Table of Content

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 Business Process Diagram
Creating Element
Creating Element using Toolbar
Creating Element using Popup Menu
Creating Element using Mouse Gesture
Creating Element using Resource-Centric Interface
Connection Resources
Action Resources

Editing Element
In-Place Editing
Specification Dialog Box
Property Pane
Documentation

Advanced Diagramming Techniques
Advanced Usages of Resource-Centric Interface
Generic Resource
Single-Click on Connection Resource

Sweeper
Forming Sub-Process from Existing Elements
Creating Group for Existing Elements
Invalid Connections Detection
Choosing Different Caption Placements
Choosing Different Connector Styles
Choosing Connector Style for Diagram
Choosing Connector Style for Connector

Changing Styles and Formatting
Fill Color
Format Fill Color Dialog Box
Formatting a Solid Fill Color
Formatting a Gradient Fill Color

Shape Line Format
Format Line Dialog Box

Connector Line Format
Format Line Dialog Box

Incorporating User-Defined Images
Creating Image Shapes
Creating Image Shapes using Diagram Toolbar
Creating Image Shapes by Copy and Paste
Creating Image Shapes by Drag and Drop

Selecting Image
Selecting Linked File
Image Scaling Option
Exporting Image
Exporting Linked File

Chapter 3 - Drawing Data Flow Diagram

Creating Data Flow Diagram
Data Flow Diagram Elements
Process
External Entity
Data Store
Data Flow

Decomposing a Process

Chapter 4 - Printing Diagram

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 with Model Sharing
Pasting without Model Sharing

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