Business Process Visual ARCHITECT 2.0 User's Guide

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 -Introduction to Business Process Visual ARCHITECT

What is Business Process Visual ARCHITECT

Intuitive User Interface
Complete BPMN Specification and Notation Support
Intelligent Notation Validation and Modeling Assistance

Installation

Installing Business Process Visual ARCHITECT
Starting Business Process Visual ARCHITECT

User Interface

Diagram Pane
Diagram Navigator
Model
Property
Diagram Overview
Documentation

Chapter 2 - Drawing Business Process Diagram

Creating Element

Creating Element using Toolbar
Creating Element using Context Menu
Creating Element using Mouse Gesture
Creating Element using Resource-Centric Interface

Editing Element

In-Place Editing
Specification Dialog Box
Property Pane
Documentation

Advanced Diagramming Techniques

Advanced Usages of Resource-Centric Interface
Sweeper
Forming Sub-Process from Existing Elements
Creating Group for Existing Elements
Invalid Connections Detection
Choosing Different Caption Placements
Choosing Different Connector Styles
Changing Styles and Formatting
Incorporating User-Defined Images

Chapter 3 - Drawing Data Flow Diagram

Chapter 4 - Printing Diagrams

Print Preview
Printing Diagrams with Preview

Page Setup
Adjusting Margins
Zooming Pages
Selecting the Preview Layout
Setting Paper Place Style
Fit to Ratio
Fit to Pages
Setting the Diagram Overlap Percentage
Showing/Hiding Clip Marks on Page
Editing Header/Footer of the Pages
The Multiple Page Mode

Printing Diagrams with Quick Print

Chapter 5 - Copying and Exporting Diagrams

Copy

Default Copy
Copying within BPVA
Copying to the Clipboard as OLE
Copying to the Clipboard as Image (JPG)
Copying to the Clipboard as Image (EMF)

Paste

Pasting Copied Diagram Elements
Pasting as Image Shape

Exporting Diagram as Images

Exporting the Active Diagram as an Image
Exporting Diagrams as Images

Exporting and Importing (Merging) of Project

Exporting Project
Importing (Merging) a BP-VA Project

Chapter 6 - Business Process Diagram Samples

Retail Company

Problem Statement
Business Process Diagram

Car Rental Process

Problem Statement
Business Process Diagram

Software Helpdesk

Problem Statement
Business Process Diagram

Online Store

Problem Statement
Business Process Diagram

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