Chapter 2. Red Hat Process Automation Manager support for BPMN2
With Red Hat Process Automation Manager, you can model your business processes using the BPMN 2.0 standard. You can then use Red Hat Process Automation Manager to run, manage, and monitor these business processes. The full BPMN 2.0 specification also includes details on how to represent items such as choreographies and collaboration. However, Red Hat Process Automation Manager uses only the parts of the specification that you can use to specify executable processes. This includes almost all elements and attributes as defined in the Common Executable subclass of the BPMN2 specification, extended with some additional elements and attributes.
The following table contains a list of icons used to indicate whether a BPMN2 element is supported in the legacy process designer, the legacy and new process designer, or not supported.
Table 2.1. Support status icons
| Key | Description |
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| Supported in the legacy and new process designer |
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| Supported in the legacy process designer only |
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| Not supported |
Elements that have no icon do not exist in the BPMN2 specification.
Table 2.2. BPMN2 catching events
| Element Name | Start | Intermediate |
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| None |
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| Message |
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| Timer |
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| Error |
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| Escalation |
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| Cancel |
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| Compensation |
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| Conditional |
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| Link |
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| Signal |
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| Multiple |
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| Parallel Multiple |
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Table 2.3. BPMN2 throwing and non-interrupting events
| Element Name | Throwing | Non-interrupting | ||
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| End | Intermediate | Start | Intermediate | |
| None |
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| Message |
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| Timer |
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| Error |
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| Escalation |
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| Cancel |
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| Compensation |
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| Conditional |
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| Link |
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| Signal |
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| Terminate |
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| Multiple |
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| Parallel Multiple |
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Table 2.4. BPMN2 elements
| Element type | Element | Supported |
|---|---|---|
| Task | Business rule |
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| Script |
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| User task |
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| Service task |
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| Subprocesses | Embedded |
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| Ad hoc |
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| Reusable |
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| Event |
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| Gateways | Inclusive |
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| Exclusive |
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| Parallel |
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| Event-based |
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| Complex |
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| Connecting objects | Sequence flows |
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| Association flows |
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| Swimlanes | Swimlanes |
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| Artifacts | Group |
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| Text annotation |
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For more information about the background and applications of BPMN2, see the OMG Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) Version 2.0 specification.
