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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

KeyDescription

grn check

Supported in the legacy and new process designer

grn star

Supported in the legacy process designer only

bk x

Not supported

Table 2.2. BPMN2 catching events

Element NameStartIntermediate

None

grn check

 

Message

grn check

grn check

Timer

grn check

grn check

Error

grn check

grn check

Escalation

grn check

grn check

Cancel

 

grn star

Compensation

grn check

grn check

Conditional

grn check

grn check

Link

 

bk x

Signal

grn check

grn check

Multiple

bk x

bk x

Parallel Multiple

bk x

bk x

Table 2.3. BPMN2 throwing and non-interrupting events

Element NameThrowing Non-interrupting 
 

End

Intermediate

Start

Intermediate

None

grn check

   

Message

grn check

grn check

grn star

grn check

Timer

  

bk x

grn check

Error

grn check

 

grn star

grn check

Escalation

grn check

grn check

grn star

grn check

Cancel

bk x

   

Compensation

grn check

grn check

  

Conditional

  

grn star

grn check

Link

 

bk x

  

Signal

grn check

grn check

grn star

grn check

Terminate

grn check

   

Multiple

bk x

bk x

bk x

bk x

Parallel Multiple

  

bk x

bk x

Table 2.4. BPMN2 elements

Element typeElementSupported

Task

Business rule

grn check

 

Script

grn check

 

User task

grn check

 

Custom task

bk x

Subprocesses

Embedded

grn check

 

ad hoc

grn check

 

Reusable

grn check

 

Event task

bk x

Multi-instance

Exclusive (XOR)

grn check

 

Inclusive

grn check

 

Parallel

grn check

 

Event

bk x

Connecting objects

Sequence flows

grn check

 

Association flows

grn check

Swimlanes

Swimlanes

grn check

Artifacts

Group

grn star

 

Text annotation

grn star

For more information about the background and applications of BPMN2, see the OMG Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) Version 2.0 specification.