example through the ADONIS Notebook When you are in Editing mode the mouse poin
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88. ce of connector see chap 2 2 7 14 p 105 and Align see chap 2 2 7 20 p 110 You set the focus by clicking on an object or connector To remove the focus from all objects click on some empty space in the drawing area 2 2 1 5 Move Objects Moving objects within a modelling window supports drag and drop feature To move a specific object click on it with the left mouse button the object is now selected and has focus and then move the mouse dragging the object while keeping the left mouse button pressed While moving an object you can see that its outline is coloured blue and dashed When you release the left mouse button the object will be moved to the specified place in the drawing area If you would like to move more than one object at a time you should select see chap 2 2 7 3 p 95 them first Then all selected objects can then be moved together as described above While moving a single object the other selected objects will also be moved You can also move single objects with the context menu right mouse button selecting the menu item position size and then defining the new position see chap 2 2 7 7 p 99 Selected objects can also be moved using the cursor key on the keyboard With deactivated snap grid each time you press a cursor key the object will be moved by a step size of one millimetre with activated snap grid the step size corresponds to the snap height or the snap width Hint To move aggregated objects and
89. cess and integrated solutions with different workflow products Knowledge management Training and Learning Production of training aids through graphic models and process orientated knowledge management BOC Group 2006 page 1 Preface Process Management __ ae Risk 3 Management Warehouse f Ui WT AA A AL Fhris e d mi MNE Business Process Management Quality B Management is s A a AER ES RA I i h Knowledge Se Ll ma Application Management k Development E Business ADONIS is a client server multi user system which has an object oriented structure Additionally ADONIS has a remarkable adaptation possibility so it can be configured according to your needs and developed according to your requirements ADONIS customising We hope that our tool meets your requirements and that you have a lot of fun working with ADONIS Your BOC Team Vienna spring 2006 page 2 ADONIS Introduction 1 Preface New Features in ADONIS Version 3 9 If you have already used ADONIS version 3 81 you will find below a short description of the innovations in ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit see chap 1 1 p 3 of the innovations in Administration Toolkit see chap 1 2 p 5 More detailed information can be found in the PDF file News in ADONIS 39 paf which can be found on the ADONIS installation CD in the folder books 1 1 1 1 New Features in the
90. chap 2 2 5 p 89 activities decisions on the drawing area To draw an object select it in the class list by clicking on it with the left mouse button and then place it on the drawing area by clicking on the required position there When beginning modelling the objects Activity and Decision are the most important because these objects enable you to model a Business Process ADOS a ss Pro pas tanegerineed Toa Adron x Mode Cat Ves Aemet frome stepper Dim Windy bem aie eet AD mam i OSES fer 9 48 Ei een eo aaa B monte Med SER eee eee er Model windows Mad Edit button p EA A a Drawing area Exprorer oO 4 D O 2 O Modeling bar Status bar i 4 Qe y or oie ay 7 Information for s Working area Zoom factor drawing movin of objects Model status Figure 2 Model Editor Place an object of a class Process start at the beginning of your process and an object of class End at its end These two objects are placed on the modelling surface not only to improve clarity of the process but also to be used by other ADONIS components within the Business Process BOC Group 2006 page 19 Part Il Management Toolkit A Process start and an End object must be defined within a Business Process Model Please rearrange the objects according to the flow in your previously prepared plan Remember that you can always change the order of objects if required Concerning the modelling direction hori
91. combination lt ctrl gt lt s gt or the smart icon lel from the quick access bar If you wish to save all changed models within the ADONIS database select the menu item Save all from the Model menu It is also possible to save models from within the ADONIS Explorer see chap 4 p 46 window Models are saved automatically see chap 2 4 4 1 p 131 after a specified number of changes standard 20 have been made It is possible to turn this option on or off and to change the number after which an automatic save should be carried out by using the menu item Auto save in the Extras menu Hint If you would like to save the models to a floppy disk then you must use the Import Export see chap 6 p 141 component and export the models to an ADL file Hint If you change only view parameters e g zoom value view mode the model will not be considered as changed however you can save this new view in the ADONIS database page 130 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 4 4 1 Auto save Using the Auto save function the changes will be automatically and individually saved by the program Auto save Active Number of changes to invoke an automatic save all gA Ciara te Figure 103 Auto save You can switch this function on by activating the Active option within the Auto save window see fig 103 i e the auto save comes after the entered number of change
92. connector edge into the desired position Activity 1 Activity 1 e Activity 2 Activity 2 Activity 2 Figure 78 Connector edges moved in parallel After releasing the mouse button the connector edge will be set in the new position To undo a connector modification click Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 5 2 2 7 9 Re allocate Connectors Re linking connectors means that either the start or target object of an existing connector is changed To re link a connector first focus see chap 2 2 7 4 p 96 click on the start or endpoint of this connector with the left mouse button and move it to the new starting or target object you wish while keeping the left mouse button pressed see fig 79 Actwity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Figure 79 Example of the re linking of a connector Hint Only authorised start or target objects will be focused see chap 2 2 7 4 p 96 accordingly to the definition in the application library for the selected relation class Re linking connectors is only possible where the relation is permitted between the start and target objects or where a connecior of the same type does not already exist between the two objects If you attempt to re link a connector in the invalid manner an appropriate error message will be displayed and the connector will remain the same The re linking of connectors can be undone using the function Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 page 102 ADONIS Introduction
93. contain several lines can be shown completely To adjust a row height place the mouse pointer on the division line between two rows see fig 49 in the first column Division lines Inform applicant Figure 49 Row separator y The mouse pointer will change to when it is placed in the correct place Once the mouse pointer changes it is possible to change the height of a row by pressing and holding the mouse button and moving the mouse in the required direction In this way it is possible to display results containing line breaks Hint By selecting the Adjust row height menu item in the context menu right mouse button the row will be adjusted to it s optimal height Hint By selecting the Adjust all rows height menu item in the context menu right mouse button all rows will be adjusted to their optimal height 8 7 Expand Shrink All The ADONIS browser stores the output of queries Capacity and Workload Analysis in groups e g models In order to present an overview to the user and to allow the user to find particular results quickly These groups can then be expanded or shrunk to display more detail Unexpanded rows are characterised by the symbol By clicking on this symbol the rows will be expanded and this symbol will be shown To restore to the original state click on the symbol again and it will change from SF to Hint By selecting the menu item Expand all in the context menu right mouse but
94. cting the option Explorer in the menu Window gt Tools lt can be moved and docked to any edge or can float in any position Using the lt Tab gt key a user can change the focus between the Explorer and the active model window Text colour in the Explorer e Black text displays model group names and models that are closed e Blue text displays models that are currently open and have no unsaved changes e Red text displays models that are open and contain changes that have not been saved The Explorer smart icons and their functions 3 Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 Refresh view see chap 4 3 p 49 page 46 ADONIS Introduction Te db Pe Lar General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Options for the opening of models see chap 4 4 p 49 Set visible model types see chap 4 5 p 50 Show all see chap 4 6 p 50 Hide all see chap 4 6 p 50 Show selected with sublevels see chap 4 6 p 50 The Explorer s context menu view Models in the database provides the following functions New Open Activate Rename Cut Copy Paste Delete Model references Model types Manage model groups Refresh Item search Save as Shrink Expand Select all items Deselect Selected items to create a new model or model group see chap 4 7 p 50 to load selected models from the database or brin
95. cts are selected Hint When you cut referenced objects see p 107 the references to this object will be invalid ATTENTION The options Cut Copy see chap 2 2 7 16 p 107 and Paste see chap 2 2 7 17 p 108 can only be applied within ADONIS If you wish to copy the graphic model representation into any other applications you must use the function Generate graphics Cut Referenced Object When you cut an object which is referenced by an other object an appropriate indication appears before deleting this object see fig 84 since the references of the referenced object become invalid after it has been cut FILIE ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit user y x Cuting this object causes that these references become dangling But if the object is pasted again afterwards the references can be moved to the pasted object A To Transfer form Document some Incoming inter references exist Click on the OF button to cut the object anyway Fieferences Cancel Help Figure 84 Indication before cutting a referenced object BOC Group 2006 page 107 Part IV Hint When you paste a referenced object see p 108 you can take over the references to this object i e the references remain valid Click on the button references to get the list of all objects which reference the object you wish to delete Clicking on the button OK will cut 2 2 17 Paste You can in
96. d i e the items shrunk are not selected To select all the items of a selection list first select the expand all menu item see chap 3 1 5 p 37 and then the menu item Select all items 3 1 7 Deselect With Deselect all selected list entries are deselected 3 1 8 Selected Items By selecting the Selected items menu item all items selected in the list will be displayed in the window All selected items see fig 22 page 38 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit All selected items oo a x Matching items E Models Ue Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation Help A SP Decline application 9 O3Working Environment Models E 3 Example Application for vacation including resources M Comparw Maps O 02 Business Process Models 9 03 Working Environment Models 3 Example Bank Voucher bound transfer Example Health Sector S 3 01 Company maps a Patient admission Figure 22 Display selected items 3 1 9 Shrink Expand Version Threads Hint The shrink expand version threads function is only available if a time related versioning see chap 10 1 2 p 79 is defined in the application library Expanding version threads is possible by clicking on the icon WE right above the model attribute profile selection list and causes the displaying of all the versions of a model attribute profile saved in the ADONIS databa
97. d in the ADONIS browsers popup menu right mouse button the contents currently displayed in the ADONIS browser are copied to the clipboard and can then be pasted into Microsoft Excel for example in order to carry out some further work or calculations 8 15 Print In order to print the results displayed in the ADONIS browser click on the button Print This will cause the window Print see fig 57 to be displayed Print x Preview and page selection Printer kA MSRVBOCTMHP Laserjet 4050 Series PEL w Page layout Onentation Portrait O Landscape D Printer s default pages height Fit one page 9 pages e width value 100 2 Number of pages 2 Number of selected pages 2 Selected pages all Figure 57 ADONIS Browser Print page 76 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Print The field Print contains a list of all available printers Select a printer from the list default printer is pre selected The printer settings can be checked and if necessary changed by clicking on the smart hal icon If any problem with printers occur contact your system administrator Choose your settings for Page layout Layout parameters and Scale Check the Layout parameters chapter for details The window preview and page selection is updated with eac
98. d depending whether the information can be changed into e editable and e non editable browsers The information in an editable browser see chap 8 2 1 p 62 can be edited and saved while the information in a non editable browser will only be used to show results The information in a hierarchical browser see chap 8 2 2 p 62 is shown in different levels e g models and sub models while information in a non hierarchical browser is shown in a one dimensional structure Both groups of browsers hierarchical and editable can be combined in the actual ADONIS browser depending on the information shown page 58 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Examples e editable hierarchical Query result lt Activity Referenced documents Execution time Waling time A A O GBExecute order in calculation center 00 000 01 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Ea E EZ Order iz validated by bank clerk Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 05 00 00 000 00 00 00 EE Resolve issue oo sec ee Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 01 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Send the transfer order back tothe customer Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 10 00 00 000 00 00 00 GB Sort the transfer orders according to the transfer amount Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document mod
99. d effortless to the ADONIS BPMS Modelling Method using the import option Import objects from different library The new tool ADONIS Navigator shows an overview of the active model in a so called docking window can be moved across the user interface and docked to special areas of the application window The part of the model which is currently visible in the model window is highlighted an can be used for navigating through the model Note The Navigator replaces the function Viewable Area from the zoom dialogue At the same time the accuracy of the preview was improved The new tool ADONIS Inspector another docking window supplies the user with various details about the active modelling environment The functional range of the ADONIS Explorer was substanially extended BOC Group 2006 page 3 Preface Models can be copied via the functions Copy Ctrl C and Paste Ctrl V This creates a copy of the model the references pointing to the model remain with the original copy Model groups can be copied via the functions Copy Ctrl C and Paste Ctrl V Model references can be copied to other model groups via the function Model reference s gt Copy Model references can be removed from model groups via the function Model reference s gt Delete Model groups and models can be moved via the functions Cut Ctrl X and Paste Ctrl V The last model reference of a model can no l
100. ds on the particular configuration of the quick access bar see chap 4 p 46 and the current configuration see chap 3 p 151 of the Business Process Management Toolkit BOC Group 2006 page 137 Part IV 4 Simulation The availability of the Simulation component and the modules Path analysis Capacity analysis Workload analysis steady state Workload analysis fixed time period and Agents depends on the current configuration see chap 3 p 151 of the Business Process Management Toolkit Activate the Simulation component by clicking on the smart icon Y inthe component list You can also activate the Simulation component by clicking with the right mouse button in the component list near the component smart icons and then selecting the menu item Simulation from the popup menu which is displayed Alternatively you can open the popup menu using the function key lt F9 gt and then press the lt s gt key to activate the simulation component After activating the Simulation Component the following smart icons are available in the quick access bar Path analysis E Capacity analysis Workload analysis steady state Workload analysis fixed time period Agents Offline animation Delete simulation results Free simulation cache Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 Next m
101. e The current name and the current version number of the model are provided Now you can change target model group name and version number As soon as you click Save the model is stored in the ADONIS database with the new parameters If the model contains unsaved changes you are also asked whether you want to save these changes in the original model too Hint The model name must contain at most 220 characters The version number for the model related versioning see chap 10 1 1 p 79 must contain at most 20 characters Hint As in the Create a new model dialogue window you can expand or collapse models in the model groups by clicking on the appropriate check box By time related versioning see chap 10 1 2 p 79 fields for the validity period of the model e g Month and Year will be displayed instead of the version field Hint There must be no model of the same name type and version number already existing within the ADONIS database Hint The old model is no longer open it still exists in the ADONIS database and can be re opened as normal Hint After saving a read only model under another name the new model is opened with read write access NOT as read only For referred on the model references additional dialogue appears that might look like ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit Admin ee a ie x 2 Some references to the original model exist which are all outgoing From changeable models ae
102. e ADONIS users BOC Group 2006 page 11 Part by entering a new licence key Alternatively it is also possible to further restrict the composition of the ADONIS Business Edition Hint When using the ADONIS Business Edition the smart icons of unsupported components will not be displayed in the component bar The same applies to smart icons in the quick access bars If the ADONIS user or the ADONIS administrator did not change the configuration only the smart icons corresponding to the functionality of ADONIS Business Edition will be displayed 1 2 ADONIS Professional Edition Within the ADONIS Professional Edition all components of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit are available Hint The components Process Cost Analysis Process Costing Component Personal and Capacity Management Call Centre Management as well as case 4 0 interface are additional components and therefore are not contained in the ADONIS Professional Edition 1 3 Additional ADONIS Components The additional components Process Cost Analysis Personnel and Capacity Management Call Centre Management Case 4 0 interface ObjectiF interface can be integrated into your existing ADONIS installation They are not contained in the default configuration of ADONIS Business or Professional Edition 1 3 1 ADONIS Process Cost Analysis The Process Cost Analysis supports cost optimisation especially overhead costs The system is
103. e By selecting the Print option from the Model menu By pressing the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt p gt The window lt model name gt lt model type gt Print see fig 106 is displayed Application for vacation Business Process Model Print Preview and page s lection Printer WprntserversPrinter 1 Page layout Full page without header footer e Orientation Portrait 0 Landscape 2 Printer s default Scale Factor C pages height O Fit one page O pages width Value 1002 E Select models Active model Number of pages 2 Number of selected pages 1 Selected pages 1 Figure 106 Printing model Print The field Print contains a list of all available printers Select a printer from the list default printer is pre selected The printer settings may be displayed and if necessary changed by clicking on the Al E E ae smart icon If any problem with printers occur contact your system administrator BOC Group 2006 page 133 Part IV Select your settings for Page layout Layout parameters and Scale Check the Layout parameters chapter for details By default the active model will be printed By pressing the button Select model you can select an additional models for printing see chap 2 4 6 1 p 134 The window Preview and page selection is updated with each change This print preview helps to choose pages for the printout see cha
104. e acquired additionally and integrated into ADONIS into any existing modelling method Process Cost Analysis see chap 1 3 1 p 12 Personnel and Capacity Management see chap 1 3 2 p 12 Call Centre Management see chap 1 3 3 p 13 case 4 0 interface see chap 1 3 4 p 13 To use ADONIS Business and Professional Edition a set of different modelling methods see chap 1 4 p 14 is available By utilising our interfaces see chap 1 5 p 14 data from various applications can be exchanged with ADONIS Business and Professional Edition Additionally ADONIS supports further standards und management methods see chap 1 6 p 16 for the process management Hint For further information regarding products and services of the BOC Group please contact your ADONIS consultant 1 1 ADONIS Business Edition Within the ADONIS Business Edition the following components of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit are available Modelling Analysis Documentation Import Export Hint The components Process Cost Analysis Process Costing Component Personal and Capacity Management Call Centre Management as well as case 4 0 interface are additional components and therefore they are not contained in the ADONIS Business Edition When needed it is possible to acquire new components or further modules within a component of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit which then can be provided for th
105. e default option finds all cells which match exactly the full text being searched for e Word finds all texts where the text being searched occurs as a single word may be bounded by blanks or a full stop Clicking on the button Search begins the actual search Each row which is matched successfully during a search will be highlighted in red 8 13 Save With the Save button you can save the displayed results to a file The window Save options see fig 55 is displayed once the button is selected Save Options Settings Time as number Append File Filename Figure 55 Save properties Within the Save properties window you can choose Properties see chap 8 13 1 p 74 e File formats see chap 8 13 2 p 74 for external data that have an effect on format and contents of the data ATTENTION The available options depend on the type of results being displayed e g Query results i e not all options are always available BOC Group 2006 page 73 Part Ill In addition you must enter the filename and path to which the results should be saved in the input field Filename Click on the OK button to continue 8 13 1 Properties The Properties allow you to influence the contents of the file being saved The following properties are available Header When this option is selected a header is added to the beginning of the file being created which contains general details on the
106. e field so that you can input a value or edit the existing value For turning the pages of the Notebook you can use either the arrow buttons in the bottom right corner of the Notebook or the key combination lt Alt gt lt gt for the next page and lt Alt gt lt gt for the previous page Hint In Windows environments it is possible to hide accelerators by default However as soon as you press the lt Alt gt key they become visible BOC Group 2006 page 45 Part Ill 4 ADONIS Explorer The Explorer is a window that displays ADONIS models and their status information see fig 30 It has its own quick access bar which provides fast access to the functions and views Additional functions are available via context menu odels Se M 2 O Exeample Application for vacation 5 M Company Maps ly U2 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation ay SP Decline application Os Working Environment Models m Application department Example Application for vacation including resources 5 Example Bank Woucher bound transfer E 5 O1 Compary maps E 5 02 Business processes E 5 03 Document model E y O4 Working environment E 5 05 Uze case diagram E 5 Example Health Sector E 5 Example Insurance 5 Example Public Sector 5 Example Telecommunication Application mobile phone Figure 30 The ADONIS Explorer The Explorer can be made visible or hidden by pressing lt Crtl gt E or sele
107. e is the part of the window directly below the component and quick access bar see chap 2 3 p 29 It is used especially when working within the modelling component of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 6 Explorer ADONIS Explorer is a universal tool that provides easy access to models and their status information It has its own quick access bar with special smart icons see fig 13 A detailed description can be found in the chapter ADONIS Explorer see chap 4 p 46 ES 01 Soman ans 9 02 Business Process Models A BF Application for vacation ay SP Decline application E 03 Working Environment Models m Application department Example Application for vacation including resources 5 Example Bank Woucher bound transfer E 5 M Company maps E 02 Business processes E 5 03 Document model E 5 04 4orking environment 05 Uze case diagram E 5 Example Health Sector E 5 Example Insurance Example Public Sector Example Telecorimunication Application mobile phone Figure 13 The ADONIS Explorer 2 7 Navigator The ADONIS Navigator is a tool showing an overview over the active model and offering various zoom and navigation possibilities see fig 14 page 30 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit A detailed description can be found in the chapter ADONIS Navigator see chap 5 p 54 ea Figure 14 The ADONIS Naviga
108. e mouse pointer will change to i and select the target area by pressing the mouse button again for each cell while still holding the lt Ctrl gt key Additionally it is also possible to insert cell values from another application e g Microsoft Excel into ADONIS browser Hint When copying and pasting values note that the type of attributes must match with each other i e the type of attributes of the copied value must correspond to the type of attribute in which you want to insert the value Exception In attributes of the type String or Longstring you can insert the values of other types of attributes 8 2 2 Hierarchical ADONIS Browser The hierarchical ADONIS browser enables the representation of hierarchical structures tree structures making it possible to shrink and expand each tree see fig 43 Furthermore a number page 62 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit indicating the level will be shown in the grey header of each row indicating the hierarchy level of the Current row Capacity analysis Process related Per process Application model APPLICATION MODEL E Busmessprocess activi Execution time Vi SP Control signature block OO O00 00 46 1 4 Check signature SP Control signatureblocks 1 000000 O0 000 00 00 30 Backoffice clerk 1 000000 00 000 00 00 30 Check if account is blocked SP Control signat 1 000000 00 000 00 00 1 0 Backoffice cl
109. e name of the new model in Name field and if necessary for model related versioning a version number in the Version field Hint The model name must contain at most 220 characters The version number for the model related versioning see chap 10 1 1 p 79 must contain at most 20 characters Hint As in the Create a new model dialogue window you can expand or collapse models in the model groups by clicking on the appropriate check box In time related versioning fields for the validity period of the model will be displayed instead of the Version field e g Month and Year Hint There must be no model of the same name type and version number already existing within the ADONIS database If such a model already exists an appropriate error message will be displayed when you try to create an identically named model In the model group list you can have a look at the models contained in the model groups for this activate the Show models contained in groups option Confirm your entries by pressing the button Create which will cause the current window to be closed and the new empty model to be displayed If the button Create is faded out in grey this means that at least one of the three necessary entries Model type Model group or Name has not been selected 2 4 2 Open Existing Model If you wish to open a model which was previously saved within the ADONIS database then select the menu item Open from within t
110. earch result window to open an input support dialogue Click on the Icon to perform another search The search function see chap 2 2 7 19 p 109 is called A continuous history allows navigating through all model search results Click on the Icon to jump to the previous or gt to jump to the next search result If you want you can update a serch result For this click on the icon in the search result window The currently visible search is repeated and the result window updated accordingly You can make the search result more clearly arranged Click the toggle icon The attributes are removed from the view and only two hierarchy levels models and objects remain visible Of course in this view no attribute values can be modified Click once more to show the attributes again BOC Group 2006 page 57 Part Ill 8 ADONIS Browser A browser included in ADONIS provides an overview work can be distributed and further work printing saving can be carried out Regardless of where you are in ADONIS the ADONIS browser provides a standard layout The ADONIS browser is used in the modelling Component see chap 2 p 83 Analysis Component see chap 3 p 137 Simulation Component see chap 4 p 138 and the Evaluation Component see chap 5 p 140 8 1 Classification In ADONIS different types of browsers are available They can be divided into e hierarchical and e non hierarchical browsers an
111. ed by exporting users and or user groups in the User Management component of the Administration Toolkit UDL files can then be imported into the Administration Toolkit on a different computer This can be useful for example where the database system is changing 5 17 Extensible Markup Language XML XML files will be created when exporting models The models which have been exported to XML files can for instance be imported to other computers where they can be edited Hint In ADONIS 3 9 XML files will be created with encoding UTF 8 page 156 ADONIS Introduction 6 Index absolute 122 append 124 percentage 125 place first 123 relative 124 replace 123 replace program call 123 statistical 125 swap 122 take over 122 A ABL files 153 ACR file 153 Activate referened model 126 ADL file 154 ADONIS 9 component bar 29 Explorer 30 Inspector 31 menu bar 29 Navigator 30 New features in version 3 9 3 Product palette 11 quick access bar 29 Quick access bar 29 search results 31 user interface 28 window bar 28 Workspace 30 ADONIS 22 ADONIS browser 58 adjust column width 67 Adjust row height 68 Align attribute values 71 Classification 58 Copy to clipboard 76 editable 62 Enter column width 66 Enter row height 67 Expand branches 68 formats save 74 hierarchical 62 Print 76 Representation of attribute values 63 save 73 search 72 Select attributes 69 Select columns 69 settings
112. either entirely inside or outside of a swimlane exceptions can be made possible by extending the application library lf a modelling object is placed on the edge of a swimlane the size of the swimlane automatically adjusts When moving a selected modelling object with the cursor the size of the swimlane is extended accordingly when the object is moved out of the existing boundaries of the swimlane Swimlanes cannot be copied Swimlanes cannot be moved When deleting a swimlane all objects placed on it and all connectors leading to these objects will be deleted as well page 78 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit 10 Versioning 10 1 Basics ADONIS supports the following types of model and attribute profile versioning e model related versioning see chap 10 1 1 p 79 e time related versioning see chap 10 1 2 p 79 Hint In the application library one versioning type is defined and used for all model types available 10 1 1 Model related Versioning With model related versioning a version number can be assigned to each model This is the case when creating see chap 2 4 1 p 127 saving as another version see chap 2 4 5 p 131 or renaming the model ADONIS neither demands a specific format nor a specific semantic for the version number According to the use case the user can define the format and semantics It is possible to create a new model version
113. el O0 000 00 45 00 00 000 00 00 00 Wi Validate transfer details Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model O0 000 00 10 00 0000000 00 010 3 5P Control signature blocks OOOO EZ Check if account is blocked 00 000 00 00 10 00 000 00 00 00 ie Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 00 30 00 000 00 00 00 Wi Decide on the release 00 000 00 30 00 00 000 00 00 00 Send the order back to the customer D0 000 00 10 00 00 000 00 00 00 4 EEEE UN Check mistakes in file image 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 WI Complete the image 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 EZ Gather credit transfer receipts into a batch Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 010 E Process batch of receipts Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model O0 000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Send the order back to the customer lt Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 010 Figure 38 Example of an editable hierarchical browser analysis result e editable non hierarchical Execution time Waiting time Costs Order is validated by bank clerk 00 000 00 02 00 400 Validate transter details OU 000 00 10 00 00 000 00 00 40 e 00 Resolve issue 20 000 01 00 00 20 000 00 70 00 00 Sort the transter orders according to the transfer amount OU O00
114. elected models shall be generated and click on the OK button to start the documentation process with the current settings or the settings in the attribute and class filter ATTENTION Note that most of the time not only one file will be created but several files and or graphic files The file names e g of the graphic files will be created by appending a suffix to the file names you have selected Hint If you want to ensure that all files will meet the 8 3 name convention choose basic names which do not contain more than two characters e g dd htm BOC Group 2006 page 143 Part IV Once your documentation has been successfully generated a corresponding message window is displayed page 144 ADONIS Introduction Part V Appendix BOC Group 2006 page 145 Part V 1 Starting ADONIS The login to ADONIS depends on the settings of the ADONIS database e exclusively as ADONIS user see chap 1 1 p 146 or e alternatively as ADONIS user or as a system user with Single Sign on functionality see chap 1 2 p 147 1 1 Start ADONIS Start the Business Process Management Toolkit by clicking on the program icon on your desktop or by selecting the program from the Start menu ADONIS login ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit for SOL Server User name Password Database name Lanquage English Figure 111 ADONIS login Enter your user name your password the name of the ADONIS d
115. election Select the models for printing and press OK You can change the print setting in the window Print multiple models with identical settings see fig 108 p 135 page 134 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 4 6 2 Print several models with identical settings Print several models with identical setting by pressing the button Select model in the Print dialogue see fig 106 p 133 and by selecting these models see chap 2 4 6 1 p 134 As an alternative printing of several models can be called from the ADONIS Explorer see chap 4 p 46 using the view Opened model windows In the dialogue Print multiple models with identical settings see fig 108 the following settings are available Print multiple models with identical settings View model Printer Application for vacation Business Process Model printserver Printer 1 Preview Page layout Full page without header footer t Orientation Portrait Landscape Printer s default Scale gt Factor O pages height Fit one page C pages width Factor 78 22 Select models Number of selected models 3 Mumber of models to print 3 Figure 108 Print several models In the additional Model view field you can switch between all selected models The window Preview is updated with each selection Select your settings for Page layout Layout par
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117. en carried out For this select menu Edit entry Undo press the hot key lt Ctrl gt Z or click the smart icon 5 Hint The action to be undone is displayed in the option Undo within the Edit menu If the function Undo is not available this is shown by the text Not possible beside the menu item Undo in the menu Edit Hint Undone actions can be redone using the Redo functionality see chap 2 2 7 2 p 94 2 2 7 2 Redo Undone actions can be redone For this select menu Edit entry Redo press the hot key lt Ctrl gt Y or click the smart icon Hint The action to be redone is displayed in the option Redo within the Edit menu If the function Redo is not available this is shown by the text Not possible beside the menu item Redo in the menu Edit page 94 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 2 7 3 Select Objects and Connectors Any object or connector can be selected simply by clicking on it Selected objects see fig 67 and connectors see fig 68 are coloured red Not Selected Figure 67 Not selected selected object H a not selected selected Figure 68 Not selected selected connectors You can select multiple objects and connectors following these methods Keep the lt Shift gt key or the lt Ctrl gt key pressed while clicking one by one on the objects and connectors that should be selected Select an area with the for
118. eneral information about the Business Process Management Toolkit 3 Control Elements Control Elements buttons accelerator keys are found in a number of places in ADONIS in order to provide support Control Elements are available e in selection windows see chap 3 1 p 33 and e in ADONIS Notebooks see chap 3 2 p 40 3 1 Selection Control Elements The global selection control elements are available in the context men right mouse button of every selection window e g Open Model Queries ADL Export The following general functions are available in most windows as an addition to the context specific functions e Modeltypes see chap 3 1 1 p 34 only available in model selection lists e Manage model groups only available in model selection lists Refresh see chap 3 1 2 p 35 Item search see chap 3 1 3 p 35 Save as see chap 3 1 4 p 37 Shrink Expand see chap 3 1 5 p 37 with the following options Show all Hide all Show selected Show selected with sublevels and Shrink selected only available in hierarchical selection lists Select all items see chap 3 1 6 p 38 Deselect see chap 3 1 7 p 38 Selected items see chap 3 1 8 p 38 Shrink Expand time related versioning see chap 3 1 9 p 39 This function is only available in model and attribute profile selection lists if time related versioning is being used O BOC Group 2006 pa
119. epends on the current configuration see chap 3 p 151 of the Business Process Management Toolkit The availability of additional components such as the Process cost analysis Cost cutting component with its modules Actual analysis and Plan analysis as well as Human resource management depends on the acquisition of an additional licence The Evaluation component can be activated by clicking on the appropriate smart icon TI in the component list Alternatively activate the Evaluation Component by right clicking on the component list beside the component smart icons and then selecting the menu item Evaluation from the appearing popup menu The popup menu can also be displayed using the function key lt F9 gt and then the Evaluation Component is activated by pressing the key lt v gt Once the Evaluation Component has been activated the following icons should be displayed in the quick access bar FlowMark audit trail evaluation Comparison of results ong Predefined queries Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 5 Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 e Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 O Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 If the Cost cutting component is included in your configuration then the following extra smart icons will also be displayed in the quick access bar Actual process cost analysis Plan process cost analysis The additional compo
120. erface language Is possible The same attribute can now appear in more than one chapter of a Notebook Furthermore the Notebook structure can now be made language dependent Depending on the chosen user interface language different attributes can be shown For the Predefined Analysis Evaluation Queries there now is a new type of input field the Relation field containing all relations of the model type in question 1 2 4 Model Management New ADL 3 9 code Class Attributes of relations graphical representation Notebook definition etc are no longer exported with the standard ADL export If this redundant attribute information is needed for some reasons it is still possible to export in ADL 3 81 code as it is in ADL 3 0 code The ADL Import can now handle over long reference attributes without problems page 6 ADONIS Introduction Preface 1 2 5 LEO AdoScript and Expressions New Events AfterEditAttributeValue BeforeCreateModel DiscardRelationInstance e Extended Event RenameModelThread e The AdoScript command REBUILD_DRAWING_AREA is no longer needed as the drawing area is now always refreshed automatically whenever necessary Existing commands in old scripts are ignored e It is now possible to get the current user interface language via AdoScript in order to deduce language specific reactions e Extensions to the MessagePort AdoScript CREATE_OUTPUT_WIN OUT SET_OUTPUT_WIN_SUBTITLE FILE_EXISTS SERVICE
121. erk 1 000000 00 000 00 00 1 0 Decide on the release SP Control signatures bl 0 733000 00 000 00 21 539 Backoffice clerk 0 733000 00 000 00 1 59 Send the order back to the customer SP Cont 0 355000 00 000 00 03 35 Backoffice clerk 0 358000 00 000 00 03 35 0 000 00 26 1 4 gt Figure 43 Hierarchical ADONIS browser Example simulation result Before each section either or Y is displayed in the first column This icon indicates that the current row contains a summary of results and can be broken down further by clicking on the symbol This symbol means that all information is displayed By clicking on this symbol only summary information is displayed Hint Lines without a symbol represent the lowest hierarchy tree and therefore have no other subordinated data Hint Due to the hierarchical representation the ADONIS browser will also show empty cells 8 2 3 Representation of Attribute Values The attribute values shown in a ADONIS browser are shown as text whereas the representation of the following attribute types differs from the normal representation in the ADONIS Notebook Records A record in the tabular modelling is represented by the word Record and in the analysis results represented by the symbol Program call The representation of a program call attribute see chap 8 2 3 1 p 64 depends on the definition of your application library Reference A reference to a model is represented by lt model name gt
122. erm for the model administration and control functions available in ADONIS The model management functionality can be found under the Model menu within the Modelling Component 2 4 1 Create New Model If you wish to create a new model select the menu item New from the Model menu Alternatively you can use the key combination lt ctrl gt lt n gt or the appropriate smart icon _ inthe quick access bar The window Create new model see fig 101 in which you can select the model type the model group the model name and optionally the version number of the model to be created will be displayed BOC Group 2006 page 127 Part IV Create new model E Model 5 Example Application for vacation 5 Example Application for vacation Example Bank Youcher bound ti E Example Health Sector E Example Insurance E 5 Example Public Sector Example Telecommunication Ap EJ Company map A Business process model m Working environment model 10 Document model aa Use case diagram Show models contained in groups Figure 101 Create new model Hint Depending on the definition of the application library this dialogue may additionally contain a model type filter See chap 3 1 1 1 p 34 Select in the Model type field the type of the new model and in Model group field the model group in which you wish to create the new model Then enter th
123. g a loaded model to the top see chap 4 8 p 51 to rename selected models or model groups see chap 4 11 p 51 to cut selected model or model groups see chap 4 13 p 52 to copy selected model or model groups see chap 4 13 p 52 to paste selected model or model groups see chap 4 13 p 52 to delete selected model or model groups see chap 4 13 p 52 to copy or delete selected model references see chap 4 14 p 52 to filter the visible model types see chap 4 5 p 50 to manage the model group structure to update the Explorer view see chap 4 3 p 49 to search for entries in the Explorer see chap 4 16 p 53 to save the current structure to a text file see chap 4 17 p 53 to show or hide branches and selected levels see chap 4 6 p 50 to select all models and model groups in the current view see chap 3 1 6 p 38 to cancel all selections see chap 3 1 7 p 38 to display selected models and model groups clearly laid out see chap 3 1 8 p 38 The Explorer s context_menu view Opened model windows provides the following functions Activate Close Save Rename Print Refresh ltem search O BOC Group 2006 to bring a loaded model to the top see chap 4 8 p 51 to close selected models see chap 4 9 p 51 to save selected models see chap 4 10 p 51 to rename selected models or model groups see chap 4 11 p 51 to print selected models see chap 4 12 p 52 to
124. ge 33 Part Ill 3 1 1 Model Types A list of all model types defined in the application library is displayed in the window Modeltypes see fig 17 Hint If your application library contains a customised model type filter see chap 3 1 1 1 p 34 this filter will appear instead Modeltypes Modeltypes os Produktmodell a ProzeMlandkarte A Gesch ftsprozefmodel fa rbeitsumgebungsmodel E 1T Systemmodell 9 Anwendungstalldiagramm JD okumentenmodell Figure 17 Model types of the ADONIS BPMS Application Library To the left of each model type a checkbox indicates whether the model type is currently displayed checked B or not unchecked L Click into the checkbox to change the status If you click All all model types are activated By clicking on None all model types will be deactivated After the successful change click Assign to display the updated model selection list i e only the models of the activated model types are displayed Hint By default all model types are activated Hint The model types menu item is only available in model selection lists ATTENTION Changed settings will be reset when exiting ADONIS 3 1 1 1 Model Type Filter The model type filter is a special kind of model type representation It is not a standardised ADONIS function but is by request added to an application library instead The model type filter allows the user to choose from various predefined views
125. ght see chap 8 5 p 67 enter the row height Adjust row height see chap 8 6 p 68 adjust the height of the rows to the optimum size Hint The functions Expand all see chap 8 7 p 68 and Shrink all see chap 8 7 p 68 are only available in the hierarchical ADONIS browser see chap 8 2 2 p 62 The context menu right mouse click for the column header in general contains the following functions e align attribute values see chap 8 10 p 71 align the attribute value of the current column to the left centre it or to the right e sort ascending descending see chap 8 10 p 71 ascending or descending sorting of the attribute values of the current column BOC Group 2006 page 61 Part Ill 8 2 1 Editable ADONIS Browser The editing of the displayed value in an editable ADONIS browser is possible by e directly entering a value in any cell e copying and inserting values inside the browser e inserting values which have been copied onto the clipboard for instance from a table calculation program For simple attribute types figures text simply enter an attribute value directly into the appropriate cell by clicking on the cell or selecting the cell using the cursor keys Type in the new content and confirm with the Enter key Complex attributes enumerations expressions etc need an input support dialogue In this case double click the cell or select it and press the Enter key to call the supp
126. ght mouse button by selecting the menu item notebook Hint ADONIS Notebooks are defined for each class and for the relation Subsequent in the ADONIS BPMS Application Library 2 2 13 Change Visualised Attribute Values By displaying of attribute values visualised in the model graphic you can represent the information you want to e g object name in the drawing area Hint The visualised attribute values are defined in the application library When you wish to change an attribute value first select the object and then click on the attribute value An input window will be opened see fig 82 in which the current attribute value will be displayed Cancel Help E Figure 82 Change visualised attribute value Hint Depending on the type of visualised attribute another input window e g input support field may be displayed Change the attribute value and confirm by clicking on the button assign The change will be taken over and the attribute value will be visualised on the drawing area You can also call the input window using the context menu of the object right mouse button If only an attribute value is visualised then its name is entered as menu item in the context menu If they are several the menu item visualised attribute values will be shown with a sub menu item for each attribute 2 2 7 14 Move Connector Centre As well as the start point endpoint 2 and bendpoints a a focused connector
127. h change This print preview helps to choose pages see chap 2 4 6 3 p 135 for the printout In the status line you will find information about the printout of several pages depending on the current layout and scale total number of pages number of selected pages numbering of selected pages Hint The numbering of pages is done by the line from the left to the right To start printing click Print In the status window you will find information about current printing status By clicking on the Cancel button the printing process will be cancelled immediately BOC Group 2006 page 77 Part Ill 9 Swimlanes Swimlanes are special modelling objects stretching horizontally or vertically over the entire drawing area of a model Hint The availability of swimlanes depends on the definition of your application library Please contact your ADONIS administrator for further information Swimlanes in ADONIS have the following characteristics Horizontal swimlanes start at the top border of a model and are seamlessly placed below each other Vertical swimlanes start at the left border of a model and are seamlessly placed next to each other Swimlanes are always on the lowest possible level i e all other modelling objects will always be visible when they are placed on a swimlane The modelling objects on a swimlane are automatically connected to the swimlane via the relation is inside All modelling objects are usually
128. he Model menu Alternatively use the key combination lt ctrl gt lt o gt or the smart icon from the quick access bar page 128 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit This causes the Model open see fig 102 window which contains a model selection list to be opened Within the model group hierarchy all models which have been saved and to which you have access are displayed 9 Models 4 Example Application for vacation 5 Example Application for vacation including resources 3 Example Bank oucher bound transfer Modeltypes 01 Company maps SER 4 02 Business processes E iy 03 Document model Cancel iy 04 working environment I OS Use case diagram Help pepUse cases bark E 5 Example Health Sector H Example Insurance Example Public Sector E 5 Example Telecommunication Application mobile phone Include referenced models Open write protected Minimize new windows Figure 102 Open models Select one or more models to be opened and click on the button Open By clicking the References button you can fix the References settings to open models by activating the option Include referenced models By clicking on the button Model types you can restrict the display of models in the model selection list to certain model types see chap 3 1 1 p 34 By selecting the button Search you can search see cha
129. he number of attributes summed up and thus calculates the average The average value is then assigned to a target attribute To select the target attribute double click on the appropriate attribute in the list Input attribute or select the attribute from the list Take over lt change mode gt to and then click on the Change button BOC Group 2006 page 125 Part IV 2 3 Model Navigation The model navigation provides support while working on several models possibly connected by references 2 3 1 Navigating through open models This function enables you to navigate through several model windows The model windows opened are ordered according to the sequence in which they were opened The navigation function enables you to bring the previous or next model window to the foreground of the working area There are various ways to navigate through the model windows e Select the option Back in the menu Window to display the model window that was prior to the actual one or choose the options Previous or Next to display the previous or next model window respectively in the foreground These options are available under the Windows menu Press the key combination lt Alt gt lt Left arrow key gt to display the previous model window or the combination lt Alt gt lt Right arrow key gt to display the next model window e Click on the smart icon g or in the quick access bar The function Activate sub model see chap
130. he database For most of the Explorer features open rename etc this difference to classic file systems is extraneous Nevertheless the model references principle has a big advantage By copying model references into different model groups the same model can be accessed from various places in the model hierarchy This enables efficient work even in structures with very strict access restrictions With the function copy model reference contex menu entry Model reference s subentry Copy the selected model references are copied to the ADONIS clipboard Afterwards they can be inserted into another model group context menu entry Paste or keys lt Ctrl gt V The function delete model reference contex menu entry Model reference s subentry Delete removes the selected references from their model groups The models themselves remain untouched Difference Copy model Copy model reference e When you copy a model and paste it elswhere into the treelist a new model is created that while containig the same objects and connectors bears a different name than the copied model The number of models in the database increases When you copy a model reference and paste it elswhere into the treelist another reference to an existing model is created bearing the same name than the copied reference The number of models in the database remains the same page 52 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Busine
131. he object request authorised of the class Decision in horizontal position will be moved to the right The position of the direct neighbouring bendpoints in the related connector from the decision request authorised to the sub process rejection3 9 stays the same BOC Group 2006 page 97 Part IV 0 5 Decision yes Applicaton accepted 0 2 Decision na SP Decline application 1 0 Figure 72 Example of the moving of an object You can move back the objects to their original position using the function Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 2 2 7 6 Change Object Size For certain modelling classes the size of the objects within the drawing area can be adjusted In the ADONIS BPMS Application Library this applies to the classes Aggregation and Note To adjust the size of an object click on it to focus it see chap 2 2 7 4 p 96 If the size of the selected object can be adjusted you will see eight points highlighted o on the outline which can be used to increase decrease its size see fig 73 Figure 73 Change object size Change the size of an object by moving one of its highlighted points For this move the mouse pointer on one of the highlighted points Then the mouse pointer changes into the double arrow which symbolizes the moving direction of the marked points of the object J i N Press the left mouse button and at the same time move the mouse pointer As you move the mouse you wil
132. hich allows you to acquire see chap 1 p 82 analyse see chap 3 p 137 simulate see chap 4 p 138 and evaluate see chap 5 p 140 your business processes and working environments in a cost effective way The Business Process Management Toolkit offers you extensive functionality which allows you to analyse see chap 3 p 137 your key figures in a cost effective way Hint All examples and descriptions in this part of the user manual refer exclusively to the ADONIS standard application library Text and numeric entries in the pictures may differ from those on your screen BOC Group 2006 page 81 Part IV 1 Information acquisition The Acquisition component of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit supports you during the acquisition of data which can later be imported into ADONIS Business Process Models This component uses HOMER acquisition tables in which you can gather data on product families and products on activities and their attributes on organisational units and roles The availability of the Acquisition component and the Acquisition tables module within this component depends on the actual configuration of the Business Process Management Toolkit see chap 3 p 151 Clicking on the appropriate smart icon al in the components bar activates the Acquisition component It is also possible to activate this component by clicking with the right mouse button beside the component ic
133. icy update Subprocess O End End uy Enter new names in system Activity Parallelity Parallelity Ex Search for partner in Partner System Activity Ereate Cancel di Figure 64 Create new relation By clicking on the button create the relation will be made and the connector will be drawn on the model 2 2 6 3 Adding New Relations If you attempt to create a connector between two classes for which this connector is invalid or for which a connector of the same type already exists an appropriate error message amodraw 05 will be displayed If other connectors are possible between the objects you wish to connect you can click on the button other in the error message and create a new relation After clicking the button other the error message will close both objects you wish to connect will be selected and the new relation window see fig 65 where the valid relations will be displayed New relation Selection Figure 65 New relation BOC Group 2006 page 91 Part IV Select in the field select the corresponding connector and click afterwards on the OK button Hint The orientation of the connector in the field select is related to the originally selected start object i e a connector directed from the left to the right creates an outgoing relation a connector directed from the right to the left creates an incoming orientation 2 2 0 4 Relation is inside The rel
134. in the ADONIS Notebook of objects and conneciors 3 2 10 File Dialog Icon If you click on this icon EN a window for the input of a file name to call a program is displayed The file entered will automatically be loaded when carrying out the program call Hint The File dialogue icon is only available in the ADONIS Notebook of objects and conneciors 3 2 11 Notebook Icon If you click on this icon Ef the ADONIS Notebook of the previously selected connector will be displayed and you can edit the attribute of this connector see chap 2 2 7 12 p 103 Hint the notebook icon is only available in the ADONIS Notebooks of objects which contain the chapter relations page 42 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit 3 2 12 Input Window 3 2 12 1 Input Dialogue for Text In the input dialogue for text see fig 25 texts e g attribute values are displayed in a field changeable in size and further information and functions are available Activity 1 Activity Description O characters Lr Col 1 Figure 25 Input dialogue for text attributes The first field of the status row at the bottom of the window shows the number of characters contained in the text This supports you in entering attribute values since for example attribute of type text STRING must not contain more than 3700 characters In the second field of the status row the position of the cursor is disp
135. ing a different view on the model through the option Mode in the View menu the objects available in the class panel can be increased or reduced The Status row displays in each activated model window information such as the coordinates during the drawing and the moving of objects the view mode or the model state e g the model has been altered since the last storage The co ordinates show the distance from the left x value top y value corner of the drawing area On the right side of the status row there are three status fields The left field shows the scale of the current model The field in the middle shows whether the model has been altered since it was last saved If it has been altered the word modified is shown in this field otherwise it is empty The field on the right expression monitor shows how many attributes of the type expression still have to be updated 2 2 2 Modelling Bar The modelling bar is by default located to the left of the working area It contains the empty space tool the class panel see chap 2 2 2 1 p 86 and the relation panel see chap 2 2 2 2 p 86 The modelling bar can be shown hidden via menu Window entry Tools Modelling or via the hot key lt Ctrl gt M While the Edit icon K and the empty space tool 1 are always visible however depending on the space available e g if the ADONIS window is not at its maximum size only parts of the class and relation panels may be visi
136. ing models 10 2 Effects The versioning of models and attribute profiles has effects on the following functions e ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit Create new model see chap 2 4 1 p 127 Create new version of an already existing model only for time related versioning Rename models Save model with a new name see chap 2 4 5 p 131 Define application models only for time related versioning Create and follow inter model references only for time related versioning The order of inter model references concerns all functions for which models or attribute profiles have been selected for further editing e g Analysis Simulation Evaluation Import Export Create attribute profile references only for time related versioning Edit attribute profiles only for time related versioning ADONIS Administration Toolkit Edit attribute profiles only for time related versioning Import models Attribute profiles Export models Attribute profiles export only for time related versioning page 80 ADONIS Introduction Part IV Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit The ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit is the main component of ADONIS By using the Business Process Management Toolkit you can model see chap 2 p 83 your business processes as well as your working environment organisational structures The Business Process Management Toolkit offers you extensive functionality w
137. inition possibilities for page layouts were substantially enhanced Now a lot of new elements like lines or multiple bitmaps can be used Incrementing the change counter in referencing models after renaming pool objects can be disabled Because of the multilingualism feature self made menu entries can be made multilingual too Set filters in administration queries can now be seen via the button text in the settings The GraphRep features were substantially extended In PEN elements pen style dashed dotted and line thickness can now be combined Furthermore various styles for line end caps and joints are available In addition to Bitmaps the following graphic file formats can now be visualised GIF JPEG ICO PNG TARGA TIFF WBMP XPM Basic shapes can now be transformed into arbitrary forms using clipping commands CLIP_RECT CLIP_ROUNDRECT CLIP POLY CLIP_ELLIPSE and combining operators Colour gradients can now be painted Using the BEZIER element Bezier curves can be drawn Loops WHILE FOR can be programmed The two connector marks of a pair can now be displayed differently depending on being at the outgoing or the ingoing side of the connector Direct access to certain information from Record attributes now allows for displaying whole tables on the drawing area or showing different attribute content depending on the current context Displaying different attribute values depending on the user int
138. int of a connector has been moved and you would like to replace it in the geometric centre then right click on the connector and select the menu item edge middle point from the context menu and then the submenu auto The edge middle point will be calculated according to the changed position and the connector will be drawn with the related moved elements The last movement of the Edge middle point can be undone by using the Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 function 2 2 7 15 Copy You can Copy objects and connectors by selecting see chap 2 2 7 3 p 95 them and then using the Copy function This function can be called in a number of ways e Select the menu item Copy from the Edit menu e Use the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt c gt e Select the menu item Copy from the context menu of a selected object If you only wish to Copy one object it is not necessary to select it beforehand e Click on the smart icon 4 in the quick access bar Object and connectors copied remain in the clipboard until other objects or connectors are copied or cut or until you exit ADONIS Objects and connectors can be copied into any model of the same type i e which has the same classes and relations Hint A connector will only be copied if it is selected with the two objects it connects page 106 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit Hint When you copy and then paste referenced objects see p 108
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140. ironment Model X QO Figure 5 Model classes and objects in ADONIS The representation above see fig 5 shows the model BP model 1 of the model type Business Process Model All classes available for the modelling of models are shown in the modelling bar see chap 2 2 2 p 85 on the left side like for instance the class activity Hint The display of the available classes depends on the view mode i e some classes and relations can be shrunk or expanded for the modelling In the model BP model 1 objects of the available classes are modelled instanced such as the objects activity 1 aktivity 2a activity 2b and activity 3 of the class activity By double clicking on an object with the left mouse button you will open its ADONIS Notebook which contains all the object attributes defined for this class see fig 6 BOC Group 2006 page 25 Part Ill Activity 35066 Activity Name i ae activity To Description Description O i Comment O i Responsible role Responsible role M Display responsible role Classification e e i www Figure 6 ADONIS Notebook for the object activity 1 of the class activity The values for the available object attributes will be entered into the ADONIS Notebook according to their type of attribute The tabular model display enables viewing and editing of the attribute values of all the objects of a class see fig 7 page 26 ADONIS
141. isplay Search Results All entries matching the search criteria ae displayed in the window Found entries lt Search criteria gt within their hierarchy see fig 20 Found entries Application for acation Found entries EHS Models EME Application for acation Cancel CHES Business Process Models 4 Application for vacation 3 5 Help EME Application for Yacation incl Resources E Business Process Models Application tor W acation incl Resources 4 Application for vacation Resources 3 5 dd Figure 20 Search results Select any result in the Found entries and then click OK The search results window is closed and the selected entries copied into the original selection list Therefore you can carry out the action e g open model export models on the selected search result page 36 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit 3 1 4 Save as By selecting Save as you can save the contents of the list to a text file Once this menu item has been selected the Save as window is displayed see fig 21 List of all model windows Save as EE Save as 3 ADONISData Sal ex CA ADONIS Files ADONIS Files3 File name File type asc text file Cancel Figure 21 Save as Enter a file name and select a path where the contents of the list are saved 3 1 5 Shrink Expand Hint Expand Shrink functions are available only in lists with
142. l see a blue new outline of the object When you release the left mouse button the object will take its new size and will correspondingly be represented on the drawing area Additionally you can change the size of an object using its context menu right mouse button by selecting the menu item position size define See chap 2 2 7 7 p 99 This change to an object size can be undone using the function Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 Hint If the snap grid is activated the change in size will be carried out in steps corresponding to the grid Therefore it is easy to scale and align different objects to page 98 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit identical dimensions and alignment If you do not want this deactivate the snap grid or hold the lt Crtl gt key while drawing 2 2 7 7 Define Object Size and Position The size and position of objects can be defined by inputting the exact values in cm Hint The change of size is only possible for objects of a specially defined class objects changeable in size like for instance the objects of the class aggregation and notice from the ADONIS BPMS Application Library The position of an object is defined with the values x horizontally from the left and y vertically from the top and its size with the values width and height see fig 74 The reference point for the position depends on the definition of the graphical representa
143. l while not displaying the parameter Note The parameter is defined by the ADONIS administrator and cannot be changed Parameter Double click on the cell to show the input dialogue for the program call Parameter Double clicking on the cell will show the input dialogue for the program call whereas the executable program has been predefined Note The executable program is defined by the ADONIS administrator and cannot be changed 8 2 3 2 Edit References By clicking on a cell with references a window showing the reference targets is displayed References to models in the list Reference targets see fig 44 will show the following information e Reference status e Model type icon of the referenced models e Name of the referenced models Accept transfer Referenced subprocess Created references XA SP Accept transter Delete Cancel Help Figure 44 Editing a model reference attribute References to objects in the list Created references see fig 45 will show the following information eo Reference status e Class symbol of the referenced object BOC Group 2006 page 65 Part Ill Name of the referenced object Model type icon of the model containing the referenced object Name of the model containing the referenced object JO x E AN BRS A ini eis eae ald Delete Assign Cancel Help Figure 45 Editing an object reference attribute The status
144. lasses Each object attribute will be assigned to an attribute type and a standard value during the definition page 24 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Models based on a model type e g Business Process Models will be created in the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit Models have model attributes which provide general information about the model e g date of creation status A model is made up of objects which are derived instanced from classes Objects have object attributes which contain the information describing the model and its contents Example from the Business Process Management Toolkit ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit Admin Model Edit view Assessment Process stepper Extras Window Help SAR ANB Moin J Os sas 94 28 BIB Gao AAS D Explorer Models in the database x Mod X Ai oz Ey model 1 Business process model 5 Models Example Application for vacation 5 01 Company Maps 5 02 Business Process Models A A BP Application for vacation A SP Decline application 03 Working Environment Model lolx gt K alla 4 gt Class Activity dj j i 02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation A SP Decline application resc u an 3 01 Company Maps D 5 Example Insurance A model 1 gt lt 03 Working Env
145. layed row column Once you have edited the text click Assign to confirm your entries Hint The Assign button is only available if the text displayed can be edited By clicking on Find you can search for entries in the text See chap 3 1 3 p 35 According to the definition of a search text further entries will be found in the text if you click Find next You can print see p 43 the contents of this input field by clicking on Print Print Text Field Diagram Before printing the text the window Print text field is displayed see fig 26 Print text field Printer Default Printer Portrait Printer settings Figure 26 Print text field BOC Group 2006 page 43 Part Ill Click on the Print button to send the text to the indicated printer Click on Printer settings to change the settings for the printout Hint If you pront a diagram instead of a text field the window bears the title Print diagram The functionality stays the same 3 2 12 2 Text Input Field In the text input field see fig 27 a single line field text input is available Edit field Figure 27 Text input field Hint The label of the text input field window title and field label as well as some standard text entries are defined in the application library 3 2 12 3 Input Dialogue for Expressions A special input dialogue for changeable attributes of the type Expression see fig 28 is available Hint The
146. lkit AS SI E EN Ocm Agaregatioan x 0 50cm y 1 00cm w 8 50cm h 5 00cm Grid Settings Width 0 5cm Height 0 3cm Figure 66 Example of the definition of the relation is inside The following area of the aggregation is the result of these data x1 0 5cm y1 1 0cmto x2 9 0cm Y2 3 0 0cm In the definition of the relation according to the position 1 all objects which position is on this area in the example the objects activity 1 and activity 2 see fig 66 will be automatically connected to the aggregated object according to the relation is inside In the definition of the relation according to the complete placing 2 all objects which are completely on the area in the proposed example the object activity 2 see fig 66 will be automatically connected to the aggregated object according to the relation is inside In the definition of the relation according to the partial placing 3 all objects which are touching on this area in the proposed example the object activity 1 activity 2 and activity 3 see fig 66 will be automatically connected to the aggregated object according to the relation is inside Hint The connector of the relation is inside will not be shown in the model graphic 2 2 7 Editing Objects and Connectors After drawing objects and connectors it is possible to edit them If the drawing mode is still active you must first change into the Editing mode click once with the
147. ll be displayed If no reference object has been selected then the attributes of this notebook will be blank You can now either enter new attribute values or use the reference object s attribute values for the global change Hint If you do not enter an attribute value in the notebook global changing clicking on the Change button causes the respective attribute values in the objects selected to be deleted or in case of numbers and time attributes to be set to O or 00 000 00 00 00 respectively Take Over The change mode Take over is possible for all attributes except the attribute Name It is only applicable however to exactly two attributes of the same type The change mode Take over means that the attribute value of an object is copied to another attribute of the same object A prerequisite for copying is that exactly two attributes have been selected from the list and that these attributes are of the same type The direction of the copy from attribute x to attribute y is determined by one of the two options in the window Changing attribute values take over Swap Swapping attribute values is possible for all attributes except the attribute Name lt is only applicable however to two attributes of the same type page 122 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit The change mode Swap means that the values of two attributes are swapped A prerequisite for this exchange is that
148. m of a rectangle which contains the objects and connectors that should be selected by Placing the mouse pointer on one corner of the area Pressing the left mouse button and keeping it pressed Dragging the mouse pointer until the region limited by a red broken line is big enough to enclose all the objects and connectors you wish to select All objects which are completely inside this area will be selected If the mouse pointer is moved over the edge of the window during the selection i e while the left mouse button is being pressed then the window content will be moved however the start point of the area being selected will of course stay the same Note During the selection of all objects and connectors by area selection a connector which is inside the area will only be selected if both starting and target objects are selected Select all objects and connectors in a model by Selecting in the context menu of the drawing area right mouse button the menu item select all Selecting in the menu Edit the menu item select all or Pressing the key combination lt Ctrl gt A Once you have selected a number of objects you can still make changes to this selection by keeping the lt Shift gt key or the lt Ctrl gt key pressed and clicking on any objects or connectors you wish to select or deselect Moreover you can also select several areas one by one by keeping the lt Shift gt key or the lt Ctrl gt key pressed
149. modelling within ADONIS both methods can be used Flowing modelling guidelines are provided a Business Process 1 Preparation for modelling see chap 1 2 1 p 19 Modelling objects see chap 1 2 2 p 19 Inserting connectors see chap 1 2 3 p 20 Naming objects and connectors see chap 1 2 4 p 20 Further object modelling see chap 1 2 5 p 20 Oy Oh ge eo hy Control see chap 1 2 6 p 20 page 18 ADONIS Introduction Fundamentals of modelling 1 2 1 Preparation for modelling Before starting modelling please prepare a draft containing your working plan The plan should contain activities and timetable concerning the work to be done Thus it serves as a basis throughout the actual modelling This is especially useful for large processes It will also be useful when deciding where to implement sub processes The introduction of sub processes can be used especially when e the sub processes can be re used in other business processes e to provide a reasonable overview of the Business Processes guideline ca 20 activities per model or e the part of the main model which is shown as sub process should be modelled in detail Your plan can also be used to design a standard naming system for activities and sub processes which will improve clarity e g infinitive subject such as Write letter 1 2 2 Modelling objects Open the Model editor see chap 2 2 p 84 and place a manageable number of objects see
150. n To start the generation of documentation files select the appropriate menu item e g HTML generation in the Documentation menu Once you have clicked on the menu item the model window see fig 110 which contains all the models stored in the ADONIS database will appear page 142 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit HTML generation Models Models i Models 3 Example Application for vacation E 9 mM Company Maps BD Applying for vacation 02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation A SP Decne application 3 08 Working Environment Models m Application department Example Application for vacation including resources Example Bank Moucherbound transfer 5 Example Health Sector 5 Example Insurance Example Public Sector Telecommunication Application mobile phone pa ding mad Including referenced models References File Export file CMMpplving for vacation htm Emo Figure 110 Model selection for documentation example HTML generation Select the models you want to include in the output documentation Activate the option Including referenced models if all selected models and the models connected to these models are to be generated in the documentation Clicking on the References will enable you to change the settings Enter in the Export file field the path and the name of the file to which the s
151. n as system user and click on the button Login Hint The log in as a different system user is only possible within the current domain Hint To log in as a system user you will have to arrange for your system user information to be imported into the ADONIS user management Please contact your ADONIS administrator if necessary As ADONIS user enter your ADONIS user name your ADONIS password and the name of the ADONIS database you want to work with and select the options as ADONIS user and click on the button Login After a successful login the Business Process Management Toolkit will be started Additionally the ADONIS application can be started from a command line window Therefore change to the directory where ADONIS has been installed to By entering areena for the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit the ADONIS application will be started The following parameters can be used u lt User name gt replace lt User name gt with the name of the ADONIS system user p lt Password gt replace lt Password gt with the password of the ADONIS system user page 148 ADONIS Introduction Appendix d lt DB Name gt replace lt DB name gt with the name of the ADONIS database f lt font type name gt replace lt font type name gt with the name of the font to be used in ADONIS The default font for Windows is MS Sans Serif h lt font size gt replace lt font size gt with a number between 4 and 48 for the size of the fo
152. near the component smart icons and then selecting the menu item Import Export from the popup menu shown The popup menu can also be displayed by pressing the function key lt F9 gt and then the Import Export component can be selected by pressing the key lt i gt Once the Import Export component has been activated the following smart icons should be displayed in the quick access bar aot ADL Import ADL Export HTML Generation see chap 6 1 1 p 142 RTF Generation see chap 6 1 1 p 142 Options documentation Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 O au y E E 8 Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 Hint The appearance of the smart icons in the quick access bar depend on the particular Configuration of the quick access bar panel see chap 4 p 46 and the current configuration see chap 3 p 151 of the Business Process Management Toolkit The configuration of the quick access bar can be changed by selecting the menu item Quick access bar within the Extras menu 6 1 Documentation Using the Documentation Component you can transform ADONIS models to files e g HTML RTF XML This way it is possible to integrate the model contents including graphical representation into documents via the word processing program or to distribute them on intranet O BOC Group 2006 page 141 Part IV Hint The menu
153. nectors via ADONIS Notebook select either in the menu Fdit the menu item Undo click the key combination lt Ctrl gt Z or click on the smart icon 2 2 12 Edit Attributes in the ADONIS Notebooks Double clicking on an object or connector causes its ADONIS Notebook see fig 81 to be opened Within an ADONIS Notebook you can edit the attributes of an object or of a connector Hint The ADONIS Notebook will only be opened if it is defined in the application library of the relevant object or connector Otherwise an appropriate indication will be shown BOC Group 2006 page 103 Part IV Activity 35066 Activity o A y 4 sme fd Ere n e sen i amen Pets AA z Name Activity 11 Description AN a aes oe ar een O Hil Description O 3 Il Working environment T Other simulation data l Simulation results External tool coupling i Comment E Responsible role Responsible role M Display responsible role Classification e e i ax P y Figure 81 ADONIS Notebook of the object of the class Activity from the ADONIS BPMS Application Library The ADONIS Notebooks are structured like office files with a register tabs The register tabs chapters are on the right hand side of the ADONIS Notebook By clicking on the tabs the first page of the
154. nent Human resource management is to be called from the Evaluation menu Hint The appearance of the icons in the quick access bar depends on the configuration of the quick access bar see chap 4 p 46 and the current configuration see chap 3 p 151 of the Business Process Management Toolkit page 140 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 6 Import Export The availability of the Import Export component and its modules ADL Import ADL Export XML Import XML Export and documentation see chap 6 1 p 141 depends on the current configuration see chap 3 p 151 of the Business Process Management Toolkit The Import Export component enables you to export toADL see chap 5 3 p 154 or XML files the models and the model groups the attribute profiles and the attribute profile groups as well as the application models that are saved in the ADONIS database Also you can copy these files onto a floppy disk as an additional back up of your data or to transport your models to another computer e g in a place which is not connected to a network Via the documentation see chap 6 1 p 141 you can generate from models saved in the ADONIS database HTML or RIF files The Import Export component can be activated by clicking on the appropriate smart icon k within the quick access bar lt can also be activated by clicking with the right mouse button on the component list
155. ng on the button Next gt otherwise the current selected standardised query will be carried out Click in the window Global attributes changes select object see fig 93 on the Next gt button to carry out the object selection and to select the attributes see chap 2 2 9 3 p 120 you wish to change Model Information The previously selected models see chap 2 2 9 1 p 115 will be listed in the window Global changes Model information see fig 96 BOC Group 2006 page 119 Part IV Global change Model information 5 Business process models A BF Change Name of Policy Holder A BF Change of address A BF Change of beneficiary A BP Contract value enquines written A SP Dispatch written evaluation SP Policy Update 9 Company maps SS Document models Customer service dept Life Assurance 9 Use case diagrams 9 Working environment models Figure 96 Global change Model information You can save the content of this window in a file 2 2 9 3 Attribute Selection The changes are performed for the following models Select the attributes you wish to change in the window Global attribute change attribute selection see fig 97 The attribute values you select here will be changed in all the objects previously selected page 120 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit Global attribute changes Attribute selection eae are ee x
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157. nt in ADONIS The default for the font size is 12pt X causes the ADONIS login screen to be shown despite the fact that parameters for the user name u the password p and the database name d are shown winlogin determines the login with as a system user Note To use the parameter winlogin the Single Sign on functionality must be installed no_login_screen determines that in the case of an unsuccessful login the login screen will not be displayed after the error message has been shown Note An unsuccessful login means that the parameter for the user name u the password p and the database name d have been stated but at least one of the parameters was incorrect no_printer_warning causes that the error message No default printer installed will not be displayed in the case of no default printer being installed Hint If you pass on the user name u the password p and the database name d correctly as parameters the ADONIS login screen will not be shown ATTENTION Should the user name password database name or font type names contain spaces the entire parameter has to be put within quotation marks e g uUser 1 for the user User 1 ATTENTION The user name and password are case sensitive Examples dadonisdb winlogin logs in the current system user to the ADONIS database adonisdb uAdministrator ppassword dadona sdb winlogin logs in a different system user Administra
158. odel see chap 2 4 2 p 128 lal Save model see chap 2 4 4 p 130 lt Print model see chap 2 4 6 p 133 Model Navigation a Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 a Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 g Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 gt Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 Model Editing Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 Redo see chap 2 2 7 2 p 94 de Cut see chap 2 2 7 16 p 107 3 Copy see chap 2 2 7 15 p 106 Paste see chap 2 2 7 17 p 108 4 Find see chap 2 2 7 19 p 109 Lia Global change see chap 2 2 9 p 114 Drawing area w Generate graphics BOC Group 2006 page 83 Part IV Model View ln Graphical model view see chap 2 2 p 84 E Tabular model view a Zoom ae Scale 1 1 EN Show all Snap grid active inactive L Snap grid visible invisible Model Valuation gt Time and Costs Hint The appearance of the smart icons in the quick access list depends on the particular configuration see chap 4 p 46 of the Business Process Management Toolkit ADONIS administrators can modify the quick access bar ad lib Hint For any additional information and explanation in the chapter please refer to use ADONIS BPMS Application Library 2 2 The Model Editor The model editor is used to create and work on ADONIS models Each ADONIS model is displayed in a Model window
159. odel window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 Open model see chap 2 4 2 p 128 Print see chap 2 4 6 p 133 A ll by amp DAS de BP da da dl Generate graphics The appearance of the smart icons in the quick access bar depends on the particular configuration of the quick access bar as well as the current configuration see chap 3 p 151 of the Business Process Management Toolkit You can change the configuration of the quick access bar by selecting the menu item quick access bar within the Extras menu page 138 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 4 1 Introduction 4 1 1 Overview of the simulation algorithms By simulating your Business Process Models you can try out potential restructuring measures and examine the effects of such measures from different views ADONIS provides you with the following simulation algorithms Path analysis Capacity analysis Workload analysis steady state with animation Workload analysis fixed time period with animation Path analysis allows you to evaluate your Business Process Models without taking the Working Environment organisational structure into account whereas in capacity analysis and workload analysis there are assignments of performers to the activities Workload analysis can be run either for a steady state or for a fixed time period Hint The offline animation allows you to re run simulations which have been saved in
160. of attribute values append Relative The relative change of attributes is possible for attributes in numeric or time format e g wages per hour execution time etc The change mode Relative causes the values of the attributes marked to change by one numerical value positively or negatively Once you have clicked on the OK button the Change attribute values relative window will appear in which you will set the arithmetical operator Operator field and the operand Value field The following operators are available for the relative attribute change page 124 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit Addition Subtraction Note the substraction will be indicated within the Value field i e each value which is subtracted from the value in the previously selected attribute Multiplication Note The multiplication will be indicated within the Value field i e each value which will be multiplied by the value in the previously selected attribute multiplicand Division Note The divisor will be indicated within the Value field i e each value by which the value in the previously selected attribute will be divided dividend Hint When changing attribute values in time format e g execution time only the operators addition and subtraction are available Enter the operand in ADONIS time format into the Value field you can find a support to this input b
161. ollowing change modes are available e Absolute see p 122 e Take over see p 122 BOC Group 2006 page 121 Part IV Swap see p 122 Place first see p 123 Replace see p 123 Append see p 124 Relative see p 124 Percentage see p 125 Statistical see p 125 Hint If none of the change modes are available you have probably selected attributes which due to their type s cannot be changed in one process Continue the global attribute by clicking on the Change button Depending on the change mode selected an appropriate window will be displayed in which you can carry out the changes After the change has been carried out an information window will appear It contains all attributes whose attribute values have been changed Absolute The change mode Absolute is possible for all attribute types except the attribute Name The change mode Absolute means that you enter new attribute values with which you want to replace all existing attribute values You may choose an object from the list Reference object The selected object s attribute values will then serve as reference values for the changes of the other objects attribute values and will be listed in the notebook Changing attribute values absolute which opens when clicking on the Change button All previously selected attributes are shown in this notebook If you have selected a reference object its current attribute values wi
162. ome invalid Delete Referenced Object When you delete an object which is referenced by another object an appropriate indication appears before deleting this object see fig 86 since this reference is not valid after you have deleted this referenced object ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit user Ed To Clerk Role some incoming inter references exist Deleting this object causes these references to become invalid References Cancel Help Figure 86 indication before deleting a referenced object Click on the button reference to get a list of all objects which are referenced to the object you wish to delete By clicking on the button delete you will delete the object and all the references to this object will be invalid 2 2 7 19 Search Model Using the function find it is possible to search within a model for all labels i e in visualised attribute values see chap 2 2 7 13 p 105 The function Find can be called in a number of ways e Select the menu item Find from within the Edit menu Press the hot key lt Ctrl gt F e Click on the appropriate smart icon EA in the quick access bar Once the function Find has been called the window Find in models see fig 87 is displayed In this wndow you can enter the text or the subtext which should be searched for BOC Group 2006 page 109 Part IV Find in models Text Search area Search visualized at
163. on It has its own quick access bar with special smart icons see fig 37 Search results application All opened models Y A Ablehnung Ressource Geschafteprozelimodel El Ax Urlaubsantrag Rezzource Gezchaftsprozelimodel EA Urlaubsantrag Ressource Prozefistart E A Ablehnung Ressource Prozebaufruf Name english Check application form a Urlaubsantrag ablegen Aktivit t Mm Antrag bearbeiten Aktivit t lt gt Antrag genehmigt Entecheidung Name english Application accepted Ende Urlaubsantrag Rezzource Ende Figure 37 Search results The search result window can be made visible or hidden via the menu Window entry Tools Search results or the hot key lt Ctrl gt lt Shift gt F It can be moved and docked to any edge or can float in any position After every search the result is displayed as a treelist in this window The visualised hierarchy is Model s Object s Attribute s with their values The title bar of the search result window shows the active search with the most important search parameters Click on a model in the search result window to call and display this model in the workspace Click on an object or attribute to call and display its model in the workspace with the appropriate object preselected and centered in the middle of the visible area You can of course modify attribute values in the search results Double click the desired attribute in the s
164. on the required object or relation This opens the ADONIS notebook which contains many input fields divided over various pages and chapters The information which you enter in the ADONIS Notebooks provides on the one hand a description information and documentation for you and other ADONIS users and is also used by other components of the Business Process Management Toolkit e g in the Simulation Component BOC Group 2006 page 21 Part Il 2 Example models During the installation of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit several ADL files with example models are installed in the ADONIS directory These files contain a few examples of models which can be imported into ADONIS The example models serve to illustrate the modelling of business processes and Working Environments with ADONIS ATTENTION The example models are based on the ADONIS standard application library Hint The description of the example models is to be found in volume lll of the user documentation ADONIS standard method manual or the online documentation ADONIS standard method Extras menu ADONIS standard method menu item page 22 ADONIS Introduction Part Ill General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit Hint All examples and descriptions in this part of the user manual refer exclusively to the ADONIS standard application library Text and numeric entries in the pictures may differ from those on your screen
165. onger be deleted to prevent models being moved to the model pool unintentionally Of course the model itself can be deleted as ever this naturally removes the model reference too Note The Pool contains all models not accessible via model groups They can be moved to the model group structure by the ADONIS administrator Editing browser cells in the ADONIS browser is now more comfortable For simple attributes numbers strings editing can be simply started by navigating to the cell and starting typing without preceding double click In the menu Model a new menu entry Recent models provides a list of all models recently opened by the active user Performance has been improved in different areas 1 1 2 Modelling The Undo functionality was extended and now offers both multiple undo and redo steps In addition the scope of undo able functions was extended creating objects and connectors and changing the view mode is now also included Some new functions in the Graphical Model Editor The maximum size of the drawing area was increased to 50m x 50m until now 4 5m x 4 5m During moving or resizing objects now the actual state of the object is shown no longer only a silhouette This e g enables to see during resizing how the text in a Note will look The model view was redesigned to prevent jittering during refresh operations Showing submodels An object containing a reference to a different model e g a Subproce
166. ons and then selecting the menu item Acquisition from the popup menu which appears This popup menu can also be activated through the function key lt F9 gt and the Acquisition Component can be selected by pressing the shortcut key lt a gt Once the Acquisition Component is selected a quick access bar with these smart icons is displayed HOMER Acquisition tables Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 aa ug Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 page 82 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 Modelling 2 1 Introduction The modelling of business processes and working environments plays a central role within ADONIS Modelling is the basis for further work on your Business Processes and Working Environments Activating the Modelling Component There are 3 possibilities to start the modelling component By clicking on the smart icon EA in the component bar e By clicking with the right mouse button on or beside the component list and then selecting the menu item modelling from the popup menu which appears By pressing the hot key lt F9 gt followed by the button M Once the Modelling Component has been activated the following icons are displayed in the quick access bar Model Management Create new model see chap 2 4 1 p 127 Open an existing m
167. or more models at the same time without having to open each object connector notebook and carry out the changes individually You can change all attributes of an object connector at the same time and assign them a certain value The value of an object connector attribute may be copied to an attribute of the same object Numerical values e g costs execution time etc can be changed relatively by percentage or by carrying out mathematical operations such as sums and averages For alphanumerical attributes e g descriptions comments etc it is possible to place first append or replace characters or strings Start the function Global change by selecting the menu item Global change from the Edit menu or o by clicking on the smart icon in the quick access bar To execute global changes in attributes follow these steps 1 Model selection see chap 2 2 9 1 p 115 Object selection see chap 2 2 9 2 p 115 Attribute selection see chap 2 2 9 3 p 120 Attribute changes see chap 2 2 9 4 p 121 gt ww N Hint The global change of attribute values is only possible in opened models page 114 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 2 9 1 Model Selection The window Global attribute changes model selection holds all models currently loaded see fig 92 Global attribute changes Model selection ae Ee oe Xx 3 Business process models Al 2 Cancel 9 Company maps
168. ord p and the database name d are shown winlogin determines the login as a system user Note To use the parameter winlogin the Single Sign on functionality must be installed no_login_screen determines that in the case of an unsuccessful login the login screen will not be displayed after the error message has been shown Note An unsuccessful login means that the parameter for the user name u the password p and the database name d have been stated but at least one of the parameters was incorrect no_printer_warning causes that the error message No default printer installed will not be displayed in the case of no default printer being installed Hint If you pass on the user name u the password p and the database name d correctly as parameters the ADONIS login screen will not be shown ATTENTION Should the user name password database name or font type names contain spaces the entire parameter has to be put within quotation marks e g uUser 1 for the user User 1 ATTENTION The user name and password are case sensitive Examples uAdmin ppassword dadonisdb logs in the user Admin with the password password to the ADONIS database adonisdb UAdmin ppassword dadoni sdp x shows the ADONIS login screen see fig 111 where the field User name contains the value Admin the field Password the encrypted string password and the field Database name the value adonisdb
169. ort dialogue If you want to edit several related values of the same attribute i e in the same column hold down the lt Shift gt key click on the cell with the first highest value the mouse pointer changes to A and mark with another mouse click the domain of the value to edit Press the lt Enter gt key to start the input If you press the lt Enter gt key again you will finish the entry of the current value and start the entry of the next value Hint You can abort the editing of several values at any time by pressing the lt Esc gt key Copy an attribute value by clicking the cell with the value to copy or select it using the cursor keys and then select the Copy menu item in the context menu right mouse button or press the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt C gt Paste the copied attribute value by clicking on the cell in which the value should be inserted or select it using the cursor keys and then select the Paste menu item in the context menu right mouse button or press the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt V gt Hint The copy and paste function is also possible for several values areas at the same time by selecting the appropriate areas with the mouse and then carrying out the functions Copy and Paste If you want to copy the value of a cell into several related cells of the same attribute i e in the Same column press and hold the lt Ctrl gt key then click on the cell with the value to copy th
170. orwards and backwards through each page of the ADONIS Notebook The ADONIS Notebooks contain a number of icons which carry out specific functions and assist in the input of various attribute values There are also accelerators underlined letters in the attribute and chapter names these in combination with the Alt key provide another method for navigating through the notebooks The ADONIS Notebooks contain the following functions Save as icon see chap 3 2 1 p 41 HOU we Print icon see chap 3 2 2 p 41 Info text icon see chap 3 2 3 p 41 Large text field icon see chap 3 2 4 p 41 Dialog icon see chap 3 2 5 p 41 Expression dialog icon see chap 3 2 6 p 42 Ada icon see chap 3 2 7 p 42 Delete icon see chap 3 2 8 p 42 Execute Follow icon see chap 3 2 9 p 42 lo 0 X p gt File dialogue icon see chap 3 2 10 p 42 Notebook icon see chap 3 2 11 p 42 gt y Accelerators see chap 3 2 13 p 45 The Save and Print icons can be found in the top right hand corner of the ADONIS Notebook page 40 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit The Info icon can be found on the top right hand corner of the ADONIS Notebook to provide information on the specific class and can also be found over a number of attributes within the Notebook to provide information on the particular attribute The Large text field icon c
171. ough the simulation again observing the times and optionally adding breakpoints at certain times 5 5 Windows Bitmap BMP BMPs can be created when generating graphics of models model sections or the graphical representation of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 results In addition BMP files can be created when generating a documentation see chap 6 1 p 141 BMP files may be opened or inserted into graphics programs and may be edited further there or integrated into other applications such as word processor applications 5 6 Comma Separated Value CSV CSV files will be created when saving the contents of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 CSV files can be further edited in spreadsheet calculation programs without loss 5 7 Windows Enhanced Metafiles EMF EMF files will be created when generating graphics from models or model parts and when copying the graphic result display of the ADONIS browser see chap 8 p 58 In addition EMF files can be created when generating a documentation see chap 6 1 p 141 EMF files can be inserted into graphic programs and be further edited there or connected to any applications e g soreadsheet calculation programs 5 8 FlowMark Definition Language FDL FDL files are created when ADONIS models are transformed within the Import Export component FDL files can be imported into the Workflow Management system WebSphere MQ MQSeries Workflow FlowMark from IBM page 154 ADO
172. ould check your model An efficient manual method is to follow the flow within your model Check the order of activities and decisions as well as the object and relation labels see chap 1 2 4 p 20 Correct any invalid objects relations and labels and insert any of them as required 1 3 Organisational structure The Working Environment model presents the organisational structure connected with the modelled business process You must identify which performers are available for the execution of the Business Process ADONIS offers the possibility of modelling the Working Environment and then connecting it with the Business Process Models The Business Processes modelled are executed within this Working Environment The different effects of the Working Environment on business processes can be compared in this way The actual structure of the enterprise or part of the enterprise which carries out the important Business Processes is modelled in a Working Environment model First model the performers and page 20 ADONIS Introduction Fundamentals of modelling define their roles e g Specialist Secretary etc When modelling the organisational units e g departments enterprise areas you can identify which performers belong to which organisational units 1 4 Entering model information In addition to the labels it is possible to enter information into the attributes of the objects and relations modelled This can be done by double clicking
173. p 2 4 6 3 p 135 Hint For very large models drawing area wider than 15x15m or more than 4000 pages using factor 100 the page boundaries in the preview cannot be displayed In this case the text lt no gt pages page boundaries cannot be displayed will be shown above the preview the page selection is not available then For displaying the page boundaries again you can reduce the scaling factor and or enlarge the print window In the status line you will find information about the printout of several pages depending on the current layout and scale total number of pages number of selected pages numbering of selected pages Hint The numbering of pages is done by the line from the left to the right To start printing click on the Print button In the status window you will find information about current printing status By clicking on the Cancel button the printing process will be cancelled immediately Hint Depending on your system configuration the information window may appear after the starting printing operation 2 4 6 1 Print Models Model selection In the window Print Model selection see fig 107 all open model windows are displayed Print Model selection Models 5 SS Business process models Hj BP Application for vacation A SP Decline application 9 Company maps 9 Document models 5 Use case diagrams I Working environment models Ta Application department Figure 107 Print Model s
174. p 3 1 3 p 35 the model list for specific models All models which match the search are displayed in the Found entries window Selecting one or more of these will then cause them to be highlighted within the Open model see fig 102 window Clicking on the Open button can then open them Clicking on the Refresh button causes the model selection list to be refreshed The following options can also be set within the Open model see fig 102 window e Include referenced models the subprocesses of each model selected will also be opened This works recursively e Open write protected the selected models are only opened for reading purposes i e any changes you make to these models will not be saved Minimize new windows the model window will be minimised in the working area BOC Group 2006 page 129 Part IV Hint lf you attempt to open a model which has already been locked by another ADONIS user a window will be shown asking you if you wish to open this model with read only access Hint Models with read only access will be displayed with a padlock e g og represented in the model type icon 2 4 3 Close Model If you wish to close a model activate the corresponding model window or the icon corresponding to this model window and select from the Model menu the menu item Close You can also close the model window see chap 2 2 3 p 87 by clicking on the exit button E3 by opening the window menu by
175. protocol history files apf The difference between capacity and workload analysis can be characterised as follows Capacity analysis determines how many resources performers and machines are necessary for the execution of certain Business Process Models based on how often these Business Process Models are executed in a given period of time Workload analysis determines the waiting and cycle times of business process models and activities based on a given quantity of resources performers and machines and their availability as well as the stochastic start rate of the Business Process Models The difference between steady state and fixed time period in the workload analysis can be characterised as follows When executing a steady state analysis a specific number of process runs are simulated independent of the time period covered by the execution of the Business Process Models The results are calculated once a steady state has been reached i e once an average process run has been completed When executing a fixed time period analysis a previously determined time period is simulated independent of how many Business Process Models are executed within this period The results will relate to the previously defined Calculation phase BOC Group 2006 page 139 Part IV 5 Evaluation The availability of the Evaluation component and its modules FlowMark audit trail Comparison of results and Evaluation queries d
176. ram call attributes the change mode replace replaces the program to carry out and or the entered parameters BOC Group 2006 page 123 Part IV Change attribute yalues Replace Program Replace Cancel lt automatically gt Help New program to execute Winword M Replace program Previous program to execute Paramter iW Replace parameter Previous parameter New parameter pa Figure 99 Replace program call attribute values In the Change attribute values replace window see fig 99 you can activate the option Program replace to change the program to carry on or the option replace parameters to change the indicate parameter Select in the Old program to carry out list the program to be changed and the new program in the New program to carry out Enter in the Old parameter field the parameter to be replaced and the new parameter in the New parameter field Click on the Change button The program to be carried out and or the entered parameter will be replaced in all the objects which fit to the selection or the instruction Append Attribute values can be appended to all alphanumerical attributes e g description comment etc The change mode Append enables you to add characters or strings to the attributes selected Enter the text to be appended to the previously selected attributes into the field String to append in the window Change
177. results including date time the query run and model name s Time as number If this option is selected then attributes which are currently saved in the ADONIS time format YY DDD HH MM SS will be converted to seconds in the file e g the expression 00 000 00 30 00 will be converted to 1800 seconds Expand all Selecting this option will cause the entire contents of the browser to be saved regardless of how many levels of a hierarchical ADONIS browser see chap 8 2 2 p 62 are actually expanded Note This option is only available when the browser tree is not entirely expanded Append The contents of the browser will be appended to an existing file 8 13 2 Formats By clicking on the file format list you can select the type of file in which the results should be saved It is very important to choose the correct format especially when you wish to work further on the results in a spreadsheet program e g Microsoft Excel or when you wish to carry out a Comparison of results You can save the results for Spreadsheet txt for Spreadsheet csv for Word processor txt in Rich Text Format rtf as HTML file htm or as comparing representation acr 8 13 2 1 Save as spreadsheet txt When the Spreadsheet txt format has been selected you can specify user defined cell separators to enable the resulting file to be easily used in spreadsheet applications After selecting the path and filename in the
178. ries and create Relation tables The relation tables display the relations between two classes of a particular model type The results of the Predefined queries and Relation tables can also be saved in various formats and printed to a connected printer The availability of the Analysis component and of the options Queries Reports Predefined queries Relation tables and Analytical Evaluation depend on the current configuration see chap 3 p 151 of the Business Process Management Toolkit Activate the Analysis component by clicking on the smart icon ie in the component list You can also activate the Analysis Component by clicking with the right mouse button in the component list beside the component smart icons and then selecting the menu item Analysis from the popup menu which is displayed This popup menu can also be displayed by using the function key lt F9 gt and the Analysis Component can be selected by pressing the key lt a gt Once the Analysis Component has been activated the quick access bar contains the following smart icons iP Wa G mi ey a E i K Queries Reports Predefined queries Relation tables Analytical Evaluation Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 126 Hint The appearance of the smart icons in the quick access bar depen
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180. roups are available in the view Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 only 4 8 Open Activate Models A selected model can be opened by double clicking it selecting open from the context menu or by pressing the Enter key The name of the opened model is displayed in blue in the ADONIS Explorer An already open model can be activated brought to the foreground in the workspace by double clicking the model name choosing Activate from the context menu or hitting the Enter key Hint During opening the Options for the Opening of Models see chap 4 3 p 49 are taken into account Hint The function Open models is available in the view Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 only 4 9 Close Models A selected model can be closed see chap 2 4 3 p 130 by selecting Close from the context menu Hint The function Close models is available in the view Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 only 4 10 Save Models A selected model can be saved see chap 2 4 4 p 130 by selecting Save from the context menu Hint The function Save models is available in the view Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 49 only 4 11 Rename Models Model Groups A selected model can be renamed by selecting rename from the context menu or by pressing lt F2 gt A selected model group can be renamed by selecting rename from the context menu or by pressing lt F2 gt Hint The function
181. s By entering a value you will fix the number of actions which must be carried out before saving automatically If you deactivate the option active there will be no auto save Once you have entered the value click on the Apply button to save this setting Hint These settings will be stored in your user profile and will remain valid only for the current ADONIS user 2 4 5 Save Model Under a Different Name If by model related versioning see chap 10 1 1 p 79 you wish to save an open model with a different name or with a different version number without having to overwrite the current model select in the Model menu the save as menu item By time related versioning see chap 10 1 2 p 79 select in the model menu the save as menu item and the submenu new model to save the open model with a different name To save the open model with a different version number select the submenu New Version Hint Whether the model will be versioned model related or time related depends on the configuration of your application library The Save model as window appears BOC Group 2006 page 131 Part IV Save model as New model name Model group SANE GF Model 3 3 Main model group 1 EH Main model group 2 Refresh Hew version number me ee a E Main model group 3 Lancel 9 Main model group 4 E Main model group 5 adui Help T Show models contained in groups Figure 104 Save model with a new nam
182. s see chap 8 2 1 p 62 only 8 12 Search Using the button Search or the corresponding item in the popup menu you can search for a specific piece of text in the browser in all expanded rows The window Search for browser contents see fig 54 is displayed after clicking on this button Search for browser contents Match case _ Regular expression Search mode 2 Subtest 0 Full text Word Figure 54 Search for browser content Enter the text character or expression for which you would like to search for into the input field Text The following options are available for your search Match case when this option is selected the search will differentiate between upper and lower case letters page 72 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit e Regular expression the default is to deactivate this option when searching for standard text However by activating Regular expression you can search the contents with the help of special characters Hint It is possible to use wildcards in the field Text for any number of characters for exactly one character In order to use wildcards the option Regular expression must be deactivated In addition the following options are also available when searching for text Subtext means that the text being searched for can be part of a larger word or sentence Full text this is th
183. s Definition Language XPDL XML Process Definition Language e Software development MDA Model Driven Architecture UML2 Unified Modelling Language XMI XML Metadata Interchange e Standards for data exchange XML Extensible Markup Language ODBC Open Database Conectivity QDMA Open Document Management API page 16 ADONIS Introduction Part Il Fundamentals of modelling In this chapter you will find short instructions how to model business processes and working environments with use of ADONIS There is also a description of exemplary models see chap 2 p 22 This section is a a good introduction for novice ADONIS users It will assist the user in understanding how to properly model business processes The introduction chapter should be helpful to when trying to understand the modelling techniques In the beginning the created models can be incomplete To avoid this the user can find in the description of the modelling component see chap 2 p 83 some helpful instructions what model types are necessary to be modelled Additionally basic tips to ensure the clarity and quality of the Business Process models are provided With the help of the example models the creation of the ablility to simulate models in ADONIS is presented BOC Group 2006 page 17 Part Il 1 Introduction to modelling with ADONIS The comprehensive and integrated modelling of Business Processes takes into account the following
184. s quickly to the rapidly changing market conditions and through the active arrangement of their core competencies The increasing dynamic globalisation and increasing competition make efficient Business Process Management an essential goal To enable this the Procedural Modelling Analysis Simulation and Evaluation of Business Processes is a decisive success factor The goals of Business Process Management are the optimisation of both the processes of an enterprise as well as the resources and technology which execute those processes The ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit which was developed by BOC in co operation with the University of Vienna offers essential tool support for re engineering and reorganisation of projects ADONIS was specifically designed for the particular needs of financial services organisations and provides functionality primarily for the following application areas Business Process Optimisation Business Process Re engineering BPR Quality Management ISO 9000 Certification and Maintenance Controlling Process Costing Personnel Management Personnel and Resource planning Organisation Management Enterprise documentation Job descriptions etc Information Management Creation of technical concepts for IT systems Interfaces to Workflow and CASE systems Introduction of ERP Systems e Creation of electronic handbooks which can be made available over an intranet with the use of powerful multi media func
185. se see fig 23 Models erie EHA Models E Application tor Vacation Cg Working Environment Models E Business Process Models 4 Denial March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 4 Application for Vacation February 2003 January 2003 August 2002 E Application for Vacation incl Resources 9 Insurance Office Figure 23 Model selection list with expanded version threads In case of the hidden version thread only the latest version of a model attribute profile will be displayed in the selection list see fig 24 BOC Group 2006 page 39 Part Ill Models er DE EHS Models H A Application for Vacation Co Working Environment Models ES Business Process Models 4 Denial March 003 4 Application for acation February 003 9 Application for Vacation incl Resources EI Insurance Office Figure 24 Model selection list with shrunk version threads 3 2 ADONIS Notebook Control Elements The ADONIS Notebooks in the Business Process Management Toolkit are used for the attribute management of objects connectors and models Each ADONIS Notebook consists of one or more chapters which in turn contain one or more pages Tabs on the right hand side of the Notebook indicate the chapters If a chapter contains more than one page then the pages are numbered By clicking on the tabs the first page of the selected chapter is displayed The arrow buttons and Y in the bottom right hand corner enable you to flip f
186. see chap 2 2 3 p 87 and contains objects and connectors The model Editor is a graphical Editor It is necessary to use the mouse to work with the model Editor To facilitate the input of data a Tabular Model View is also available 2 2 1 The Working Area of the Model Editor The Working area see chap 2 5 p 30 of the model editor is that part of the ADONIS window ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit lt Username gt see fig 59 which is below the Component bar see chap 2 3 p 29 and when the Business Process Management Toolkit is first started is shown as a grey area When a new model is created or an existing model opened it is displayed in a model window on the working area page 84 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit altial ADOPTS j A A Tnobt Adron Modd Oat Were koet pora tee Don Window feb Model windows Edit button Drawing area Exprorer Modeling bar Status bar i ol et a Information for Working area Zoom factor drawing movin of objects Model status Figure 59 Working area of the model editor Once a model is open the modelling bar see chap 2 2 2 p 85 is displayed on the left hand side of the working area The Class panel contains the objects and relations available for modelling The content of the class panel depends on the application library used as well as the model type which you are currently working on By select
187. sert copied see chap 2 2 7 15 p 106 or cut see chap 2 2 7 16 p 107 objects and connectors into models of the same type i e with the same defined classes and relations by calling the Paste function This function can be called in a number of different ways Select the menu item Paste from the Edit menu Press the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt v gt Select the menu item Paste from the context menu Key lt F12 gt followed by lt p gt Click on the appropriate smart icon ia in the quick access bar Once the Paste function has been called place the mouse pointer on the position within the drawing area at which you would like the clipboard contents to be inserted If you move the mouse pointer over the edge of the window or the drawing area scrolling starts Click on the spot where you would like the objects to be pasted The pasted objects and connectors are selected Instead of confirming the position you can cancel the paste process by right clicking Hint Copied or cut objects and connectors can only be pasted into models of the same type i e in which the classes and relations for the object or connector to be pasted are defined Hint When you paste referenced objects see p 108 you can choose to take over references to the pasted object or leave them to the original object Paste Referenced Objects If you want to paste an object which is referenced by another object see fig 85 ADONIS Business
188. sm B in the merging B BOC Group 2006 page 111 Part IV 2 Activity 1 Process stan UA E Activity 3 Parallelity Merging Figure 88 Modelling of parallelism Merging and nesting Parallel process parts can be nested into one another and an inner parallelism must be merged before it can merge to an external parallelism This condition is met in the example above see fig 88 as the inner parallelism parallelism B activity 2 activity 3 merging B is united before to synchronise the external parallelism A in the merging A The number of paths starting from a parallelism must equal the number of the logical paths coming into the merging The expression logical refers to the flow logic during the Simulation There is only a logical path after the decision because there is always only a logical path running out after a decision in a process running This condition is met in the example below see fig 89 as the number of the paths starting from the parallelism A two equals the number of the logical paths coming in the merging A in a process running either the activity 2 or the activity 3 will be carried out after the decision page 112 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit __ 1 A lt O Activity 2 LO J Decision Activity 3 Process start gt Parallelity Merging Figure 89 Modelling parallelism Same paths number
189. splayed and on the other hand on the write access to models from which the data is taken from For example you can edit the results of an Analysis query directly in the ADONIS browser if you have previously opened the models for the query with write access Hint The active current cell or the selected area will be indicated by a frame using the colour for the frame as defined in the system settings Hint Write protected attributes in editable ADONIS browsers will be shown in grey font The context menu right mouse button in the ADONIS browser contains among other things the following functions e Expand all see chap 8 7 p 68 show the entire contents of the browser by expanding all areas e Shrink all see chap 8 7 p 68 only shows the highest level e Save see chap 8 13 p 73 save the contents of the browser in a file e Print see chap 8 15 p 76 print the contents of the browser as currently displayed WYSIWYG e Find see chap 8 12 p 72 search for specific text within the browser e Copy to clipboard see chap 8 14 p 76 copy the contents of the browser to the clipboard Select attributes columns see chap 8 8 p 69 select the columns which have to be shown attributes Sort see chap 8 9 1 p 70 sort the browser contents Column width see chap 8 3 p 66 enter the column width Adjust column width see chap 8 4 p 67 adjust the width of the columns to the optimum size Row hei
190. ss object can be expanded This means that instead of the object a view of the drawing area of the referenced model is shown With the show submodels function all subordinated models over an arbitrary number of levels can be sown even recursive Showing hiding submodels is possible both for single objects and for whole models Submodels can be shown even if they belong to a different model type than the main model Expanded objects are still accessible e g for opening the notebook Changes to a model are instantly refreshed in all models having the changed model shown as submodel Printing and generating graphics from the expanded view is possible The expanded submodel view can be reset via the context menu or a special hotspot upper right corner of the expanded view New features in the Modelling Bar Swimlanes are now shown in the Modelling Bar like all other modelling objects There they can be selected and used as usual Furthermore the context menu page 4 ADONIS Introduction Preface of the Modelling Bar was substantially extended View modes can be changed here as well up to now only via the menu View and parts of the contents of the Modelling Bar e g swimlanes or connectors can now explicitly be hidden without changing the view mode The search algorithm was extended and now allows apart from the classic search for visualised attribute values searching all attribute values model and object
191. ss selection with number of rows in the table attribute selection operator value This query displays all the object of the selected class that contain the number of rows defined by the user in the table attribute Note This query will only be displayed if table attributes are defined in the assigned application library Example By selecting the class Process start with the process responsibility table attribute the gt operator and the input value 2 the system will display all objects of the class Process start in the table process responsibility with more than two rows O Get all the objects of the class selection with table attribute selection and with the column selection operator value This query displays all objects of the selected class that contain the specified attribute value Note This query will only be displayed if table attributes are defined in the assigned application library Note This query will only provide the result if the table attribute contains at least one row and the search condition is fulfilled For example if you wish to find all objects that contain a value Wildcard in the column of the table attribute then the only objects that will be displayed are those which have at least one defined row Example Selecting the Process start class with the table attribute process responsibility and the classification column the operator and the input value
192. ss Process Management Toolkit ATTENTION The last model reference of a model cannot be deleted in order to prevent models being moved to the model pool unintentionally Of course the model itself can be deleted as ever this naturally removes the model reference too Note The Pool contains all models not accessible via model groups They can be moved to the model group structure by the ADONIS administrator Hint The functions Copy model reference and Delete model reference are available in the view Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 only 4 15 Manage model groups Via the context menu entry Manage model groups the Model group management is started Hint The function Manage model groups is available in the view Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 48 only 4 16 Item Search Via the context menu entry Item Search the general ADONIS search function is started in order to search for text patterns in the Explorer Explorer Search items Text ee Match case _ Regular expression Search mode Subtest Full text word Figure 34 An Example Looking for a model containing the string application in the name The following options are available Match case capitals and small letters will be distinguished while finding the given term Regular expression searched entry will be interpreted as a Regular Expression not a string Subtext a searched term can be found
193. te Notes documents SharePoint Team Services fur Microsoft Project 2002 Server Microsoft Corporation BPM tools bo ibo Relational databases via an ODBC interface Document management systems DMS DOMEA OpenText Corporation IBM Lotus Notes IBM PCDOCS Hummingbird SharePoint Team Services for Microsoft Project 2002 Server Microsoft Corporation BOC Group 2006 page 15 Part Document management systems supporting ODMA Hint For further information regarding customer specific ADONIS interfaces please contact your ADONIS consultant 1 6 Support of Standards and Management Methods ADONIS supports the following standards and management methods Hint Supporting these standards and management methods is performed by extension and adaption of existing modelling methods ADONIS application libraries For detailed information please contact your ADONIS consultant Management methods TQM Total Quality Management BSC Balanced Scorecards ERM Enterprise Risk Management Six Sigma HL7 Health Level Seven Basel Il e Business process management Business modelling SOX Sarbanes Oxley Act BPMN Business Process Modelling Notation EPK Ereignisgesteuerte ProzeBketten ISO 900x Zachmann Framework e Enterprise Application Integration EAI and Workflow systems BPEL Business Process Execution Language BPMN Business Process Modelling Notation WPDL Workflow Proces
194. ter is shaped like an arrow h when in the drawing area and the Edit button K is highlighted in the Class panel see chap 2 2 2 p 85 2 2 4 2 Drawing Mode Drawing mode allows you to place new objects and connectors on the drawing area This mode is activated by clicking on a class or a relation in the Class panel see chap 2 2 2 p 85 When in drawing mode the mouse pointer is shaped like a pen and the selected object in the Class panel see chap 2 2 2 1 p 86 or Relation panel see chap 2 2 2 2 p 86 is highlighted An icon from the modelling bar see chap 2 2 2 p 85 can also be selected through a popup menu which is activated by right clicking on the modelling panel To change from drawing mode to editing mode click on the drawing area with the right mouse button or else click on the Edit icon in the modelling panel page 88 ADONIS Introduction Components of the Business Process Management Toolkit 2 2 5 Drawing Objects Objects are placed according to the point and click principle This means that you first select an object from the Class panel see chap 2 2 2 1 p 86 by clicking on it This causes the object to be highlighted and changes the model Editor into Drawing mode see chap 2 2 4 2 p 88 Now move the mouse pointer to the location within the drawing area at which you would like to place the object You will notice that the appearance of the mouse pointer is now a pen By clicking with the left mouse but
195. tion which can then be distributed over the Internet or an Intranet Through the coupling with case 4 0 Business Process and Application Documentation can be integrated and distributed to target groups within the enterprise 1 4 ADONIS Modelling Methods The modelling in ADONIS Business or Professional Edition is effected applying a defined methodology application library Within one ADONIS database several methods can be administered and provided to the users In addition to the possibility to adapt the modelling methodology to the needs of the customer the ADONIS BPMS modelling method ADONIS BPMS Application Library is contained within ADONIS Business or Professional Edition The following de facto standards for modelling methodologies are offered in addition UML method LOVEM method E Business method EPC method QM method ISO9000 2000 Hint For further information regarding customer specific ADONIS modelling methods please contact your ADONIS consultant In addition to the modelling methods mentioned above ADONIS supports further standards and management methods see chap 1 6 p 16 for the process management 1 5 ADONIS Interfaces Using the interfaces to from ADONIS Business and Professional Edition data can be 1 imported from other applications into ADONIS 2 edited in ADONIS and 3 exported from ADONIS into other applications For the tools listed below interfaces already have been realised and can be
196. tion of each class The reference point of objects changeable in size is generally on the upper left corner of the object and for objects with fixed size it is generally at the centre point of the object Example from the ADONIS BPMS Application Library The picture below see fig 74 represents an object changeable in size of the class notice left and an object of the class Activity right from the ADONIS BPMS Application Library the reference point for the notice is in the left upper corner of the object and for the Activity it is the middle point of the object y from top x from left y from top Note Activity x from left Grid Settings Width 0 5cm Height 0 5cm Figure 74 Reference point for the object position and size The definition of the position and or the size of an object is possible by selecting the menu item position size in the context menu right mouse button of the object For objects changeable in size the window position size see fig 75 with changed settings for the values x horizontally from the left y vertically from the top width and height will be shown BOC Group 2006 page 99 Part IV Position Size Note Note from left M0m Y FPreyiew y from top M0m Y sue 800m Sy Cancel Height 2 00em Y Help Assign FL Figure 75 Define size and position for objects changeable in size For objects with fixed size the window position
197. tionality e Evaluation of Business Processes Benchmarking Monitoring Should be comparison BOC Group 2006 page 9 Part Business Process Modelling Process based Business Process Guidance Quality Management and Controlling Process based past Process based Re Organization Eh ADONIS Knowlegde Management Business Process ya Management Dl Process based Process based Capacity Management Supply Chain Management Process based Process based Call Center Management Process oriented Product Management Application development Figure 1 Business Process Management using ADONIS The Meta concept of ADONIS means that through customising the tool can be configured to optimally suit the particular requirements of any user The ADONIS user can decide by himself how he should build the processes and how he can best use the ADONIS mechanisms As ADONIS is method independent the management of Business Processes on different levels is guaranteed ADONISO as a tool for business process management and also complies with the requirements for software ergonomics page 10 ADONIS Introduction ADONIS 1 ADONIS Product Palette ADONIS version 3 9 is offered as ADONIS Business Edition see chap 1 1 p 11 or ADONIS Professional Edition see chap 1 2 p 12 The following additional components are not contained in the standard configuration of ADONIS Business or Professional Edition and can b
198. ton all rows of the ADONIS browser will be displayed page 68 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit By selecting the menu item Shrink all in the context menu right mouse button only the highest level row will be displayed 8 8 Select Attributes Columns With the ADONIS browser it is possible for specific displays to shrink or expand any columns with attribute values or evaluation results Hint The function for the selection of attributes columns to display is not available in all ADONIS browsers Hint If you want to sort the browser contents according to a specific attribute this attribute must be expanded before you call the Sort function see chap 8 9 1 p 70 Select attributes To select the attributes to display i e columns with attribute values open the context menu of the browser right mouse button and select the Select attributes menu item A window will be displayed see fig 50 in which all the attributes that can be displayed are shown following the notebook structure Queries Attribute column selection Classes Relations Description Comment Responsible role Display responsible role Classification External documentation Referenced documents Referenced use cases Open questions S 3 Input Output Y Input a Output S 5 Time Costs gt gt gt Mal gt ead gt gt gt Figure 50 Select attributes Example from the Model
199. ton before clicking on the target object In this way drawing mode is not deactivated To change back to Editing mode click once on the drawing area with the right mouse button or select the Edit icon By following the method described above connectors will be drawn in a straight line from the start to the target object It is also possible to create bendpoints see chap 2 2 6 1 p 90 within a connector If you attempt to create a connector between two classes for which this connector is invalid or for which a connector of the same type already exists an appropriate error message will be displayed If other connectors are possible between the objects you wish to connect you can click on the button other in the error message and then select a valid connector see chap 2 2 6 3 p 91 Connectors are usually created using the point and click method described above However it is also possible to create relations using the Object context menu of the object where the connector shall start or end For the objects which ADONIS Notebook contains the chapter relations it depends on the definition of their application library you can additionally administrate connectors from the ADONIS Notebook see chap 2 2 7 11 p 103 Grouping objects i e objects that are used to hold other objects inside themselves e g aggregations swimlanes create automatically the relation is inside see chap 2 2 6 4 p 92 for the objects they contain
200. ton the object is placed on the drawing area You can draw any number of objects of the selected class in this way If you keep the left mouse button pressed when positioning a new object you can see the object By releasing the left mouse button the object will be drawn into the current position Note by moving the mouse when this outline is shown the object can be positioned elsewhere in the drawing area If you wish to abort the drawing of this object press the left and right mouse button simultaneously In this way the drawing mode is not deactivated To deactivate drawing mode press once with the right mouse button on the drawing are or select the Edit icon from the class panel with the left mouse button When the object is displayed on the drawing area the corresponding co ordinates of the location are displayed in the status bar If you wish to place a different object within your model select it by clicking in the class panel and then continue as described above Option Hold down the lt Alt gt key while positioning an object to activate the empty space tool This enables you to make room in crowded model areas Hint If the object is not placed exactly as you wish on the drawing area the Snap grid is activated 2 2 6 Drawing Connectors Connectors are drawn in a similar way to objects Click on the required relation in the Relation panel see chap 2 2 2 2 p 86 Place the mouse pointer Drawing mode see chap 2 2 4 2
201. tor 2 8 Inspector The ADONIS Inspector is a tool which supplies the user with various details about the active modelling environment see fig 15 A detailed description can be found in the chapter ADONIS Inspector see chap 6 p 56 Inspector 5 Accessible models in database Count E E 5 Opened model windows Count 2 With changes 1 E 3 Active model window Number of visible objects 2 Number of visible connectors 1 Drawing area 17612 pels oom 29 Figure 15 The ADONIS Inspector 2 9 Search Results The ADONIS Search Results window is a tool which allows accessing both the search function and all search results of the current session It has its own quick access bar with special smart icons see fig 16 A detailed description can be found in the chapter ADONISsearch results see chap 7 p 57 BOC Group 2006 page 31 Part Ill Search results application All opened models i E A Ablehnung Ressource Geschafteprozelimaodell El Ax Urlaubsantrag Ressource Geschaftsprozefimodell E A Urlaubsantrag Ressource Prozelstart A Ablehnung Ressource Prozefbautruf El Name english Check application form aa Urlaubsantrag ablegen Aktivit t Ba Antrag bearbeiten Aktivitat lt gt Antrag genehmigt Entscheidung Name english Application accepted LO Ende Urlaubzantrag Rezzource l Ende Figure 16 Der ADONIS Suchergebnisse page 32 ADONIS Introduction G
202. tor with the system password password to the ADON ISdatabase adonisdb uAdmin ppassword dadonisdb logs in the user Admin with the password password to the ADONIS database adonisdb u Admin ppassworda dadonisdb x shows the ADONIS login screen see fig 111 where the field User name contains the value Admin the field Password the encrypted string password and the field Database name the value adonisdb yUser 1 pUser 1 ddatabase h14 logs in the user User 1 with the password User 1 to the ADONIS database database using a font size of 14 pt in the ADONIS application O BOC Group 2006 page 149 Part V 2 Closing ADONIS To close the Business M Management Toolkit double click on the exit button to the left on the X window bar or click on the Within each component of the ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit it is also possible to close ADONIS by selecting the menu item Quit ADONIS from the menu list on the left The Business Process Management Toolkit checks if there are still opened models and if they contain unsaved changes If all changes have been saved already the safety questions appears Figure 113 ADONIS Closing A safety question Click on Yes to finish ADONIS while selecting No you will come back to the working area If one of the models contain unsaved changes the following safety questions appears Quit ADONIS Save changes a Bes a A ie xi
203. tributes o Active model Match case 2 All opened models Regular expression Match whole word only Figure 87 Search in models Select whether the search shall be performed only on the active model or in all opened models Activate Search visualised attributes only if you only want to look for visualised attribtue values A deactivated option extends the search base to all attributes If you wish to distinguish between capital and small letters and want the search to only return exact matches then activate the option Match case If the option Regular expression is activated then the search text will be interpreted as a regular expression Activate the search criterion Match whole word only to seach for words A word is a piece of text flanked by blanks or punctation marks Wildcards can be used when the option Regular expression is deactivated is for one character exactly for any number of characters For regular expressions this is expressed by or Click Search to start the search The search results are displayed in the search result window see chap 2 9 p 31 If no matches are found an information window pops up explaining that the particular expression being searched for was not found 2 2 7 20 Align Objects Aligning implies that all selected objects see chap 2 2 7 3 p 95 should be placed along the same x coordinate or y coordinate Focus see chap 2 2 7 4 p
204. trole ment ii 33 3 1 Selection Control Elements 33 3 1 1 MOE ati 34 3 1 1 1 Model Type Flores osinat oi dcir 34 3 1 2 REGS A a O mes eet cnegastomses ee nated E O cee eesoueet 35 3 1 3 THOTT 5 CANON eax A A A eas anes ie oe NS 35 3 1 3 1 Display Search RESUS nar a a 36 3 1 4 oae AS ieaie tse atie tet ian seen ieiau tenia a a eA contnalt 37 31 5 RFRA EXO asta alarde ula hae aac enn dul rele told 37 3 1 6 SOIL IMM Suroeste lr E agria 38 3 1 7 A O 38 3 1 8 Selected tems senemde a ia 38 3 1 9 Shrink Expand Version Threads cscsccccccesssecececeeseeeececeenseeeeeceegeeeessaeseeeeseaas 39 3 2 ADONIS Notebook Control ElemMents cooooocncccnncccccconcccnnnnononnnnoncnonnnonononanncnnnnonononans 40 3 2 1 Saveas CON ii 41 3 2 2 ias MS A A In ones asada sat soaeeeasse tenses ate 41 3 2 3 A wot EN E NE 41 3 2 4 Large Text Field ICON ccccccssssceccesseeccesseeceaucecceseeessageeessaeeeeseseeesanseessageees 41 3 2 5 DIAO ICO Mesias a iodo did 41 3 2 6 VEXDFESSIONOIAIOG ICON innata N 42 3 2 7 TOG NCO Meet csseee ieeedien a a a rra a e aaemaeetooute 42 3 2 8 Delete ICOM tit 42 3 2 9 EXECU FOlOW ICO Msi ici Bea 42 3 2 10 SDIO ICON alla 42 3 2 11 MNIGTCDOOK ICM aee a e 42 3 2 12 PAUL VV ACO WY sieis oaae e e E a dica 43 3 2 12 1 Input Dialogue for Texti eric a E e e 43 3 2 12 2 TEXUINDUU Rel ani r NN 44 3 2 12 3 Input Dialogue for EXPreSSIONS ccccsseseeecseeeeeceeeeesaeeseeeneeeeeseeseeensaneesens 44
205. uld be ordered by and then click on the OK button 8 10 Align Attribute Values The ADONIS browser offers the possibility to align the displayed attribute values of a column o left e centred or e right Align the values of a column by moving the mouse to the top of the column open the context menu right mouse click and select the alignment Left centred or Right Hint The current setting is indicated by a hook in the context menu Hint The default setting for text values is left while numbers will be shown right justified 8 11 Show Edit Attribute Values For improved readability for editing or for showing additional information you can display attribute values in a separate window BOC Group 2006 page 71 Part Ill Hint The possibilities for displaying attribute values in a separate window depends on the type of the attribute and on the type of the browsers see chap 8 1 p 58 If you want to show a attribute value double click on the cell with the attribute value to display and the following window will be opened see fig 53 Process application form Description Process the incoming application form Apply Find Find next Print Cancel Help 39 characters Lr 1 Lol 38 Figure 53 Show attribute values You can save the displayed attribute value to a file Save button or print it out button press Hint Attribute values can be changed in editable browser
206. will be shown instead of the model type selection dialogue 4 6 Show Hide Branches Levels In ADONIS models are displayed and managed in a hierarchical tree structure As in all such structures clicking on E or E respectively expands or shrinks the desired branch or level a E On clicking on the icon the complete tree structure will be expanded After clicking on the icon a the view Models in the database is collapsed to the main model groups or the view Opened model windows is reduced to a model type list If you selected collapsed model group you can expand the complete substructure by clicking Hint All above functions are located in the Explorer s context menu under Expand Shrink too 4 7 Create New Models New Model Groups A new model group can be created in the Explorer immediately Select the model group where the new model or the new model group should be created and choose the menu entry New from the context menu and the desired sub menu entry page 50 ADONIS Introduction General information about the Business Process Management Toolkit A new model group sub menu entry Model group will be named New model group If you chose a model type from the sub menu the new model of this type will be named New model and will be displayed on the workspace Hint Modells and model groups can be renamed see chap 4 11 p 51 at any time Hint The functions Create new models and Create new model g
207. y clicking the dialogue icon Percentage The percentage change of attributes is possible for attributes in numeric or time format e g wages per hour execution time etc The change mode Percentage causes the values of the attributes selected to be changed by a certain percentage Clicking on the Change button opens the window Changes of attributes percentage in which you determine if the existing attribute values are to be increased or decreased field Operator with the options for increase and for decrease You must also enter the percentage by which the attribute values should be changed into the field Percent Statistical The statistical change of attributes is possible for attributes in numeric or time format e g wages per hour execution time etc The change mode Statistical causes the values of the attributes in a selected object to be copied to a target attribute of the same object after a statistical operation has been carried out Once you have clicked the OK button the Change attribute values Statistical window will appear in which you will define the change mode the input attributes and the target attribute Both statistical operations Sum and Average are available as change mode options Sum means that the values of a number of attributes are summed up and inserted in a target attribute Average also sums up the values of a number of attributes but then divides the sum by t
208. you can choose to take over the references into the pasted object or leave them in the original object ATTENTION The options Copy Cut see chap 2 2 7 16 p 107 and Paste see chap 2 2 7 17 p 108 can only be applied within ADONIS If you wish to Copy the graphic model representation into any other applications you must use the function Generate graphics 2 2 7 16 Cut You can cut objects and connectors by selecting see chap 2 2 7 3 p 95 them and then calling the Cut function This function can be called in a number of ways e Select the menu item Cut from the Edit menu Press the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt x gt e Select the menu item Cut from the context menu of a selected object If you are cutting only one object marking is not necessary e Click on the Cut smart icon 4 in the quick access bar Objects and connectors that were cut remain active in the clipboard until other objects or connectors are copied or cut until you exit ADONIS Objects and connectors cut can be copied into any model of the same type i e which has the same classes and relations The function Cut is a combination of the functions Copy see chap 2 2 7 15 p 106 and afterwards Delete see chap 2 2 7 18 p 109 Ja Once the Cut function has been used it is possible to undo it using the Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 94 function Hint A connector can only be cut when it and the two objects it conne
209. zontal vertical the horizontal ordering of objects has proved itself in terms of clarity in providing an overview or comparison of the Business Processes Detailed Business Processes are more legible when created in a horizontal direction over a number of pages 1 2 3 Inserting connectors The flow logic is shown through the insertion of connectors in particular through the relation Subsequent Through this relation which joins any object with the next object the logical flow of your Business Process can be identified To add a connector to the model select the relevant relation from the relation list by placing the mouse on it and clicking with the left mouse button Then click again with the left mouse button on the two objects in the drawing area which this relation should join At the beginning you can ignore relations such as Sets and Sets variable These are necessary for the Simulation see chap 4 p 138 of Business Processes 1 2 4 Naming objects and connectors The next step is to name the objects see chap 2 2 7 12 p 103 activities and decisions and the relations The relation Subsequent should only be labelled when it starts at the object Decision and then holds the conditions under which the following activities will be executed 1 2 5 Further object modelling For modelling additional objects see object modelling see chap 1 2 4 p 20 which describes the method 1 2 6 Control Finally you sh

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