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ADONIS® 3.81 - Introduction manual

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3. Found entries EHS Models LEX Application for Vacation Cancel CHES Business Process Models A Application Far V acatian 3 5 Help HEX Application for Vacation incl Resources HEX Business Process Models Application Far Yacation Incl Resources 4 Application Far vacation Resources 3 5 y Figure 15 Search results Select any result in the Found entries and then click the OK button The search results window will be 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 3 1 4 Save as By selecting the menu item 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 16 p 29 page 28 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too List of all model windows Save as Ea Ea Save as C3 ADONISData 3 ci Ea E G ADONIS Files ADONIS Files3 File name File type sc text file Cancel Figure 16 Save as Enter a file name and select a path in which the contents of the list should be saved 3 1 5 Expand Shrink Note Expand Shrink functions are available only in lists with hierarchical levels The menu point Expand Shrink leads to a sub menu where the hierarchical view in the selection window can be expanded or c
4. 2005 BOC www boc group com page 3 Preface The behaviour of detailed incoming references can be modified by customising under Save as The customising of access rights for user groups on given program functions has been expended The GraphRep commands ATTR ATTRBOX AVAL and FRONT have been expanded The new command ROUNDRECT draws a rectangle with rounded corners The value of a class attribute can be determined in the GraphRep Element Model types can now be split into groups A method diagram allows to structure application libraries with numerous model types semantically and in a graphical manner 1 2 3 LEO AdoScript and Expressions Improvements of graphical representation allow AdoScript commands to show hide an individual object Hidden objects are not visible and cannot be clicked either This does not apply to tabular modelling or analysis Through the GraphRep expansion it is now possible to distribute text and attribute values at any angle Import and Export Dialogues can now be used in AdoScript New or changed AdoScript commands can be found in all message ports Through PROGRAMCALLS in attribute profiles it is now possible to fall back on wrap object Improvement of LEO Operators and Functions A new LEO data type Array with corresponding functions It is now also possible to have access to variables in expressions that have a minus sign in their name Within expressions it is now possible t
5. 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 see the under lined letters in the attribute and chapter names these in combination with the Alt key provide another method for navigating through the notebooks 2005 BOC www boc group com page 31 Part Ill The ADONIS notebooks contain the following functions Save as icon see chap 3 2 1 p 32 Print icon see chap 3 2 2 p 32 Info icon see chap 3 2 3 p 32 Large text field icon see chap 3 2 4 p 33 Dialog icon see chap 3 2 5 p 33 Expression dialogue icon see chap 3 2 6 p 33 Add icon see chap 3 2 7 p 33 Delete icon see chap 3 2 8 p 33 Execute Follow icon see chap 3 2 9 p 33 File dialogue icon see chap 3 2 10 p 34 Notebook icon see chap 3 2 11 p 34 gt pDngosxseoseusr tnt Accelerators see chap 3 2 13 p 36 The Save and Print icons can be found in the top right hand corner of the ADONIS notebook 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 can be found on the right hand side above attribute fields of this type 3 2 1 Save icon By clicking on the Sa
6. Incoming inter model references are also available through drawing area in the context menu Customising allows for the creation of objects that stretch over more than one swimlane 1 1 3 Import Export Improved options for Models and Attribute profiles in ADL Import and ADL Export ADONIS has an integrated XML Import which can be freely used after entering the corresponding license number 1 2 New functionality in the Administration toolkit New features in Administration toolkit are included in the following components or functions e General news and improvements see chap 1 2 1 p 3 e Library management see chap 1 2 2 p 3 e LEO adoScript and expressions see chap 1 2 3 p 4 1 2 1 General news and improvements e Quick access bars are no longer defined in library management but in AdoScript As a result the ADONIS Administrator has more freedom For example personal favourite icons can be added or removed e Performance has been improved in different places 1 2 2 Library management e The possibility to show multiple references on the drawing area has been implemented It is now possible to show multiple references together with a text in one line so that the hyperlink mechanism will not be omitted e The setting for connection bridges can be pre set by the Administrator e The notebooks of the library attributes have been restructured Additionally some text fields have been enlarged in a new chapter
7. 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 123 Part V 2 Closing ADONIS To close the Business Process Management toolkit double click on the exit button to the left on the window bar or click on the X 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 96 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 ENERO x Some models contain unsaved changes Select the models which shall be saved before oe AM BP Application for vacation Business process model Al s Em See B usiness process SEHE Applying Far vacation Company map Mone Click on Continue to save the selected models and to quit ADONIS oen L Figure 97 ADONIS Closing with unsaved changes Remove checks from models that should not be saved simply by clicking on
8. ADONIS Version 3 81 A Z o Volume E lt E Introduction Manual Volume 1 Introduction Manual Volume 2 User Manual Volume 3 Method Manual Volume 4 Method definition and Administration Manual Volume 5 Installation and Database Administration Manual Addresses Austria BOC Information Technologies Consulting GmbH A 1010 Wien Baeckerstrasse 5 Germany BOC Information Technologies Consulting GmbH Mosse Palast am Leipziger Platz D 10117 Berlin Vossstrake 22 Spain BOC Business Objectives Consulting Ib rica S A E 28006 Madrid Calle Velazquez 71 1 Izda Ireland BOC Information Technologies Consulting Ltd Haddington Hall Dublin 4 Ireland 80 Haddington road Greece BOC Information Technologies Consulting EPE GR 10680 Athen Mavromichali 16 Poland BOC Information Technologies Consulting Sp z o o PL 00 679 Warsaw ul Wilcza 44 8 Hotline hotline boc eu com Home page http www boc eu com http www boc us com User documentation for ADONIS Version 1 0 1996 User documentation for ADONIS Version 2 0 1997 User documentation for ADONIS Version 3 0x 1999 2000 User documentation for ADONIS Version 3 53 2002 User documentation for ADONIS Version 3 7 2003 User documentation for ADONIS Version 3 8 3 81 2005 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 pho
9. Ctrl key Additionally it is also possible to insert cell values from another application e g Microsoft Excel into ADONIS browser Note 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 page 48 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too 5 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 35 p 49 In addition a number 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 Eg Business process Activity Execution time SP Control signature blocks 00 000 00 26 1 4 Check signature SP Control signaturer blocks 1 000000 OD OCIO DC 00 0 Backoffice clerk 1 000000 00 000 UC DLE 3C Check if account is blocked SP Control signat 1 000000 OD OCIO DOE OE 1 U Backoffice clerk 1 000000 00 000 00 00 10 Decide on the release SP Control signature bl OL S3000 OD OO D
10. Note The File dialogue icon is only available in the ADONIS notebook of objects and connectors 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 92 Note the notebook icon is only available in the ADONIS notebooks of objects which contain the chapter relations 3 2 12 Input window 3 2 12 1 Input dialogue for text In the input dialogue for text see fig 20 p 34 texts e g attribute values are displayed in a field changeable in size and information where functions are available Activity 1 Activity Description O characters Ln Col 1 Figure 20 Input dialogue for text attributes In the first field of the status row at the bottom of the window you can find the number of characters contained in the text This will Support you for the entry of attribute values since for example attribute of type text STRING must contain at most 3700 characters In the second field of the status row the position of the cursor is given row column Once you have edited the text click on Assign button to copy your entries Note The Assign button is only available if the text displayed can be edited page 34 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too By clicking on the Find button you can sea
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12. 40 p 55 the current number of visible rows is shown in the Row field Set row height Figure 40 Set row height Enter the number of rows you want to display and then click on the OK button 5 6 Adjust row height With the ADONIS browser it is possible to dynamically adjust the width of any column so that cells that 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 41 p 55 in the first column Division lines Inform applicant Figure 41 Row separator 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 the mouse button and moving the mouse in the required direction In this way it is possible to display results containing line breaks Note By selecting the Adjust row height menu item in the context sensitive menu right mouse button the row will be adjusted to it s optimal height Note By selecting the Adjust all rows height menu item in the context sensitive menu right mouse button all rows will be adjusted to their optimal height 5 7 Expand and 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 expande
13. 81 function Note When you delete referenced objects see p 98 the references to this object will become 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 81 p 98 since this reference is not valid after you have deleted this referenced object ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit user EJ To Clerk Hale some incoming inter references exist Deleting this object causes these references to become invalid E References Cancel Help Figure 81 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 page 98 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 2 2 19 Find 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 94 The function Find can be called in a number of ways e Select the menu item Find from within the Edit menu e Press the key combination lt ctrl gt lt f gt e Click on the appropriate smart icon amp in the quick access bar Once the function Find has been called the window
14. L7 Example Bank Youcher bound ti Help E Example Health Sector Example Insurance c Example Public Sector HE Lj Example Telecommunication Ap Company map Ey Business process model Working environment model Document model 29 Use case diagram Version Show models contained in groups Figure 84 Create new model 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 the name of the new model in Name field and if necessary for model related versioning a version number in the Version field Note Ihe model name must contain at most 220 characters The version number for the model related versioning see chap 7 1 1 p 66 must contain at most 20 characters Note 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 Note 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 page 102 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Busines
15. PETERET Document model Use case diagram RV Figure 53 Relation panel of the ADONIS Standard Application Library 2005 BOC www boc group com page 73 Part IV 2 2 3 Model window A model window see fig 54 p 4 consists of a window bar and a drawing area E BP Change policy holder name 1 0 Business process model A E m 4A 0 Change name of SF Receipt of search for Enter new names policy holder Customer partner in Partner in system OL NN Request 1 D System Policy update Business 1 0 Business process model process model Drawing area Drawing space Page transitions Figure 54 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 for a business process model it looks like this 1 and for a working environment model like this When you change a model the exit icon is highlighted with a red star luntil the changes have been saved in the model Similarly an asterisk is added to the title bar of the model window 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 Plac
16. Relations Description Comment Responsible role Display responsible role Classification External documentation Referenced documents Referenced use cases Open questions EB E Input Output input m Output HB 3 Timme Costs ae Eecuition tire Figure 42 Select attributes Example from the Model search Note In the browser the editable attributes are marked with the symbol and the write protected attributes with the symbol Select attribute that the sort should be applied to and then click on the OK button page 56 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too Select columns To select the columns to display open the context sensitive 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 43 p 57 Select visible columns Columns i E HNe process a Activity Cancel a4 Performer Humber Execution time Waiting time Transport time Cycle time Personnel costs gt gt S Resting time E Figure 43 Select columns Example from the Analytical evaluation Select the columns you want to display and click on the OK button 5 9 Sort In the ADONIS browser it is possible for specific displays to sort the browser contents using the attribute values di
17. With substantial models the overview is displayed as default page 110 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit 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 112 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 see chap 5 15 p 129 CSV RTF see chap 5 13 p 129 HTML see chap 5 9 p 128 or ACR see chap 5 2 p 127 and can be printed Additionally depending on the application library you are using it is possible to execute predefined queries 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 Analytic Evaluation depend on the current configuration see chap 3 p 125 of the Business Process Management toolkit Activate the Analysis component by clicking on the
18. see fig 10 p 24 offers symbols for actions frequently used when working with this component The structure of the Quick Access bar can be configured see chap 4 p 38 for a specific user 2 5 Working area The working area is the part of the window directly below the component and Quick Access bar see chap 2 3 p 24 The working area is used especially when working within the modelling component of the Business Process Management toolkit 2 6 X 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 12 p 25 Explorers description and functionality can be found in the chapter ADONIS Explorer see chap 4 p 38 acatic LS t ES Mt Company Ta 3 gt 02 Business Process Models A BP Applicaton for vacation ay SP Decline application El 3 03 Working Environment Models m Application department Example Application for vacation including resources Example Bank Moucher bound transfer D Company maps Ue Business processes HE n 9 03 Document model HD He 4 Working environment US Use case diagram sample Health Sector sample Insurance Example Public Sector Example T elecommunication Application mobile phone HE DOODO pe aoe s00 E E E E Figure 12 ADONIS Explorer 2005 BOC www boc group com page 25 Part Ill 3 Func
19. 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 29 and then the menu item Select all items 3 1 7 Selected items By selecting the Selected items menu item keys lt Strg gt lt V gt all items selected in the list will be displayed in the window All selected items see fig 17 p 30 All selected items Zr ox Matching tems 9 Models O02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation Help Aj SF Decline application 3 working Environment Models E Example Application For vacation including resources 1 Company Maps 02 Business Process Models L3 working Environment Models 73 Example Bank Voucher bound transfer Example Health Sector H i3 01 Company maps Patient admission Figure 17 Display of all selected items 3 1 8 Expand Shrink version threads Note The Expand shrink version threads function is only available if a time related versioning see chap 7 1 2 p 66 is defined in the application library page 30 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too The expansion of version threads is possible by clicking on the icon PB right above the model attribute profile selection list and causes the display of all the versions of a model attribute profile saved in the ADONIS database see fig 18 p 31 Models AE L
20. 2 2 7 11 p 92 page 76 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 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 79 for the objects they contain 2 2 6 1 Bendpoints It is also possible to create Bendpoints within a connector These are points at which the connectors bend see fig 55 p 77 Bendpoints are inserted by clicking anywhere within the drawing area between the selection of the start and the target object Act rity 1 r A Process start Activit y 2 O Bendpoints Figure 55 Bendpoints Note The bendpoints of a connector are always positioned on one of the intersections of the snap grid 2 2 6 2 Adding new relations via the context sensitive menu Adding a relation outgoing or incoming to an object with the context sensitive menu is possible if you click on the context sensitive 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 Then the new relation Type of relation window appears see fig 56 p 78 in which you can select the start object or the target object according to the type of relation needed Note To create a relation between the current object and the source or target object is only possible if
21. Change visualised attribute values essere nene tetn ana 94 2 2 14 Move connectors edge middle point essen ean nans 94 2 2 15 UO DULL ade cere re E EA EM LU iiu a 95 2 2 16 OA EE E MEE Stash Sto IA d tea ee laced het er uU LCS AE 96 2 2 17 PA SU eect cee se caer ec ece st tacos tec ese caer d dame t dU maU enu d er E 97 2 2 18 Bri 98 2 2 19 PNAC sheers A 99 227 20 Aloan dde ete oon nn ett ee ene ees et ey cee ee cree 100 2 3 Model navigatio suse tuat eoe adi etd c eme ebd iet bier i itu ed USE IRUIE 100 2 3 1 Navigating through open models essen eene terrere nennen 100 2 3 2 Activate model WITGOW a dieit ere iesu disnei Miete teen ER ven etit 100 2 3 3 Activate SUD OCC D 101 2 4 WIOGLS I MAAS SITIS II ET ENS 102 2 4 1 CC AN CAINS WC HE NETS 102 2 4 2 Open exiStine models toco detiene aa deeeeeetuees 103 2 4 3 COSETTE Nr 104 2 4 4 Save MOOI AND STRA DM 104 2 4 4 AUTO SO VO conan ota tena MT e Ee MEM E PME NDA 105 2 4 5 Save model with a different name see eeieeeee eee na setate sesenta arae ans 105 2 4 6 Printine aureo EET 107 2005 BOC www boc group com page Ill Table of Contents 2 4 6 1 Select PICO dieti dvd hortis OF orta omo i UFU pa eif vro ad 110 VEL Er EUREN REN 111 MES I RIED IER AA RETE 112 4 1 Mro UCHO ker E CENE 113 4 1 1 Overview
22. ES Example T elecammunicatian Application mobile phone Include referenced models Open write protected Minimize new windows Figure 85 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 26 By selecting the button Search you can search see chap 3 1 3 p 27 the model list for specific models All models which match the search are displayed in the Found entries 2005 BOC www boc group com page 103 Part IV window Selecting one or more of these will then cause them to be highlighted within the Open model see fig 85 p 103 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 85 p 103 window e Inclusive sub processes 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 e Minimize new windows the model window will be minimized in th
23. 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 ADONIS iness Process Management Toolkit dmm BOC GmbH 1385 2004 User name Password Database name Login as ADONIS user C as system user omen Figure 95 ADONIS login Single Sign on To log into ADONIS you can choose from the following options 1 as the current system user 2 as a different 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 option as system user and click on the button Login Note The log in as a different system user is only possible within the current domain Note 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 121 Part V As ADONIS user enter your ADONIS user name your ADONIS password and the name of the ADONIS database you want to work
24. HOMER 69 HTML files 128 Hyperlink display submodel 101 Import Export 115 Information acquisition 69 Input dialogue for expressions 35 Input dialogue for text 34 Input window 34 For expressions 35 for texts 34 Print text field 35 Is inside relation 79 JPG files 129 M Managing connectors in ADONIS notebooks 92 Model 100 102 activate model window 100 Activate submodel 101 Close 104 Create 102 Model types view 26 Navigating through open models function 100 Open 103 Printing models 107 Save 104 Save with a different name 105 Model documentation 115 Generate 116 Model editor 71 Class panel 72 Model window 74 Working area 71 Model types view 26 Model window 74 activate 100 View all open model windows 100 Modelling 70 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Model editor 71 Model management 102 Model navigation 100 Modelling component 70 Modelling modes 75 Drawing mode 75 Editing mode 75 Model related versioning 66 Move connectors edge middle point 94 Moving objects 83 N Navigating through open models 100 Next model window 100 O Open existing models 103 operation elements 26 Add icon 33 Delete icon 33 Dialogue icon 33 Execute Follow icon 33 Expression Dialogue icon 33 Info icon 32 Large text field icon 33 Print icon 32 Save icon 32 by selection 26 Entry search 27 Expand all branches 29 Expand selected levels 2
25. Ireland Hotline email bactiboc 4rl cam Figure 99 ADONIS service information You can save this information to a file or print it out page 126 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit 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 127 ADONIS Comparable Representation ACR see chap 5 2 p 127 ADONIS Definition Language ADL see chap 5 3 p 128 ADONIS Protocol Format APF see chap 5 4 p 128 Windows Bitmap BMP see chap 5 5 p 128 Comma Separated Value CSV see chap 5 6 p 128 Windows Enhanced Metafiles EMF see chap 5 7 p 128 FlowMark Definition Language FDL see chap 5 8 p 128 HyperText Markup Language HTML see chap 5 9 p 128 JPEG File Interchange Format JPG see chap 5 10 p 129 Soft Paintbrush PCX see chap 5 11 p 129 Portable Network Graphics PNG see chap 5 12 p 129 Rich Text Format RTF see chap 5 13 p 129 ASCII Text TXT see chap 5 15 p 129 User Definition Language UDL see chap 5 16 p 130 Extensible Markup Language XML see chap 5 16 p 130 Note he 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 e
26. Management toolkit selecting menu item Quick Access bar within the Extras menu can change the configuration of the Quick Access bar Note For any additional information and explanation in the chapter please refer to use ADONIS Standard Application Library 2 2 Model editor The model editor is used to create and work on ADONIS models Each ADONIS model is displayed in a Model window see chap 2 2 3 p 74 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 25 of the model editor is that part of the ADONIS window ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit lt Username gt see fig 51 p 72 which is below the Component bar see chap 2 3 p 24 and when the BPM 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 71 Part IV alfixi Medd DM Vae Amet Aomin Can Winder tab bPost na mam OSES Kee 9 48 FE Gsm ec assess Mosi n the x on Model windows Edit button Le A Drawing area Exprorer o 4 D O E 0 Modeling bar Status bar z pom ct m T Information for Working area Zoom factor
27. 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 Note 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 IMPORTANT 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 IMPORTANT The user name and password are case sensitive Examples dadonisdb winlogin logs in the current system user to the ADONIS database adonisdb uAdministrator ppassword dadonisdb winlogin page 122 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Appendix logs in a different system user Administrator with the system password password to the ADONISdatabase adonisdb uAdmin ppassword dadonisdb logs in the user Admin with the password password to the ADONIS database adonisdb uAdmin ppassword dadonisdb x shows the ADONIS login screen see fig 94 p 119 where the field User name contains the value Admin the field Password the encrypted string password and the field Database name the value adonisdb uUser 1
28. 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 Information Technologies Consulting GmbH 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 e Business Process Optimisation Business Process Re engineering BPR Quality Management 1509000 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 functionality e Evaluation of Business Processes Benchmarking Monitoring Should be comparison 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
29. 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 d MP GF AS ar o 0 d x 1 50cm x 5 50cm REST Deng x 9 50cm Activity 2 y 4 50cm Grid Settings Width 0 5cm Height 0 5cm Figure 58 Example for 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 00cm y2 0 00m 2005 BOC www boc group com page 79 Part IV 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 58 p 79 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 58 p 79 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
30. 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 5 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 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 5 2 2 p 49 are actually expanded Note his option is only available when the browser tree is not entirely expanded 2005 BOC www boc group com page 61 Part Ill Append The contents of the browser will be appended to an existing file 5 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 Co
31. any number of characters 2 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 e Subtext means that the text being searched for can be part of a larger word or sentence e Full text this is the 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 5 13 Save With the Save button you can save the displayed results in a file The window Save options see fig 47 p 61 is displayed once the button is selected page 60 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too Save Options Settings Time as number amp ppend File Filename Figure 47 Save properties Within the Save properties window you can choose e Properties see chap 5 13 1 p 61 e File formats see chap 5 13 2 p 62 for external data that have an effect on format and contents of the data IMPORTANT The available options depend on the type of results being displayed e g Query results i e not all options are always available In
32. 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 113 Part IV 5 Evaluation The availability of the Evaluation component and its modules Flowmark audit trail Comparison of results and Evaluation queries depends on the current configuration see chap 3 p 125 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 license The Evaluation component can be activated by clicking on the appropriate smart icon 4 in the component list Alternatively it can be activated by clicking with the right
33. be moved All the references refer now to the new model e he 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 Note It is possible to limit above possibilities in case of client specific configuration in the ADONIS 2 4 6 Printing models Starting printing There are three different ways to start printing e By clicking on the Smart Icon amp e By selecting the Print option from the Model menu e By pressing the key combination Ctrl p The ADONIS print dialogue is displayed see fig 89 p 108 2005 BOC www boc group com page 107 Part IV BP Application for vacation Business process model Print p x Preview and page selection Printer Lid ws HVB CTSHP Laserlet 4050 Senes PCL Page layout Ful page without header Taater Irientatian C Portrait Landscape Printer s default Scale Factor C pages height Fit one page C pages width Value 100 Select models Active model Cancel Help Number of pages 1 Number of selected pages 1 Selected pages all E Figure 89 Printing model Print
34. 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 Note 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 5 13 2 2 p 63 5 13 2 2 Save as comma separated value csv When you have selected the format Spreadsheet csv 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 5 13 2 1 p 62 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 5 13 2 3 Save as text txt The format Word processor saves the contents of the ADONIS browsers as pure text to the selected file file extension TXT The single lines will end in the file with a line break 5 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 5 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 form
35. icons or amp 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 Note There is a special method to activate model windows known as activating a referenced model see chap 2 3 3 p 101 from a main model 2 3 3 Activate submodel The activation of sub models allows you to open referenced models quickly or activate their model windows To activate a sub model 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 83 p 101 puer ne je cline appli tion tion Figure 83 Hyperlink display Example subprocess e Double click while keeping the control key Ctrl2 pressed on the object from which the reference is starting in the drawing area Function Ctrl double click e Select in the context sensitive menu of the object the activate submodel menu item e Select the registered reference in the ADONIS notebook and click on the icon 3 Note The hyperlink function see fig 83 p 101 is only possible for non selected objects Note The Activate sub model menu item in the context sensitive 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
36. in the ADONIS explorer 4 7 Renaming model model group Every selected model can be renamed by selecting rename option in the context menu or by pressing a corresponding key F2 rename Every selected model group can be renamed by selecting rename option in the context menu or by pressing a corresponding key F2 rename 4 8 Delete model model group Every selected model can be deleted by selecting delete option in the context menu or by pressing a corresponding key lt Del gt deleting Every selected model group can be deleted by selecting delete option in the context menu or by pressing a corresponding key Del deleting Note Model groups can only be deleted if they do not contain the other model groups or model references in those model groups 4 9 Model group management The model group management will start after selecting Model group management in the Context menu 4 10 Finding entries By selecting Find entry in the Context menu the general ADONIS search function will appear Regular expression Help ER l applicatior Cancel Match case Search mode Subtest C Full text C Word Figure 29 An Example Looking for a model that contain the string application in the name page 42 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too The following options are available Case sensitive capitals and small let
37. 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 t or and e Holding the mouse button move the connector into the desired position After releasing the mouse button the connector will be set in the new position Activity 1 Activity 1 Activity 1 om Activity 2 Activity 2 Activity 2 Figure 70 Connector edges moved in parallel To undo a connector change click on the icon Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 81 2 2 7 8 Re linking 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 3 p 82 click on the start or endpoint 2 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 71 p 89 page 88 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit Activity m ii Decision Activity 2 Activity 3 Figure 71 Example for the re linking of a connector Note Only authorised start or target objects will be focused see chap 2 2 7 3 p 82 accordingly to the definition in the application library for the selected relation class Re linking connectors is only possible where the rel
38. like for instance the class activity Note 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 5 p 21 Activity 35066 Activity Nare BE Description LET Ch a de en el Hl Description B H Working environment aie Other simulation data I Simulation results External tool coupling Comment i Responsible rale Responsible role Display responsible role Classification Je x i A A UU UU UU UU UU LU UU UU UU UU UU gc a UU UU UU UU LU UU UL QU UU UU Figure 5 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 21 Part Ill The tabular model display enables viewing and editing of the attribute values of all the objects of a class see fig 6 p 22 Es BP Model 1 Business process model OR Name Order Description Comment Responsible role Classifi
39. mouse button on the component list beside the component smart icons and then selecting the menu item Evaluation from the popup menu which is displayed The popup menu can also be displayed using the function key F9 and then by pressing the key v the Evaluation component is activated Once the Evaluation component has been activated the following icons should be displayed in the Quick access bar a Flowmark audit trail evaluation B Comparison of results Predefined queries Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 39 G Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 40 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 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 amp Actual process cost analysis Plan process cost analysis The additional component Human resource management is to be called from the Evaluation menu Note The appearance of the icons in the Quick access bar depends on the configuration of the Quick access bar seechap 4 p 38 and the current configuration see chap 3 p 125 of the Business Process Management toolkit page 114 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 6 Import Export The availability of the Import Export component and its modules AD
40. of the Business Process Management toolkit see chap 3 p 125 Clicking on the appropriate smart icon 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 icons and then selecting the menu item Acquisition from the popup menu which appears This popup menu can also be activated through the function key F9 and the Acquisition component can be selected by pressing the shortcut key lt a gt Once the Acquisition component is selected Quick Access Bar with following Smart icons is displayed N HOMER Acquisition tables Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 39 G Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 40 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 2005 BOC www boc group com page 69 Part IV 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 Activation of modelling component There are 3 possibilities to start the modelling component e By clicking on the smart icon B 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 e By pressi
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42. on the OK button Note 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 page 78 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 2 2 6 4 Relation is inside The relation 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 3 The object touches on the area of the domain Note The position of an object can be displayed and changed see chap 2 2 7 6 p 85 using the context sensitive menu of this object right button of the mouse Example from the ADONIS Standard Application Library The picture below see fig 58 p 9 shows a part from
43. or Explorers context menu gt Model types opens a dialogue where the user can select preferred model types to be displayed EEE jv Company map r Working environment model CJ Document model Mone a Use case diagram Figure 28 Showing or hiding model types By clicking on the checkboxes next to the model types the user can choose which type to show M or hide L After clicking on Assign button the view will be adjusted accordingly 4 5 Showing or hiding branches levels In ADONIS models are displayed and managed in a hierarchical tree structure As in all such structures to expand or shrink the desirable branch or level the user needs to click on L or to get a clear lay out Through clicking on the icon the whole tree structure will be expanded Through clicking on the icon the view on the main model groups in a window Models in the database and model types list in the window Opened models will be collapsed If you selected a model group with a collapsed submodel group you can display all the substructure by clicking on the icon F Note All above functions are also located in the Explorers context menu under Expand Shrink 2005 BOC www boc group com page 41 Part Ill 4 6 Open models Every selected model can be opened by selecting open in the context menu or by pressing a corresponding key The name of the opened model will be displayed with a blue text
44. position Example from the ADONIS Standard Application Library In the model detail below see fig 64 p 84 the 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 81 stays the same 0 5 Wecisian yes Applicatan accepted 0 2 Decision na SP Decline application 1 0 Figure 64 Example for 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 81 2 2 7 5 Change object size For certain modelling classes the size of the objects within the drawing area can be adjusted In the ADONIS Standard 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 3 p 82 If the size of the selected object can be adjusted you will see eight points highlighted C on the outline which can be used to increase decrease its size see fig 65 p 84 Figure 65 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 w y Press the l
45. see chap 5 5 p 54 enter the row height e Adjust row height see chap 5 6 p 55 adjust the height of the rows to the optimum size Note The functions Expand all see chap 5 7 p 55 and Shrink all see chap 5 7 p 55 are only available in the hierarchical ADONIS browser see chap 5 2 2 p 49 The context menu right mouse click for the column header in general contains the following functions e align attribute values see chap 5 10 p 58 align the attribute value of the current column left centre or right 2005 BOC www boc group com page 47 Part Ill e sort ascending descending see chap 5 10 p 58 ascending or descending sorting of the attribute values of the current column 5 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 Enter an attribute value directly into the appropriate cell by double clicking on the cell or select the cell using the cursor keys and press the Enter key If you want to edit several related values of the same attribute i e in the same column press the Shift key click on the cell with the first highest value the mouse pointer changes to and mark with pressed mouse and Shift key the doma
46. smart icon 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 F9 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 Queries Reports 4 Predefined queries BH Relation tables amp Analytical Evaluation Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 39 amp Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 40 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Note The appearance of the smart icons in the quick access bar depends on the particular configuration of the quick access bar see chap 4 p 38 and the current configuration see chap 3 p 125 of the Business Process Management toolkit 2005 BOC www boc group com page 111 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 125 of the Business Process Management toolkit Activate the Simulation component by
47. such a relation is valid between the two classes and such a relation does not already exist between the two objects 2005 BOC www boc group com page 77 Part IV Mew relation Subsequent foutgoing Ed From Merging Merging Ta Anival of customer request Subpracess Change name of policy holder Process start Help Correspondence policy update Subpracess 9 End End Eg Enter new names in system Activity i Parallelite Parallelity Eg Search for partner in Partner System Activity Ereate Cancel ddi Figure 56 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 you have clicked the button other the error message will close both objects you wish to connect will be selected and the new relation window see fig 57 p 78 where the valid relations will be displayed New relation Selection Figure 57 New relation Select in the field select the corresponding connector and click afterwards
48. 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 e Select all objects and connectors in a model by 2005 BOC www boc group com page 81 Part IV Selecting in the context sensitive 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 lt A gt 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 Ctrl 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
49. using several lines A reference to an object within a model is represented by lt object name gt lt class name model name model type gt whereas multiple references within one attribute are shown using several lines 2005 BOC www boc group com page 49 Part Ill 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 double click on the respective cell Depending on the attribute type the following input support dialogs are available 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 function to assign to variables Transition condition To define transitio
50. 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 Note 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 77 p 94 in which the current attribute value will be displayed ACTIVITY 1 ty Activity Cancel Help 2 Figure 77 Change visualised attribute value Note 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 sensitive 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 sensitive menu If they are several the menu item visualised attribute values will be shown with a sub menu item for each attribute 2 2 14 Move connectors edge middle point As well as the start point endpoint and bendpoints Lb a focused connector also shows the edge middle point a see fig 78 p 95 page 94 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process M
51. 104 Select models Number of selected models 2 Cancel Help Humber of models to print 2 2 Figure 91 Page layout In the additional Model view field you can switch between all selected models 2005 BOC www boc group com page 109 Part IV The window Preview and page selection is updated with each change This print preview helps to choose pages for the printout see chap 2 4 6 1 p 110 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 Note 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 Note Depending on your system configuration the information window may appear after the starting printing operation 2 4 6 1 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 Preview and page selection Figure 92 Preview and page selection Note
52. 2 2 7 16 p 96 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 Ctrl v Select the menu item Paste from the context sensitive menu Key lt F12 gt followed by lt p gt Click on the appropriate smart icon amp in the quick access bar Once the Paste function has been called place the mouse on the position within the drawing area at which you would like the object s and connector s saved to be inserted The object s and connectors s to be inserted will be outlined in magenta until they are set in their final position If you move the mouse pointer over the edge of the window or the drawing area it will automatically scroll Click on the location at which you would like the objects to be pasted The pasted objects and connectors are now shown on the model Instead of confirming the position you can cancel the paste process by clicking with the right mouse button Note 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 Note When you paste referenced objects see p 97 you can choose to take over references to the pasted object or leave them to the original object Paste re
53. 3 SVS aS SX PP ME 63 5 13 2 4 SAVES aS die F er 63 5 13 2 9 Save ds HIME ME C AUN evasit bant pr db eoa pe b dob a d Rd E E 63 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Table of Contents 5 13 2 6 Save as comparing representation acr esses eerte nna nnnes 63 Oiled CODY 9 CID OAV Gl siia ii es aret aate te iio o d na RO E e ero ner Ren 63 LS Ld ni MEN POT EE EPT EO rp alread EET ENTRA 64 D OWM NSS statecharts ed sou ett nd t ec DN ttm sc ut pcE ul S uguecD 65 yo 165 0 all dac mcd MM CAE MEE EA 66 7 1 FSI SS Ira dgio cran TET 66 Fak Model related Verslonlhipgi i ritiene niea inert cavea Ra phone in wildness 66 7 1 2 Time related VersloFllll B oscnesssaedud add ubera Ond Santis D nent edu er dco 66 2 lec n 67 IV Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 69 I InrormoaouordoquisltlOTiso eoe cee tom eb dec Da or iu dee DD 69 2s o Modeline ERE E ter et eee E m LL T 70 2 1 NV EPOC UCU OM Er 70 2 2 WiOG G6 GUIT ON d 71 2 2 1 The Working area of the model editor s eeeneseeeceeeene rete nna tanna 71 2 2 2 Si INIRE D mm 72 2 2 2 1 Class Pane M 72 2 2 2 2 FRO TAUION IW DOV ice Aan Acc 73 2 2 3 DVO Sl WWI VCIO m abaceee 74 2 2 4 Modelling modes of the model editor
54. 6 1 1 p 116 pt E3 8 Options documentation Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 39 Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 40 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Note 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 38 and the current configuration see chap 3 p 125 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 RIF XML This way it is possible to integrate the model contents including graphical 2005 BOC www boc group com page 115 Part IV representation into documents via the word processing program or to distribute them on intranet Note The menu items described below refer to the ADONIS Standard Application Library and can vary according to your ADONIS configuration Start the generation of documentation see chap 6 1 1 p 116 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 ta
55. 7 12 Editing attributes in the ADONIS notebooks Double clicking on an object or connector causes its ADONIS notebook see fig 76 p 93 to be opened Within an ADONIS notebook you can edit the attributes of an object or of a connector Note 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 page 92 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit Activity 35066 Activity m T l x ee 5a zm Description TH Order i Input Output fo LL TimeLosts Description x Comment F1 T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T as P zi T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Responsible rale Responsible role eee Display responsible role Classification ex i Figure 76 ADONIS Notebook of the object of the class Activity from the ADONIS Standard 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 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 in th
56. 9 Expand selected levels and corresponding sublevels 29 Expand Shrink 29 Expand shrink version threads 30 Icon File dialogue 34 Icon Notebook 34 in ADONIS notebooks 31 Model types 26 Refresh 27 Save as 28 Show all selected items 30 Show selected items 30 Shrink all branches 29 Shrink selected levels 29 P Paste objects connectors ADONIS clipboard 97 Referenced objects 97 PCX files 129 PNG file 129 2005 BOC www boc group com Appendix Previous model window 100 Print text field 35 Printing models 107 Select pages 110 Relation panel 73 Relinking connectors 88 RTF files 129 S Save model with a different name 105 save models 104 Search for visualised attribute values 99 Select objects connectors 81 service information 126 Short introduction to modelling 13 Simulation 112 algorithms overview 113 introduction 113 simulation algorithms overview 113 Start ADONIS 119 Start ADONIS Single Sign on 121 SVG file 129 Swimlanes 65 Swimmlanes 65 Terms 19 Text input field 35 Time related versioning 66 TXT files 129 UDL files 130 Undo 81 Versioning 66 Basic elements 66 Effects 67 Model related 66 Time related 66 View window 34 for texts 34 Print text field 35 XML file 130 page 133
57. ADONIDO B OWS O an A A 44 5 1 e tecum E G M 44 o2 vind iei C 46 Docs Editable ADONIS DUOWSGF caducis eii n cds Eee ri rerba ers e es bets 48 5 22 Hierarchical ADONISADEOWSBE nemna cime e ec eb c er cid e teh ela 49 5 2 3 Representation of attribute values esses eese nennen nete tenete tn tna tate tn snans 49 5 2 3 1 Representation of program call attribute values suse 50 S272 Edit ee Ne ROG Gt hec aan ect baut tpe beatae eet 51 5 3 Beet OMI Vil MOE casera cette et asda asinine dad astra m 53 5 4 PACIIST COLUM WIG Ue cece RM 54 39 Iter FOWADE LE PU asione a A 54 5 6 Adjust gol Mn ign 55 9 EXAM CRANE SEIEN elles teeta a eter A toi uet e bee vetns 55 5 8 SOLS tatti Dute S CONN arama a a a a d etia ton 56 5 9 EOT E PEE EEPE E T T NAELA E ET E TA E S E T va etal eee A T E 57 5 9 1 SOM USMS altriDUte sc OL BEDS ac ss etian uone eee eene aaa a aaan edis ea aas 57 5 L0 Allen attributesvelilbs itunes ted i che ec ice pueda see deperire cto 58 DL SHOW CA DU Te Valulbssussdctendataen atc retine a 59 DUDAS SUP il aa erect ace acest massac tard unti va ae baa semen usec pcs E deer c si ette id eum ona 59 SN ANE 7 correr 60 5 13 1 Propertie S m t cem 61 5 13 2 Mold QA an T 62 53 2 SAVES table CKD accade D iO vaa vt ne Ut p Fe cd Pe Ou die 62 5 13 2 2 Save as comma separated value CSV ssssesssssssseecsessssessesseessesessessassesseeseeseees 63 5 1 3 2
58. 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 page 16 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Fundamentals of modelling 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 IMPORTANT The example models are based on the ADONIS standard application library Note The description of the example models is to be found in volume Ill of the user documentation ADONIS standard method manual or the online documentation ADONIS standard method Extras menu ADONIS standard method menu item 2005 BOC www boc group com page 17 Part Ill General information about the Business Process Management toolkit Note 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 1 Terms and context In this chapter you will find an introductory description of the terms used in ADONIS as well as thei
59. Activity 1 EH Em Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 2 Activity 2 Figure 75 Representation of crossing points with or without bridges 2005 BOC www boc group com page 91 Part IV Use on all opened models If this option is activated Vl these settings will be saved not only in active model but in all opened models Note ADONIS Administrators have an option to set the appearance of bendpoints and junctions for each type of connector Those settings concern all connectors in a given model 2 2 11 Managing 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 E Add relation see chap 3 2 7 p 33 3 amp Delete relation see chap 3 2 8 p 33 EP Display notebook see chap 3 2 11 p 34 Note To delete connectors via ADONIS notebook select either in the menu Editing the menu item Undo click the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt Z gt or click on the smart icon 2 2
60. Bridges If connectors cross crossing points can be represented with small bridges or without them To make above changes select the Connector edges from the View menu The following dialogue appears Representation of connector edpes Eg Bendpoints CO Always draw rounded angles CO Always draw sharp angles Crossings Default representation CO Always draw bridges Q Always draw continuous lines Apply to all opened models Figure 73 Connectors representation Bend points There are three possibilities to represent bend points Standard settings The bendpoints will be displayed with respect to ADONIS Administrator settings Always display round bends All bendpoints will be rounded regardless of Administrator settings Always display sharp bends All bendpoints will be sharp page 90 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit Activity 1 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 4 Figure 74 Representation of round sharp bend points Junctions There are also three possibilities to display crossing connectors Standard Junctions will be displayed with respect to ADONIS Administrator settings Always display bridges There will be a bridge in the crossing points regardless of Administrator settings Always display crossing lines Junctions are represented only by crossing lines Activity 1
61. Business Process Preparation for modelling see chap 1 2 1 p 14 Modelling objects see chap 1 2 2 p 14 Inserting connectors see chap 1 2 3 p 15 Naming objects and connectors see chap 1 2 4 p 16 Further object modelling see chap 1 2 5 p 16 Control see chap 1 2 6 p 16 OSOE de SOS opes des 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 71 and place a manageable number of objects see chap 2 2 5 p 75 activities decisions on the drawing area To draw an object select it in the class list by clicking on it with the left mous
62. C 21 53 Backaffice clerk 0 733000 O0 QU OLD 21 53 Send the order back to the customer SP Cont 0 358000 OU 000 00 03 35 Backoffice clerk 0 358000 OU QOO OD 0 3 35 DO DOCE DLE 2B 1 4 gt Figure 35 Hierarchical ADONIS browser Example simulation result Before each section either or amp 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 amp means that all information is displayed By clicking on this symbol only summary information is displayed Note Lines without a symbol represent the lowest hierarchy tree and therefore have no other subordinated data Note Due to the hierarchical representation the ADONIS browser will also show empty cells 5 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 5 2 3 1 p 50 depends on the definition of your application library Reference A reference to a model is represented by model name model type whereas multiple references within one attribute are shown
63. EL Models 9 Example Application for vacation Hi O1 Company Maps BD Applying for vacation EB E 02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation Aj SP Decline application 3 3wuarking Environment Models rj Application department Example Application for vacation including resources HH L7 Example Bank Youcher bound transfer Example Health Sector E Example Insurance Example Public Sector elecammunicatian Application mobile phone Inde Including referenced madels References File E part File ICMAppbingforvacainhtm Figure 93 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 selected 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 IMPORTANT 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 Note If you w
64. EX Models E Application for Vacation CG Working Environment Models ES Business Process Models 4 Denial March 2005 February 2003 January 2003 A Application For acation February 2003 January 2003 August 2002 9 Application for Vacation incl Resources 9 Insurance Office Figure 18 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 19 p 31 Models er DE LEX Models CHS Application for Vacation E Working Environment Models CHE Business Process Models 4 Denial March 2003 A Application for Vacation February 2003 9 Application for Vacation incl Resources E Insurance Office Figure 19 Model selection list with shrunk version threads 3 2 Functions in ADONIS notebooks 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 labs on the right hand side of the ADONIS 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 amp and J in the bottom right hand corner enable you to move forwards and backwards through each page of the ADONIS notebook
65. Example Public Sector Example Tealecormunication Application mobile phone Company map A Process model EEE Figure 26 View option Status of a model 4 2 Opened models Clicking on the icon or accessing it from the menu Window gt Navigation gt Opened models or pressing keys lt CrtI gt lt L gt will display in explorer the list of all opened models sorted by model type An active model will be marked on the drawing board Explorer Opened model windows x At d oI 3 3 Business process models HJ SP Decline application O Company maps 9 Document models 73 Use case diagrams 3 73 Working environment models m Application department Figure 27 View option Opened models Note Both menu and key combinations will make hidden explorer visible page 40 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too 4 3 Update the view The icon alternatively Explorer s option in the context menu gt Update is used to make a connection to a ADONIS database to display the newest status Regular updates are suggested especially in the distributed environments where many users can access the same model at the same time An active model will be marked on the drawing board 4 4 Setup visible model types Also for the view Models in database as Opened models it is possible to filter the display of given model types The icon i
66. Find visualised attributes see fig 82 p 99 is displayed In this window you can enter the text or the subtext which should be searched for Find visualized attributes x FJ Sus Find Cancel v Match case Regular expression Help Search mode C Subtest f Full text C Word Figure 82 Search for visualised 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 content of the field Text will be interpreted as a regular expression When the option Regular expression is deactivated there are three types of search to choose between e Sub text the search query will be met when the text being searched for exists as part of a larger piece of text e Full text the search query is fulfilled when an entire label matches the text being searched for e Word the text for which you are searching must exist as an individual word may be bounded by spaces or full stops within one or more labels in order to be successfully located 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 T or is Once the button Find is pressed the current window see fig 82 p 99 is closed and the search is started Any objects or conne
67. L Import ADL Export XML Import XML Export and documentation see chap 6 1 p 115 depends on the current configuration see chap 3 p 125 of the Business Process Management toolkit The Import Export component enables you to export toADL see chap 5 3 p 128 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 115 you can generate from models saved in the ADONIS database HTML or RTF files The Import Export component can be activated by clicking on the appropriate smart icon I within the Quick access bar It can also be activated by clicking with the right mouse button on the component list 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 F9 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 ADL Import ADL Export HTML Generation see chap 6 1 1 p 116 RTF Generation see chap
68. NIS components The additional components Process Cost Analysis Personal 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 ADONIS Process Cost Analysis supports cost optimisation especially overhead costs The system is 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 parallelism and above this many optional process levels are allowed 1 3 2 Personal and Capacity Management The Personal 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 Personal and Capacity Management could be corporate specific configured Next to quantitative Evaluation quality evaluation will also be supported For instance 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 Mana
69. TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Transfer voucher Mi Documents transfer Document model Add Delete Assign Cancel Help Figure 37 Editing an object reference attribute The status of the reference at the beginning of each line indicates whether the reference is valid gt or broken 8 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 5 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 sensitive menu right mouse button and select the Column width menu item In the Set column width see fig 38 p 54 the current column width is shown in the width field 2005 BOC www boc group com page 53 Part Ill set column width Eg Width OK 5 Cancel Help Figure 38 Set column width Enter the value of the column width and then click on the OK button Note Every value between O and 200 is allowed for the column width Note The column width will be given in so called norm signs i e the entered value defines the number of characters which will be displayed in the standard font in the cell 5 4 A
70. agement toolkit 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 Note The offline animation allows you to re run simulations which have been saved in protocol history files apf The difference between capacity and workload analysis can be characterized 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
71. anagement systems DMS Notes Lotus Document management systems supporting ODMA Note For further information regarding customer specific ADONIS interfaces please contact your ADONIS consultant page 12 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Part Il Fundamentals of modelling In this chapter you will find short instructions how to model business processes working environments with use of ADONIS There is also a description of exemplary models see chap 2 p 17 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 70 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 1 Introduction to modelling with ADONIS The comprehensive and integrated modelling of Business Processes takes into account the following aspects Identification of Business Processes see chap 1 1 p 13 Modelling of the flow of business processes see chap 1 2 p 14 Mod
72. anagement toolkit Middlepoint B endpoint lrrevocable yes Endpoint Figure 78 Edge middle point In the ADONIS Standard 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 Note 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 3 p 82 Then click on the edge middle point mark d 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 point of a connector has been moved and you would like to replace it in the geometric c
73. ant 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 117 Part IV Once your documentation has been successfully generated a corresponding message window Is displayed page 118 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Part V Appendix 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 119 or e alternatively as ADONIS user or as a system user with Single Sign on functionality see chap 1 2 p 121 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 80 GmbH 1335 2004 User name Password Database name roa Figure 94 ADONIS login Enter your user name your password the name of the ADONIS database with which you intend to work and click on the button Login Note 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 at the end of the input field After a successful login the Business Process Management toolkit will be started 2005 BOC www boc group com page 119 Part V Additionally the ADONIS app
74. 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 100 The sub model will be placed immediately behind the model which is referring it 2005 BOC www boc group com page 101 Part IV 2 4 Model management Model management refers to the administration and control of the models on which you are working 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 in the quick access bar The window Create new model see fig 84 p 102 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 Create new model B B Eo rl xl Modelype m c Ru c Model goum 2 mieten 73 Models FE Example Application for vacation Cancel FE 7 Example Application for vacation
75. at file extension HTM which can then be viewed through a HTML browser e g Internet explorer 5 13 2 6 Save as comparing representation acr When the format Comparing 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 114 5 14 Copy to clipboard When you select the menu item Copy to clipboard 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 63 Part Ill 5 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 49 p 64 to be displayed Print Preview and page selection Printer MSRVB CTAHP LaserJet 4050 Series PCL Page layout Onentation Portrait CO Landscape CO Printer s default O tt pages height 3 Fit one page CO tt pages width Value 100 2 Number of selected pages 2 Selected pages all Number of pages 2 Figure 49 ADONIS Browser Print Print The field Print contains a list of all available printers Select a printer from the list default
76. ation is permitted between the start and target objects or where a connector 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 81 2 2 7 9 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 72 p 89 the current value is shown in the field New name Rename connectormark x Hew indes Cancel Help Figure 72 Rename connector mark Enter a new value and click on the OK button to assign the new value Note 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 Note When performing an automatic generation of connector marks previously assigned values may be overwritten 2 2 7 10 Changing the representation of connectors In principle representation of connectors is made through the customising However it is also possible for a user to make personal adjustments that will be stored in the particular model Bend points Itis up to user to represent connectors by either square or round bends 2005 BOC www boc group com page 89 Part IV
77. ave the open model with a different version number select the submenu New Version Note Whether the model will be versioned model related or time related depends on the configuration of your application library 2005 BOC www boc group com page 105 Part IV Once you have selected the save as menu item in the model menu the save model as window will appear see fig 87 p 106 in which the current name and the current version number of the model will be entered Furthermore you may also select a model group for the new model As in the dialogue window create new model you can also fade in out the models contained within this model group with the appropriate check box Save model as x New model name Model group Save GP Model 3 Eg Main model group 1 HEX Main model group 2 Refresh New version number E ieee EI Main model group 3 Lancel EI Main model group 4 9 Main model group 5 didi Help Show models contained in groups Figure 87 Save model with a new name You can save the model with a new name or with a different version number in the ADONIS database Note The model name must contain at most 220 characters The version number for the model related versioning see chap 7 1 1 p 66 must contain at most 20 characters Note 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 relat
78. cation civi Activity D Enh ctiviteea Activit 2a OT TCS Enis A 0 Eris 0 Eris ptivilu 3 ctivitu zb ctivitee2b 5ctrvitu 3 Figure 6 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 page 22 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too 2 ADONIS user interface The following chapter provides some useful information on the structure of the graphical user interface of ADONIS The ADONIS user interface follows the structure of other applications However the ADONIS user interface contains some additional features The ADONIS window see fig 7 p 23 appears on the screen after the ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit see chap 1 1 p 119 has been started This window consists of the following six parts Window bar see chap 2 1 p 23 Menu bar see chap 2 2 p 24 Component bar see chap 2 3 p 24 Quick Access bar see chap 2 4 p 24 Working area see chap 2 5 p 25 Explorer see chap 2 6 p 25 Window panel ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit Admin Menu bar Model Edit View Assessment Process stepper Extras Wind
79. ch 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 models 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 amp J 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 combination lt ctrl gt lt s gt or the smart icon lal from the quick access bar page 104 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 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 38 window Models are saved automatically see chap 2 4 4 1 p 105 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 Note If you would like to save the models to a floppy disk then you must use the Import Export see chap 6 p 115 com
80. check that 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 73 Place the mouse pointer Drawing mode see chap 2 2 4 2 p 75 on the object from which the new connector should begin Note The Focus see chap 2 2 7 3 p 82 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 Note The Focus see chap 2 2 7 3 p 82 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 75 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
81. clicking on the smart icon in the 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 F11 and then press the s key to activate the simulation component After activating the Simulation component the following smart icons are available in the Quick access bar f Path analysis rz Capacity analysis Workload analysis steady state P Workload analysis fixed time period f Agents a Offline animation ER Delete simulation results PR Free simulation cache Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 39 G Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 40 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 2 Open model see chap 2 4 2 p 103 amp Print see chap 2 4 6 p 107 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 125 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 112 ADONIS Business Process Man
82. ct IMPORTANT The options Copy Cut see chap 2 2 7 16 p 96 and Paste see chap 2 2 7 17 p 97 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 16 Cut You can cut objects and connectors by selecting see chap 2 2 7 2 p 81 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 e Press the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt x gt e Select the menu item Cut from the context sensitive menu of a selected object If you are cutting only one object marking is not necessary e Click on the Cut smart icon 44 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 95 and afterwards Delete see chap 2 2 7 18 p 98 Once the Cut function has been used it is possible to undo it using the Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 81 function Note A connector can only be cut when it and the two objects it connects are selected Note When you cut referenced objects see p 96 the references to this object wi
83. ctors which match the search query are highlighted If no matches are found then an information window is shown explaining that the particular expression being searched for was not found 2005 BOC www boc group com page 99 Part IV 2 2 7 20 Align Aligning implies that all selected objects see chap 2 2 7 2 p 81 should be placed along the same x coordinate or y coordinate Focus see chap 2 2 7 3 p 82 is very important here Align objects by selecting them and focus see chap 2 2 7 3 p 82 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 88 for horizontal alignment or 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 81 function 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 Win
84. d 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 55 Part Ill To restore to the original state click on the symbol again and it will change from to Note By selecting the menu item Expand all in the context sensitive menu right mouse button all rows of the ADONIS browser will be displayed By selecting the menu item Shrink all in the context sensitive menu right mouse button only the highest level row will be displayed 5 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 Note The function for the selection of attributes columns to display is not available in all ADONIS browsers Note 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 5 9 1 p 57 Select attributes To select the attributes to display i e columns with attribute values open the context sensitive menu of the browser right mouse button and select the Select attributes menu item A window will be displayed see fig 42 p 56 in which all the attributes that can be displayed are shown following the notebook structure Queries Attribute column selection Classes
85. d branches 55 formats save 62 hierarchical 49 Print 64 Representation of attribute values 49 save 60 search 59 Select attributes 56 Select columns 56 settings save 61 Show attribute values 59 Shrink branches 55 sort 57 sort using attribute columns 57 Structure 46 ADONIS notebook 31 ADONIS Explorer 38 Delete a model 42 Expand all branches 41 Finding entries 42 Hide shrink all branches 41 Model group management 42 Models in the database 39 Open models 42 Opened models 40 Rename a model 42 Saving tree structure 43 2005 BOC www boc group com Appendix Set up visible model types 41 This branch is fully expanded 41 Update the view 41 Align objects 100 Analysis 111 APF file 128 Auto save models 105 B Bend points connectors 89 Bendpoints 77 Bendpoints in connectors 77 BMP file 128 Bridges connectors 89 Business Process Management toolkit 69 close 124 file formats 127 start 119 start Single Sign on 121 C Change appearance of connector 87 Change object size 84 Change visualised attribute values Quick Edit 94 Class panel 72 Class panel 72 Relation panel 73 Close model 104 closing ADONIS 124 components 69 Connector edges 89 Copy objects connectors ADONIS clipboard 95 Create a new model 102 CSV file 128 current configuration 125 Cut objects connectors ADONIS clipboard 96 Referenced objects 96 D Define objec
86. d year see fig 5O p 67 page 66 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too Create new model Model type Model group UE zm Company map mm Business process model Working environment model Document model Help Use case diagram Cancel Fe Name Example OSS Month Tear Januar 2o01 Show models contained in groups 7 2 Figure 50 Example for time related versioning when creating models 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 102 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 105 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 e ADONIS Administration toolkit Edit attribute profiles only for time related versioning Import models Attribute profiles Export models Attrib
87. del Editor into Drawing mode see chap 2 2 4 2 p 75 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 button the object is placed on the drawing area You can draw any number of objects of the selected class in this way When you keep the left mouse button pressed when positioning a new object you can see a magenta colour outline around the object By releasing the left mouse button the object will be drawn in its normal colour in 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 magenta outline of an object is displayed on the drawing area the corresponding co ordinates of the location are displayed in the status area 2005 BOC www boc group com page 75 Part IV When you wish to place a different object within your model select it by clicking in the class panel and then continue as described above Note If the object is not placed exactly as you wish on the drawing area
88. djust 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 39 p 54 in the header column Division lines Figure 39 Column separator The mouse pointer will change to 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 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 to the optimal width Note By selecting Adjust columns in the context sensitive 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 5 5 X 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 sensitive menu right mouse button and select the Row height menu item page 54 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too In the Set row height window see fig
89. dow 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 e Press the key combination lt Alt gt lt Left arrow key to display the previous model window or the combination lt Alt gt lt Right arrow key to display the next model window e Click on the smart icon or in the quick access bar The function Activate sub model see chap 2 3 3 p 101 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 103 or brought to the foreground via the ADONIS explorer see chap 4 p 38 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 page 100 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 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
90. drawing movin of objects Model status Figure 51 Working area of the model editor Once a model is open the Class panel see chap 2 2 2 p 72 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 selecting 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 Class panel The modelling bar is located on the left side of the working area This contains the following icons the empty space tool t
91. dth 150m Cancel Height om H Help Assign did Figure 67 Define size and position for objects changeable in size For objects with fixed size the window position size see fig 68 p 87 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 page 86 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit Position Size Activity Activity amp fram left 7 00 em v from tap 2 00 cm Width zB cm PPrevieu Tl Assign Cancel Height 1 40 em Hel Figure 68 Define position for objects with fixed size For swimlanes the window position size see fig 68 p 87 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 5wimlane horizontal 1 2 EJ y from top OOO em Height 4 00 cm __ Assign Figure 69 Define height for swimlanes Change the values by direct input in the field or by clicking the buttons ie 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 2 2 7 7 Changing the a
92. e with activated snap grid the step size corresponds to the snap height or the snap width Note To move aggregated objects and all objects they contain press the Shift key before starting the moving and keep it pressed while moving the aggregated object 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 Standard Application Library In the model detailed below see fig 63 p 83 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 5 Decsion yes Applicaton accepted Hercion ng SP Decline application 1 0 Figure 63 Example for the moving of an object and of its related bendpoints 2005 BOC www boc group com page 83 Part IV 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
93. e 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 page 14 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Fundamentals of modelling ti xi d DM wm Anuomet Mound Ete Wd b Ce W e AR mam OSES eK eer ons Nm ams elo asses 4 n Med ox i Model windows Edit button A Ce Drawing area Exprorer gt 4 D o n o Modeling bar Status bar z m modii T Information for Working area Zoom factor drawing movin of objects Model status Figure 1 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 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 horizontal 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 Proces
94. e 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 Note 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 Ly content of an ADONIS notebook can be saved in a datum Button ll or printed out Button 2005 BOC www boc group com page 93 Part IV 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 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 81 The ADONIS notebooks contain use elements see chap 3 2 p 31 which can support you to input attributes values Note The ADONIS notebook of an object can also be opened using the context sensitive menu of this object right mouse button by selecting the menu item notebook Note In the ADONIS Standard Application Library ADONIS notebooks defined for each class and for the relation subsequent are to be found in the ADONIS Standard Application Library 2 2 7 13 Change visualised attribute
95. e upper side of a model and are placed below each other without any spaces e Vertical swimlanes start at the left side of a model and are placed next to each other without any spaces e 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 e The modelling objects on a swimlane are automatically connected with the swimlane via the relation is inside e All other modelling objects are either entirely inside or outside of a swimlane If 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 e Swimlanes cannot be copied e Swimlanes cannot be moved e When deleting a swimlane all objects placed on it and all connectors leading to these objects will be deleted as well 2005 BOC www boc group com page 65 Part Ill 7 Versioning 7 1 Basic elements ADONIS supports the following types of model and attribute profile versioning e model related versioning see chap 7 1 1 p 66 e time related versioning see chap 7 1 2 p 66 Note In the application library exactly one versioning type is defined and used for all model types available 7 1 1 Model related versioning In the model related versioning a ve
96. e working area Note If 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 Note Models with read only access will be displayed with a padlock e g 98 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 74 by clicking on the exit button by opening the window menu by a single click on the exit button and then selecting the option Close or by the key combination Ctrl F4 If there are unsaved changes in the model the exit button of the model window will be marked with a red star 9 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 Note By selecting the menu item Close all in the Window menu all model windows will be closed Note If you close a new empty Model whi
97. ect connector attributes values Number objects Edit drawing area Generate graphics page 80 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit e Alignment see chap 2 2 7 20 p 100 e Arrange e Check Cardinalities 2 2 7 1 Undo Many Editing actions can be Undone This is only possible immediately after the particular Editing action has been carried out In order to undo an action select the Edit menu and within this the Undo menu item press the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt Z gt or select the smart icon Note The action to be Undone is displayed in the option Undo within the Edit menu When the function Undo is not available this is shown by the text Not possible beside the menu item Undo in the menu Edit 2 2 7 2 Select objects and connectors Any object or connector can be selected simply by clicking on it Selected objects see fig 59 p 81 and connectors see fig 60 p 81 are coloured red Not Selected Figure 59 Not selected selected object _W so nat selected selected Figure 60 Not selected selected connectors You can select several objects and connectors following these methods e Keep the lt Shift gt key or the Ctrl key pressed while clicking one by one on the objects and connectors that should be selected e Select an area with the form of a rectangle which contains the objects and connectors
98. ecute order in calculation center Execution of orders Role Organisational structure Bank Working environment model 00 000 01 00 00 Line toggling 2 SP Accept transfer 3 SP Control signature blocks UE Check if account is 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 ca Decide on the release Sf Order control Role Organisational structure Bank Working environment model 00 000 00 30 00 inermem er service Role Organisational structure Bank Working environment model 00 000 00 10 00 Cell Figure 34 ADONIS browser structure page 46 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too In a hierarchical ADONIS browser see chap 5 2 2 p 49 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 5 2 1 p 48 you can change the values displayed in the cells The availability of this function depends on the one hand on the data displayed and on the other hand on
99. ed versioning see chap 7 1 2 p 66 fields for the validity period of the model e g Month and Year will be displayed instead of the version field Note There must be no model of the same name type and version number already existing within the ADONIS database Note The old model is no longer open it still exists in the ADONIS database and can be re opened as normal Note 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 page 106 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit Admin Number of incoming references 1 Shall they be changed to references to Ehe new model Yes Cancel Figure 88 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 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
100. eft mouse button and at the same time move the mouse pointer As you move the mouse you page 84 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit will 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 sensitive menu right mouse button by selecting the menu item position size define see chap 2 2 7 6 p 85 This change to an object size can be undone using the function Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 81 Note 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 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 6 Define object size and position The size and position of objects can be defined by inputting the exact values in cm Note 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 Standard 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 widt
101. egrated 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 5 p 44 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 5 p 44 EMF files can be inserted into graphic programs and be further edited there or connected to any applications e g spreadsheet calculation programs 5 8 Flow 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 MQSeries Workflow or Flowmark from IBM 5 9 HyperText Markup Language HTML HTML files can be created when saving the contents of the ADONIS browser see chap 5 p 44 and also when generating the HIML documentation from model contents within the Documentation component see chap 6 1 p 115 page 128 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Appendix 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 5 p 44 results JPG fil
102. elling of the organisational structure see chap 1 3 p 16 Entering the model information in the attributes of objects see chap 1 4 p 16 The model type Business Process Model is used to model flows of processes and accordingly the model type 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 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 13 Part Il 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 modelling within ADONIS both methods can be used Flowing modelling guidelines are provided a
103. entre then right click on the connector and select the menu item edge middle point from the context sensitive 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 81 function 2 2 7 15 Copy You can Copy objects and connectors by selecting see chap 2 2 7 2 p 81 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 sensitive 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 in the quick access bar 2005 BOC www boc group com page 95 Part IV 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 Note A connector will only be copied if it is selected with the two objects it connects Note When you copy and then paste referenced objects see p 97 you can choose to take over the references into the pasted object or leave them in the original obje
104. er details 0 Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model O0 000 00 10 00 OO O60 O0 OO OC 3 5P Control signature blocks OOOO 00 000 00 00 10 00 000 00 00 00 EE Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model O0 000 00 00 30 00 000 00 00 00 EE Decide onthe release is 00 000 00 30 00 00 000 00 00 00 Send the order back to the customer 00 000 00 10 00 00 000 00 00 00 EE EEEE 00000000000000 EE Check mistakes in file image sd 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 EE Competetheimage 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 00 00 ao ad 0 ad 0 E Frocess batch of receipts Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model O0 000 00 00 00 BO OCIO DOE CE OCT Send the order back to the customer Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 00 00 OO acn OO OO OC Figure 30 Example for an editable hierarchical browser analysis result e editable non hierarchical Execution time Waiting time Costs Order iz validated by bank clerk DO Ono Or 02 00 4 DD Validate transfer details Do 000 00 10 00 DO 000 00 00 40 zz t Resolve sue 00 000 07 00 00 DO 000 00 10 00 PANI Sort the transfer orders according to the transfer amount DO 000 00 45 00 DO 000 00 41 00 6 00 Send the transfer order back to the cus
105. es 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 5 p 44 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 5 p 44 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 RIF files can be created when saving the contents of the ADONIS browser see chap 5 p 44 and also when using the HTML generation within the Documentation component see chap 6 1 p 115 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 5 p 44 SVG files can be used and pasted into graphic programs and be further changed there or pasted in
106. ew Assessment Extras Window Help Figure 9 Menu bar modelling component 2 3 Component bar You can find the component bar below the menu bar see chap 2 2 p 24 d A Ge ah fI E Modeling OSES ESE o Component list Quick access bar Figure 10 Component bar modelling component The component bar see fig 10 p 24 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 You may 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 F9 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 24 right next to the component bar see chap 2 3 p 24 page 24 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too sH amp suesX4 i 0 AB Ceo te dA SS Figure 11 Quick Access Bar Modelling component The quick access bar
107. ferenced objects If you want to paste an object which is referenced by another object see fig 80 p 98 2005 BOC www boc group com page 97 Part IV ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit Admin Bre d E 2 X Some references to origin objects exist number 1 these can now be changed automatically to references ta the 2 corresponding pasted objects To avoid inconsistencies by references bo objects which have nat been saved yet in case of changing the references the model will be saved subsequently Shall these references be changed now Yes Mao Figure 80 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 2 2 18 Delete First selecting see chap 2 2 7 2 p 81 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 Del e Select the menu item Delete from the context sensitive 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
108. for a non editable hierarchical browser simulation result capacity analysis 2005 BOC www boc group com page 45 Part Ill e non editable non hierarchical Path analysis Business process model SP Accept transfer Expected value DO DO CT 03 39 DO Q0 O0 33 55 DO DOC DC 0 15 00 000 00 22 31 00 000 02 16 20 20 876000 Figure 33 Example for a non editable non hierarchical browser simulation result path analysis 5 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 Note In hierarchical ADONIS browsers see chap 5 2 2 p 49 empty cells will also be shown The picture below see fig 34 p 46 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 Responsible role Execution time 1 BP Voucher bound transfer i E Ex
109. g 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 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 documentation which can then be distributed over the Internet or an Intranet Through the coupling with case 4 O 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 page 10 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit ADONIS In addition to the possibility to adapt the modelling methodology to the needs of the customer the ADONIS standard method ADONIS Standard Application Library is contained within the 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 OM method ISO9000 2000 Note For further information regarding customer specific ADONIS
110. ge the structure of model groups Update to update the view see chap 4 3 p 41 Find entry to search for a model in the Explorer see chap 4 10 p 42 Save tree structure to save the current structure in a text file see chap 4 11 p 43 Expand Shrink to o or hide branches and selected levels see chap 4 5 p Select all entries to select all models and model groups in a current view see chap 3 1 6 p 30 Selected entries to gay selected models and model groups see chap 3 1 7 p 4 1 Models in the database Clicking on the icon or accessing it from the menu Window gt Navigation gt Models in the database or pressing the keys lt Crtl gt lt D gt will display in Explorer folders of saved models together with all the models in that are stored in those folders An active model will be marked on the drawing board 2005 BOC www boc group com page 39 Part Ill Explorer Models in the database x Models 4 Example Application for vacation 01 Company Maps 02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation SP Decline application E 4 3 working Environment Models m Application department Example Application for vacation including resources E Example Bank Moucherbound transfer 01 Company maps O2 Business processes HE Ly 03 Document model O4 working environment E O8 Use case diagram Example Health Sector C G Example Insurance C c d
111. gement component supports a personal planning FTEs and skill management within Call and Multi Media Service Centres The processes in Call and Multi Media Service Centres are used as the basis and input for crucial information regarding time costs and knowledge for instance e How long does it take for a helpdesk query or an address change e What capacity is needed for a given time interval and what costs do arise e How do you document for your employees what action to take in different scenarios 2005 BOC www boc group com page 9 Part 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
112. h and height see fig 66 p 86 The reference point for the position depends on the definition of the graphical representation 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 Standard Application Library The picture below see fig 66 p 86 represents an object changeable in size of the class notice left and an object of the class Activity right from the ADONIS Standard 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 85 Part IV X from left y from top y from top Note Activity x from left Grid Settings Width 0 5cm Height 0 5cm Figure 66 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 sensitive menu right mouse button of the object For objects changeable in size the window position size see fig 67 p 86 with changed settings for the values x horizontally from the left y vertically from the top width and height will be shown Position Size Note Note from left 50cm H Preview v fram tap i5 cm H Wi
113. he class list see chap 2 2 2 1 p 72 and the Relation list see chap 2 2 2 2 p 73 The Edit icon is always visible however depending on the space available e g if the ADONIS window is not at its maximum size only part of the class and relation panels may be visible When this occurs the arrow icons and can be used to display the additional objects By clicking on one of the two arrow icons 2 2 2 1 Class panel The Class panel contains all the classes available for modelling Note The objects displayed in the class panel depend on the Mode currently selected page 72 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit The picture below shows the class panel of the ADONIS Standard Application Library for all model types see fig 52 p 73 o Jc o T T T o cr T T LA T to LT OS e m z c z U Document model Use case diagram Working environment model a megeovapiijer Figure 52 Class panel of the ADONIS Standard Application Library 2 2 2 2 Relation panel The Relation panel contains all the relations available for modelling Note The relations displayed in the relation list depend on the current Mode selected The picture below shows the relation panel for the ADONIS Standard Application Library for all model types see fig 53 p 73 Company map Business process model Working environment II
114. heel support turn vertical scroll lt Crtl gt turn horizontal scroll lt Shift gt turn quick scroll lt Alt gt turn changing zoom factor e Four ADONIS tools Component Bar Quick Access Bar Modelling Bar and Explorer can be moved and docked to any edge or can be freely put in any place It is possible to expand shrink them individually or together The last configuration will be saved and stored e New ADONIS explorer provides improved overview and faster access to Models and model groups either all models with access rights in the Database or all open Models e Particular Context sensitive menus can now be called by corresponding shortcut key e The key F2 now has the function Rename Option Save all is now under lt Shift gt lt Crtl gt S e The tab of the active chapter in the ADONIS notebook now has a colour frame Pointing the mouse arrow on another chapter tab will highlight this tab e Administration of model windows has been improved during the Explorer Development The menu window has been restructured and is now present in all components as Window Smart Icons back previous Models in Database Opened Models e Selection lists in the context menu have all Expand Shrink functions in a common submenu e Key controls in the selection window have been expanded Both left right Arrow Keys are now context dependent Functions e Quick Access Bar can no longer be adjusted by an ADONIS U
115. her the information can be changed into e editable and e non editable browsers The information in an editable browser see chap 5 2 1 p 48 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 5 2 2 p 49 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 44 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too Examples e editable hierarchical Query result Activity Referenced documents Execution time Waling time DIS LLL 00 000 01 00 00 DO QD DO Q0 00 Order iz validated by bank clerk Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 05 00 OO 000 00 00 00 Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 01 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 Serd the transfer order back tothe customer Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model 00 000 00 10 00 00 O60 O0 OO OC Sort the transfer orders according ta the transfer amount Transfer form Document Documents transfer Document model O0 000 00 45 00 BO OCIO DIOE ODE OCT E Validate transf
116. ibute value to display and the following window will be opened see fig 45 p 59 Check signature Activity Description Here vou have ta check if all necessary signatures are available 65 characters Ln Col 66 Figure 45 Show attribute values You can save the displayed attribute value to a file Save button or print it out button press Note It is not possible to change the attribute value 5 12 Search Using the button Search or the same menu 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 46 p 60 is displayed after clicking on this button 2005 BOC www boc group com page 59 Part Ill Search for browser contents Match case Regular expression Search made Subtext C3 Full text Word Figure 46 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 e Match case when this option is selected the search will differentiate between capital and small letters 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 Note It is possible to use wildcards in the field Text for
117. in of the value to edit Press the Enter key to start the input If you press the Enter key again you will finish the entry of the current value and start the entry of the next value Note You can abort the editing of several values at any time by pressing the Esc key Note If a support of input is available for the attribute you wish to edit an appropriate window will be opened Otherwise you can edit the attribute value directly in the cell 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 sensitive 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 sensitive menu right mouse button or press the key combination lt Ctrl gt lt V gt Note 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 the Ctrl key click on the cell with the value to copy the mouse pointer will change to R and select the target area by pressing the mouse button and the
118. ing 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 smart icon amp If any problem with printers occur contact your system administrator 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 button Select model you can select an open model for printing A small dialogue with all opened models will be displayed where you can choose the desired model page 108 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit Print Model selection Models 3 73 Business process models ONI EP Application for vacation 9 Company maps 9 Document models 2 Use case diagrams 9 Working environment models Figure 90 Page layout If more than one model is selected the printing dialogue will change Print multiple models with equal settings each Be i E B x View model Frinter Li BP Application tor vacation Business process model ws HVB CTSHP LaserJet 4050 Senes PCL Preview Page layout Fui page without header Taater I rientatian Portrait Landscape Printer s default Scale C Factor C pages height Fit one page C pages width Factor
119. ing 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 borderlines dashed lines on the drawing area show the actual page layout which will be produced when printing see chap 2 4 6 p 107 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 Note 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 page 74 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 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 38 2 2 4 Modelling modes of the model editor The following two modelling modes are available within the model Editor e Editing mode see chap 2 2 4 1 p 75 e Drawing mode see chap 2 2 4 2 p 75 Note The model Editors modelling
120. k 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 Double clicking on the model in explorer or explorers context menu Open will select the model and show its details With use of keys lt Crt gt or Shift more models can be opened at the same time Double clicking on the name of an already opened model that is minimised or hidden in the background will display the model in the drawing area page 38 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too Description of explorer s smart icons Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 39 Opened models see chap 4 2 p 40 x D d Update the view see chap 4 3 p 41 ig Set up visible models see chap 4 4 p 41 Show all items see chap 4 5 p 41 Hide all branches see chap 4 5 p 41 p lle e Fully expand selected branch see chap 4 5 p 41 Explorer s context menu provides the following functions Open to load selected models from the database see chap 4 6 p 42 Rename Y rename selected model or model groups see chap 4 7 p 42 Delete to delete selected model or model groups see chap 4 8 p 42 Model types to filter the visible model types see chap 4 4 p 41 Model groups management to mana
121. ken 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 amp amp 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 documentation 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 93 p 117 which contains all the models stored in the ADONIS database will appear page 116 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit HIML generation Models Models
122. key pressed 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 sensitive 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 Note 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 7 3 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 Farus With Focus Figure 61 Focused object A focused object has an outline drawn around it see fig 61 p 82 A focused connector is shown with both endpoints with its middle point a as well as all Bendpoints see chap 2 2 6 1 p 77 LJ highlighted see fig 62 p 82 C 0 with focus without focus Figure 62 Focused connector Focus is necessary in order to use the editing functionality Change object size see chap 2 2 7 5 p 84 Change the a
123. lication 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 d lt DB Name gt replace lt DB name gt with the name of the ADONIS database f lt font type name gt ae lt font type name gt with the name of the font to be used in 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 password 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 inco
124. ll be invalid IMPORTANT The options Cut Copy see chap 2 2 7 16 p 96 and Paste see chap 2 2 7 17 p 97 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 79 p 97 since the references of the referenced object become invalid after it has been cut page 96 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit user p 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 Farm Document some incoming inter references exist Click on the OF button ta eut the object anyway References Cancel Help Figure 79 Indication before cutting a referenced object Note When you paste a referenced object see p 97 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 7 17 Paste You can insert copied see chap 2 2 7 15 p 95 or cut see chap
125. mechanisms As ADONIS is method independent the management of Business Processes on different levels is guaranteed ADONIS as a tool for business process management and also complies with the requirements for software ergonomics 1 ADONIS product palette ADONIS version 3 81 is offered as e ADONIS Business Edition see chap 1 1 p 8 or e ADONIS Professional Edition see chap 1 2 p 8 2005 BOC www boc group com page 7 Part The following additional components are not contained in the standard configuration of ADONIS Business or Professional Edition and can be acquired additionally and integrated into ADONIS into any existing modelling method e Process Cost Analysis see chap 1 3 1 p 9 e Personal and Capacity Management see chap 1 3 2 p 9 e Call Centre Management see chap 1 3 3 p 9 e case 4 O interface see chap 1 3 4 p 10 To use ADONIS Business and Professional Edition a set of different modelling methods see chap 1 4 p 10 are available By utilising our interfaces see chap 1 5 p 11 data can be exchanged with ADONIS Business and Professional Edition Note For further information regarding products and services of BOC GmbH 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 Impor
126. modelling methods please contact your ADONIS consultant 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 integrated and adapted for your modelling method application library if required e Data acquisition HOMER BOO contained in the ADONIS Professional Edition Visio Visio Corporation modelling tool e Workflow Management systems MQSeries Workflow IBM Components Fabasoft EasyFlow Heyde TOPAS WPDL WfMC Workflow Management Coalition Staffware 2000 Staffware Unisys Workflow Unisys e CASE tools case 4 0 microTOOL interfaces provided directly in ADONIS see chap 1 3 4 p 10 ObjectiF microTOOL interfaces provided directly in ADONIS see chap 1 3 5 p 10 Rose Rational e ERP systems R 3 SAP reference models R 3 SAP Online interface to integrate R 3 calls 2005 BOC www boc group com page 11 Part R 3 SAP HR integration JuraPack PELI Claims management e Groupware systems Notes Lotus Export interface for company documentation Notes Lotus Online interface to call and integrate Notes documents e BPM tools ibo ibo e Relational databases via an ODBC interface e Document m
127. 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 pointer is shaped like an arrow when in the drawing area and the Edit button is highlighted in the Class panel see chap 2 2 2 p 72 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 72 When in drawing mode the mouse pointer is shaped like a pen 2 and the selected object in the Class panel see chap 2 2 2 1 p 72 or Relation panel see chap 2 2 2 2 p 73 is highlighted An icon from the modelling panel see chap 2 2 2 p 72 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 amp in the modelling panel 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 72 by clicking on it This causes the object to be highlighted and changes the mo
128. mparison of results You can save the results for Spreadsheet txt for Spreadsheet csv for Word processor txt in Rich Text Format rtf as HIML file htm or as comparing representation acr 5 13 2 1 Saveastable 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 Save options see fig 47 p 61 window and clicking on the OK button the window Separators for spreadsheet is displayed see fig 48 p 62 Separators for spreadsheet gt Field separator Save Separator ur Semicolon Cancel Substitution Help Other J Set separator Seperator Heturn Substitution Blank Figure 48 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 page 62 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too In case the separator characters are already used within the data in the ADONIS browser a Substitution character must also be defined which will
129. n 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 5 2 3 1 Representation of program call attribute values The attribute values of program calls can be represented differently depending on the definition in your application library Depending on the definition the values will be shown 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 page 50 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too 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 Executable Double clicking on the cell will show the input dialogue for the program call suppressing the display of 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 prog
130. n the BPM toolkit as well as in the Class Attribute GraphRep within Library Configuration in the Administration toolkit 3 2 6 Expression Dialogue icon When you click on this icon an input window for the expressions see chap 3 2 12 3 p 35 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 I a window in which the attribute values to be added are listed will be displayed Note 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 Note 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 iconE3 a program call will be executed or the referenced model will be shown depending on the attribute type Note The Execute Follow icon is only available in the ADONIS notebook of objects and connectors 2005 BOC www boc group com page 33 Part Ill 3 2 10 File Dialogue icon If you click on this icon amp 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
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132. ng the function key F11 followed by the button m Once the modelling component has been activated the following icons are displayed in the quick access bar Model Administration 1 Create new model see chap 2 4 1 p 102 2 Open an existing model see chap 2 4 2 p 103 3 Save model see chap 2 4 4 p 104 Print model see chap 2 4 6 p 107 Model Navigation T1 Models in the database see chap 4 1 p 39 amp Opened model windows see chap 4 2 p 40 Previous model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Next model window see chap 2 3 1 p 100 Model Editing 34 Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 81 Cut see chap 2 2 7 16 p 96 amp Copy see chap 2 2 7 15 p 95 Paste see chap 2 2 7 17 p 97 f Find see chap 2 2 7 19 p 99 v Global change Drawing area Generate graphics Model View page 70 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit Snap grid active inactive Graphical model view see chap 2 2 p 71 EB Tabular model view EJ Zoom PU Scale 1 1 Cl Show all ag Snap grid visible invisible Model Valuation amp Time and Costs Note The appearance of the smart icons in the quick access list depends on the particular configuration see chap 4 p 38 of the quick access bar and the configuration see chap 3 p 125 of the Business Process
133. o write comments by using both characters and ay page 4 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit 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 81 for Windows 2000 and Windows XP If you are using different operating system the appearance of some screens may be slightly different IMPORTANT Further publication of this documentation in any form including copies is not permitted without the express permission of BOC GmbH 2005 BOC www boc group com page 5 Part ADONIS Successful and dynamic enterprises can achieve decisive competitive advantage through the ability to adapt their Business Processes quickly to the rapidly changing market conditions and through the active arrangement of their core competencies The increasing dynamic globalisation and increasing competition makes efficient Business Process Management an essential goal To enable this the Procedural Modelling Analysis Simulation and Evaluation of Business Processes is an decisive success factor The goals of Business
134. ondensed the following options are available Expand all branches Shrink all branches Expand selected levels Expand selected levels and corresponding sublevels Shrink selected levels Individual options are as follows Expand all branches All hierarchical levels of the list will be fully displayed Shrink all branches Only main hierarchical levels of the list will be displayed Expand selected levels This option has the same effect as clicking on the symbol 4 and it is only available when at least one list entry has been previously selected Entries that are immediately below the next hierarchy level will be collapsed Expand selected levels with corresponding sublevels This function is also only available when at least one entry has been previously selected All entries on all hierarchical levels below this one will be selected regardless of a number and depth of the structure 2005 BOC www boc group com page 29 Part Ill Shrink selected levels This option is called in the same manner as clicking on the symbol E and it is only available when at least one entry of the list has been selected All entries below the selected entry will be collapsed 3 1 6 Select all items By selecting the Select all items menu item or by pressing keys lt Crtl gt lt A gt will select all selectable items in the selection list Note Only the selectable items of the selection list will be selected i e the items
135. ook 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 2005 BOC www boc group com page 37 Part Ill 4 ADONIS Explorer The Explorer is a window that displays ADONIS models and their status see fig 25 p 38 It has its own Quick Access Bar that provides fast access to the functions and views Additional functions are located in the context menu E5 01 gem vp 3 3 02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation SP Declinie application BHG 3 working Environment Models m Application department HE Ly Example Application for vacation including resources Example Bank v oucher baund transfer m Ly O1 Company maps HS 2 Business processes 03 Document model FB O4 working environment 4 Lj O5 Use case diagram Example Health Sector Ly Example Insurance Ly Example Public Sector Ly Example T elecormmunicatian Application mobile phone Figure 25 ADONIS Explorer The explorer can be visible or hidden by pressing lt Crtl gt lt E gt or selecting the option Explorer in the menu Window gt Tools It can be moved and docked to any edge or can be freely put in any position With use of lt Tab gt key a user can change the focus between the Explorer and the active model window Description of text colour in Explorer e Blac
136. ow Help Component list MJ E oe Dae BS Ses 9 OQ RE GO de E23 PA SS Aa e Explorer Models ce x Mod x Exprorer amp C Models Quick access bar Working area Status bar Z Figure 7 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 23 ADONIS component and the user name in brackets and the buttons Minimize Maximize and Close see fig 8 p 24 2005 BOC www boc group com page 23 Part Ill current ADONIS User Maximize Exit Button ADONIS Business Process Management Toolkit user1 ol Close ADONIS component Minimize Figure 8 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 23 When starting the Business Process Management toolkit the modelling component is activated and its menus are displayed in the menu bar see fig 9 p 24 Model Edit wi
137. owser Columns attributes not shown in the browser will be shown in the selection dialogue using grey font If you want to sort using a column currently not displayed you will have to include the column beforehand see chap 5 8 p 56 Note In editable browsers changeable attributes are marked with the symbol and write protected attributes with the Jn symbol Select the attribute according to which the sort should be ordered by and then click on the OK button 5 10 Align attribute values The ADONIS browser offers the possibility to to align the displayed attribute values of a column e 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 sensitive menu right mouse click and select the alignment Left centred or Right Note The current setting is indicated by a hook in the context menu Note he default for text values is left while numbers will be shown right aligned page 58 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too 5 11 Show attribute values To improve the readability of the results or to show texts which are longer than 80 characters you can display attribute values in an appropriate window This is of an advantage when an attribute value cannot be shown completely in the ADONIS browser If you want to show an attribute value double click on the cell with the attr
138. perText Markup Language HTML esee essen eene ana tete atate ans 128 5 10 JPEG File Interchange Format JPG isis tiers etri rd ic RV rr i Rn ER rs 129 SIL 5oitFaltbrus Graphic Pe saei nas isac rave step e satis vete orti e epe teas 129 5 12 Portable Network Graphics CE IN a alea seas petatur mtd Denk emp ve Gera Prts coiere Pour ttn eoi 129 Sdo RICHIE IextROBTSt PP uousomcentasAQ dismiss dei odii Ard AEN d 129 5 14 Scalable Vector Graphics SVG sassesspeusie ie etsi s peter Sod eae rs baron nre H Re 129 NEM ce IS PU SC cP s 129 5 16 User Definition Language DL uode reve tbid en rntela eu E ee Teese ed Peace 130 5 17 Extensible Markup Language XML eee eese esesee sene ene tn ana tute amata tra tese a tassi 130 SEP c m M 131 page IV ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Preface Welcome to gt ADONIS The integrated Business Process Management and Knowledge toolkit from BOC GmbH ADONIS offers you a wide range of various functionalities 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 develo
139. pment 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 process and integrated solutions with different workflow products Knowledge management Training and Learning Production of training supports through graphic models and process orientated knowledge management 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 2005 1 New features in ADONIS version 3 81 If you have already used ADONIS version 3 7 you will find here a short description 2005 BOC www boc group com page 1 Preface e of the innovations in ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit see chap 1 1 p 2 e of the innovations in Administration toolkit see chap 1 2 p 3 More detailed information can be found in the PDF file News in ADONIS 381 pdf which can be found on the ADONIS installation CD in the folder books 1 1 New features in the Business Process Management toolkit 1 1 1 General innovation e The user interface view was adjusted for Windows XP e Immediate Mouse w
140. ponent and export the models to an ADL file Note 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 2 4 4 1 Auto save Using the Auto save function the changes will be automatically and individually saved by the program Auto save Number of changes to invoke an automatic save Figure 86 Auto save You can switch this function on by activating the Active option within the Auto save window see fig 86 p 105 i e the auto save comes after the entered number of changes 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 Assign button to save this setting Note These settings will be stored in your user profile and will remain valid only for the current ADONIS user 2 4 5 Save model with a different name If by model related versioning see chap 7 1 1 p 66 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 7 1 2 p 66 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 s
141. ppearance of a connector The appearance of a connector can be changed by e Adding new bendpoints see chap 2 2 6 1 p 77 or e By moving existing bendpoints or e By removing existing bendpoints e By moving parallel connector edges To create a new bendpoint select the connector you wish to change with the left mouse button and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the mouse pointer to the position of the new bendpoint The section of the connector you are moving will be shown as a blue line Once you release the left mouse button the connector will be drawn in its new position Lh Moving bendpoints works in the same way as moving objects Place the mouse pointer over the bendpoint you wish to movel and click with the left mouse button Move the mouse to the target position and then release the left mouse button Again a blue dashed line will indicate the new bendpoint being created 2005 BOC www boc group com page 87 Part IV To remove a bendpoint you must move it into such a position that a straight line is created To remove all bendpoints of a connector select in the context sensitive menu of a connector right mouse button the item menu delete all bendpoints This editing action can be undone using the function Undo see chap 2 2 7 1 p 81 as described above Moving connector edges parallel Horizontal and vertical connector edges can also be moved in parallel For that purpose a handle grey bar
142. ppearance of connector see chap 2 2 7 14 p 94 and Align see chap 2 2 7 20 p 100 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 page 82 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Components of the Business Process Management toolkit 2 2 7 4 Moving 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 2 p 81 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 sensitive menu right mouse button selecting the menu item position size and then defining the new position see chap 2 2 7 6 p 85 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 millimetr
143. printer is pre selected The printer settings can be checked and if necessary changed by clicking on the smart icon amp If any problem with printers occurs 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 each change This print preview helps to choose pages see chap 2 4 6 1 p 110 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 Note The numbering of pages is done by the line from the left to the right To start printing click on the 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 page 64 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too 6 Swimlanes Swimlanes are special modelling objects stretching horizontally or vertically over the entire drawing area of a model Note 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 e Horizontal swimlanes start at th
144. proposed example the object activity 1 activity 2 and activity 3 see fig 58 p 79 will be automatically connected to the aggregated object according to the relation is inside Note 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 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 81 Select see chap 2 2 7 2 p 81 Focus see chap 2 2 7 3 p 82 Move see chap 2 2 7 4 p 83 Change object size see chap 2 2 7 5 p 84 Define size and position of objects see chap 2 2 7 6 p 85 Change appearance of connector see chap 2 2 7 7 p 87 Re linking connectors see chap 2 2 7 8 p 88 Administrate connectors in ADONIS notebooks see chap 2 2 7 11 p 92 Edit attributes in the ADONIS notebooks see chap 2 2 7 12 p 92 Change visualised attribute values see chap 2 2 7 13 p 94 Moving the connector edge midpoint see chap 2 2 7 14 p 94 Copy see chap 2 2 7 15 p 95 Cut see chap 2 2 7 16 p 96 Paste see chap 2 2 7 17 p 97 Delete see chap 2 2 7 18 p 98 Find see chap 2 2 7 19 p 99 Global change Generate object names Change obj
145. r context For a better understanding these terms and context are graphically represented as follows see fig 2 p 19 Applicationlibrary contains definition for Modelattribute Figure 2 Terms and context in Business Process Management toolkit Note 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 Standard Application Library see fig 3 p 20 2005 BOC www boc group com page 19 Part Ill Model types EJ Model types Company map 4 Business process model All Working environment madel Document model Lane FA Use case diagram Assign L K ISI I ISI Cancel Help n Figure 3 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 classes Each object attribute will be assigned to an attribute type and a standard value during the definition Models based on a model type e g Bu
146. ram 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 5 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 36 p 52 will show the following information e Reference status e Model type icon of the referenced models e Name of the referenced models 2005 BOC www boc group com page 51 Part Ill Accept transfer Referenced subprocess Created references Assign Cancel Figure 36 Editing a model reference attribute References to objects in the list Created references see fig 37 p 53 will show the following information Reference status Class symbol of the referenced object Name of the referenced object Model type icon of the model containing the referenced object Name of the model containing the referenced object page 52 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too Order is validated by bank clerk Referenced documents E oe Imi x Created references ae _ Transfer form Documents transfer Document madel a eee T TRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TT TT TT TTTTTT TT TT TT TT TT TTTTTT T TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
147. rch for entries in the text see chap 3 1 3 p 27 According to the definition of a search text further entries will be found in the text if you click on the Find next button You can print see p 35 the contents of this input field by clicking on the Print button Print text field Before printing the text the window Print text field will be displayed see fig 21 p 35 Print text field E3 Printer SSMTZSHP LaserJet 4050 Senes PS Top3 Portrait Printer settings Cancel Help Figure 21 Print text field Click on the Print button to send the text to the indicated printer Click on the Printer settings button to change the settings for the printout 3 2 12 2 Text input field In the text input field see fig 22 p 35 a one line field for the input of text Is available IK Cancel Help Figure 22 Text input field Note The label of the text input field window title and field label as well as some Standard text entries will be defined in the application library 3 2 12 3 Input dialogue for expressions An input dialogue is available for the changeable attributes of the type Expression see fig 23 p 36 Note The changeability of expression attributes will be defined in the library 2005 BOC www boc group com page 35 Part Ill Availability Performer 17030 Performer Expression ro
148. rrect 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 Note 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 IMPORTANT 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 IMPORTANT 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 dadonisdb x shows the ADONIS login screen see fig 94 p 119 where the field User name contains the value Admin the field Password the encrypted string password and the field Database name the value adonisdb uUser 1 pUser 1 ddatabase h14 page 120 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Appendix 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 Note 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
149. rsion number can be assigned to each model This is the case when creating see chap 2 4 1 p 102 saving as another version see chap 2 4 5 p 105 or renaming the model ADONIS gives neither a specific format nor a specific semantic for the version number According to the use case the user can define the format and semantic It is possible to create a new model version if during the creation of a new model see chap 2 4 1 p 102 the same model name with a different version number is entered Note In model related versioning you can only give version numbers for models not for attribute profiles 7 1 2 Time related versioning In time related versioning a date of validity will be assign during the creation of each model and each 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 its next version The relevant youngest version of a model is the last 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 date as the start 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 consist for instance only month an
150. s Process Management toolkit 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 models If you wish to open a model which was previously saved within the ADONIS database then select the menu item Open from within the Model menu Alternatively use the key combination lt ctrl gt lt o gt or the smart icon 8 from the quick access bar This causes the Model open see fig 85 p 103 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 imi xl zi 4 Models Lj Example Application for vacation References FH Ly Example Application for vacation including resources H i3 Example Bank Voucher bound transfer Modeltypes ES E dc U1 Compary maps pores Ly 02 Business processes amp ij 3 Daecument model Cancel i working environment 08 Use case diagram Help Example Health Sector Example Insurance HE Lj Example Public Sector
151. ser e Performance has been improved in different areas 1 1 2 Modelling e Snap grid can be helpful in changing different objects size With this feature it is easy to scale different objects to identical dimensions The snap grid coupling can be deactivated by pressing lt Crtl gt key e here are two improved dialogs to generate graphics also for model and model parts as for Page section arrangement e Horizontal and vertical connector edges can now be moved in parallel page 2 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit Preface Connectors that cross can be represented by bridges so that it is possible to present modelling levels for connectors as well Bridges can be expanded or shrunk by ADONIS User Default setting is made by ADONIS Administrator It is possible to add an object in tabular modelling When a new object is added in a graphical diagram it is placed in a free spot Because of that it is now possible to switch to classes in the tabular modelling that have not been used in the active model During graphical modelling the empty space tool provides a desirable amount of space at any place in a model in which a new object can be placed Print scaling options can also be changed in Print dialogue as in Page layout and they can be saved for each model individually Improved printing dialogue Scale factor will be shown with every chosen scale Most models can be printed directly from the printing dialogue
152. ses 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 112 of Business Processes 2005 BOC www boc group com page 15 Part Il 1 2 4 Naming objects and connectors The next step is to name the objects see chap 2 2 7 12 p 92 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 16 which describes the method 1 2 6 Control Finally you should check your model An efficient manual method is to follow the flow within your model Check the order of activities and deci
153. siness 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 e lolx Model Edit View Assessment Process stepper Extras Window Help te Bie t e Mein OSS jE eo 5 7 EB Geo jo d ES E 73 Models B Example Application for vacation C3 01 Company Maps 53 02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation A SP Decline application Class HO 03 Working Environment Model Activity Deen ee ee amp 5 01 Company Maps 02 Business Process Models A BP Application for vacation A SP Decline application resc 4 3 03 Working Environment Model H C3 Example Insurance model 1 Figure 4 Model classes and objects in ADONIS The representation above see fig 4 p 20 shows the model BP model 1 of the model type Business Process Model page 20 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too All classes available for the modelling of models are shown in the modelling bar see chap 2 2 2 p 72 on the left side
154. sioning is being used 3 1 1 Model types A list of all defined model types is displayed in the window Model types see fig 13 p 27 page 26 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too Model types E3 Model types Company map 4 Business process model All Working environment model Document model Ler Use case diagram Assign C K SII fs Cancel rit Help Figure 13 Model types of the ADONIS standard library The current status of each model will be displayed activated M or deactivated LJ Click in the Status square to change the status If you click on the All button all model types will be activated By clicking on the None button all model types will be deactivated After the successful change click on the Assign button to display the updated model selection list i e only the models of the activated model types will be shown Note In the standard display all model types are activated Note The model types menu item is only available in the model selection lists 3 1 2 Refresh By selecting the Refresh option Icon the selection list will be updated i e a comparison with the current status of the ADONIS database will be carried out 3 1 3 Entry search By selecting the button Entry search you can search for entries in the list When this button has been selected the window Entry search is displa
155. sions as well as the object and relation labels see chap 1 2 4 p 16 Correct any invalid objects relations and labels and insert any of them as required l 3 J 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 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 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
156. splayed within a column Note 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 sensitive menu of the browser right mouse button In addition it is possible to select the attribute to use 7 column for the sort using a dialogue for selection see chap 5 9 1 p 57 Therefore open the context sensitive 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 5 9 1 Sort using attribute columns After selecting the menu point Sort within the context sensitive menu of the browser all attribute columns within the respective notebook structure are displayed see fig 44 p 58 2005 BOC www boc group com page 57 Part Ill Model attributes Sort Ea Sort criterion Te Alphabetically according to the modelname EX Description Cancel Kepwords Description Help Comment EME User attributes Model type State Reviewed on Reviewed by EME System attributes Author Creation date Last user Date last changed Number of objects and relationis e gt e e v Sort in ascending order Figure 44 Attribute selection to sort Example from tabular model display Note It is only possible to sort with columns being displayed in the br
157. 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 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 he 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 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 changin
158. t Export Note 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 the ADONIS users by entering a new license key Alternatively it is also possible to further restrict the composition of the ADONIS Business Edition Note When using the ADONIS Business Edition smart icons of not supported 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 configuration only the smart icons corresponding to functionality of ADONIS Business Edition will be displayedperiod 1 2 ADONIS Professional Edition Within the ADONIS Professional Edition all components of the ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit are available page 8 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit ADONIS Note 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 l 3 Additional ADO
159. t size position 85 Definition of object size and position 85 Delete objects connectors 98 Referenced object 98 Documentation 115 Generate 116 Drawing connectors 76 Drawing mode 75 Drawing objects 75 page 131 Part V E Edges connectors 89 Editing connectors 80 Align 100 Bend points 89 Bridges 89 Change 87 Change visualised attribute values 94 Connector edges 89 Copy 95 Cut 96 Define size and position 85 Delete 98 Drawing connectors 76 Editing attributes 92 Find 99 Managing in ADONIS notebooks 92 Move connectors edge middle point 94 Paste 97 Relinking 88 Rename marks 89 Select 81 Editing attributes in ADONIS notebooks 92 Editing mode 75 Editing objects 80 Align 100 Change size 84 Change visualised attribute values 94 Copy 95 Cut 96 Cut referenced objects 96 Delete 98 Delete referenced object 98 Drawing objects 75 Editing attributes 92 Find 99 Moving 83 Paste 97 Paste referenced objects 97 Select 81 EMF file 128 Entry search 27 Display search results 28 Evaluation 114 Example models 17 Explorer 38 FDL file 128 file formats 127 ABL 127 ACR 127 ADL 128 APF 128 BMP 128 CSV 128 EMF 128 FDL 128 HTML 128 JPG 129 PCX 129 page 132 PNG 129 RTF 129 SVG 129 TXT 129 UDL 130 XML 130 Focus 82 G general context 19 General information about the Business Process Management toolkit 19 Generate documentation 116 H
160. ters will be distinguished while finding the given term e Regular expression searched entry will be interpreted as a regular expression not a string of signs e Subtext a searched term can be found in the text that does not have to be a whole word e Full text only the results that exactly match the search string will be taken into consideration e Word A searched term must be a word The word is defined as a string of signs of desired length that is on both sides separated by punctuation mark space period 4 11 Saving tree structure To save tree structure click on Save tree structure in the context menu The contents of explorer can be exported to the external data under a name assigned by a user Information will be stored in the ASCII Text format 2005 BOC www boc group com page 43 Part Ill 5 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 70 Analysis Component see chap 3 p 111 Simulation Component see chap 4 p 112 and the Evaluation Component see chap 5 p 114 5 1 Classification In ADONIS different types of browsers are available They can be divided into e hierarchical and e non hierarchical browsers and depending whet
161. the write access to models from which the data is taken from For example you can edit the results of an Analysis query directly into the ADONIS browser if you have previously opened the models for the query with a write access Note 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 Note Write protected attributes in editable ADONIS browsers will be shown in grey font The context sensitive menu right mouse button in the ADONIS browser contains among other things the following functions e Expand all see chap 5 7 p 55 show the entire contents of the browser by expanding all areas e Shrink all see chap 5 7 p 55 only shows the highest level e Save see chap 5 13 p 60 save the contents of the browser in a file e Print see chap 5 15 p 64 print the contents of the browser as currently displayed WYSIWYG e Find see chap 5 12 p 59 search for specific text within the browser e Copy to clipboard see chap 5 14 p 63 copy the contents of the browser to the clipboard e Select attributes columns see chap 5 8 p 56 select the columns which have to be shown attributes e Sort see chap 5 9 1 p 57 sort the browser contents e Column width see chap 5 3 p 53 enter the column width e Adjust column width see chap 5 4 p 54 adjust the width of the columns to the optimum size e Row height
162. 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 124 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit 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 name of database Current configuration see fig 98 p 125 is displayed Current configuration BE xl Customer number Users paca mbH 30 Components Help Figure 98 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 the ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit are marked by a tick 2005 BOC www boc group com page 125 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 99 p 126 Address BOC Ltd Bu Haddington Road Dublin 4
163. time After you have clicked on the start object move the mouse pointer to the appropriate position The window will scroll automatically You can cancel the drawing of a connector by clicking on the right mouse button 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 77 within a connector Note 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 78 Connectors are usually created using the point and click method described above However it is also possible to create relations using the Object context sensitive 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
164. tionality elements Operation elements buttons accelerator keys are found in a number of areas in ADONIS in order to provide support Operating elements are available by selection see chap 3 1 p 26 and e in ADONIS notebooks see chap 3 2 p 31 3 1 Functionality selection The operation elements which can be selected are displayed in every window e g Open model Queries ADL Export when opening the context sensitive menu by clicking with the right mouse button The following general functions are available in most windows as well as the specific functions relevant to the particular area e Model types see chap 3 1 1 p 26 This function is only available in the model selection list e Manage model groups This function is only available in the model selection list Refresh see chap 3 1 2 p 27 Entry search see chap 3 1 3 p 27 Save as see chap 3 1 4 p 28 Expand Shrink see chap 3 1 5 p 29 with the following options Expand all branches Shrink all branches Expand selected level Expand selected levels and corresponding sublevels and Shrink selected levels available only in hierarchical selection lists e Select all items see chap 3 1 6 p 30 e Selected items see chap 3 1 7 p 30 e Shrink Expand time related versioning see chap 3 1 8 p 30 This function is only available in model and attribute profile selection lists if time related ver
165. to any other application e g text software 5 15 ASCII Text TXT TXT files are generated when saving simulation see chap 4 p 112 and analysis see chap 3 p 111 as well as the contents of an ADONIS notebook see chap 3 2 p 31 TXT files can be inserted in other applications and edited further 2005 BOC www boc group com page 129 Part V 5 16 User Definition Language UDL UDL files are created by exporting users and or user groups in the User administration 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 page 130 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit 6 Index ABL files 127 ACR file 127 Activate submodel 101 ADL file 128 ADONIS 7 component bar 24 Explorer 25 menu bar 24 New features in version 3 81 1 Product palette 7 quick access bar 24 Quick Access bar 24 user interface 23 window bar 23 Working area 25 ADONIS 17 ADONIS browser 44 adjust column width 54 Adjust row height 55 Align attribute values 58 Classification 44 Copy to clipboard 63 editable 48 Enter column width 53 Enter row height 54 Expan
166. tocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems without the prior written approval of BOC GmbH Table of Contents PELOIdCO minannar aaa 1 1 New features in ADONIS version 3 81 uo sssssessssssssssssssssssesessssssessesassessssssesesessesassesseseseesesansesseseneesens 1 1 1 New features in the Business Process Management toolkit sss 2 I T General MdroVallobtisucu cett eL oreta cive n oc a vor um od 2 1 1 2 DOGS inre 2 iS pot EXDOF snae ete cariuctamete ante ntt M Db LlB a MI CEDE 3 1 2 New functionality in the Administration toolkit essere 3 1 2 1 General news and improvements eese nene tn aranea snae tata aaa seta saa ra tates sans 3 1 2 2 EIDFar Talde SUL t csie ud diced me didicerim icd ease dame aeree 3 1 2 3 LEO AGO SCD UIE EXDFesSIOFISqsmbsteteniteuh ui st ecsfeci eden cvsldusi ide den edeletusbinus edocs 4 MER OU aaa east n 5 Hes ADONIS soia E REFERS VD uM CES M cU DISSE TRECE F MEN FENCE NN VUES emma 7 l ADONIS DIOGHOD DOO UO iesus timum Ipae venom t ierit p afe ut Uic ear si tt E Eb Eh tenore 7 Jt ADONIS BUSNES SS EIU OM deana c 8 1 2 ADONIS Proressional Edito M sc aree e aaa a iaa aa aaa aa E 8 1 5 Additional ADONIS corporentsusssusesnuspekedtiemdua tudin emat uut M da eae 9 1 3 1 ADONIS process cost analySiSsimesscdicsc vet ote heel bsec i udo R 9 1 3 2 Personal and Capacity Management
167. tomer O0 000 00 10 00 DO 000 00 00 03 9 00 Figure 31 Example for an editable non hierarchical browser tabular model representation e non editable hierarchical Capacity analysis Process related Per process Application model APPLICATION MODEL Bunespoces Aci Pefomer Number Execution time Wanglme Restingtme Transport time Cycletme Pe 1 5P Control signature blocks 00 000 00 26 41 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 00 00 26 41 eo 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 eo 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 e 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 00 00 00 00 e 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 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 lt gt Figure 32 Example
168. undi payal i Presence Hours per day J pavall Presence Days per week 40 100 Figure 23 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 By clicking on the Assign button the entered value will be copied into the attribute Note he entered value must contain at most 3600 characters 3 2 13 Accelerators The accelerators in the ADONIS notebooks support you in navigating through the notebook and entering attribute values The accelerators are identified by underlined letters and are contained in all chapter names and attribute names see fig 24 p 37 page 36 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too Activity Activity Qe 0 m king enviranmerl e er simulation dala Sin lation resulls amal tool coupling ms Display responsible role Eias cation Ce Ce Figure 24 Accelerators in ADONIS notebook Navigation using accelerators is carried out using a key combination of Alt and the underlined letters When you enter 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 attribute so that you can input a value or edit the existing value When you wish to turn the pages of the noteb
169. ute profiles export only for time related versioning 2005 BOC www boc group com page 67 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 70 your business processes as well as your working environment organisational structures The Business Process Management toolkit offers you extensive functionality which allows you to acquire see chap 1 p 69 analyze see chap 3 p 111 simulate see chap 4 p 112 and evaluate see chap 5 p 114 your business processes and working environments in a cost effective way Note 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 l 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 an ADONIS Business Process Model 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
170. ve icon lil the entire contents of the ADONIS notebook can be saved in a TXT file see chap 5 15 p 129 ASCII Text 3 2 2 Print icon By clicking on the Print icon amp 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 3 a window with additional information on either the class or the particular attribute as appropriate is displayed Note The Info icon is only available in the ADONIS notebooks of objects and connectors page 32 ADONIS Business Process Management toolkit General information about the Business Process Management too 3 2 4 Large text field icon When you click on this icon L1 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 It is also possible to print out the contents of these fields 3 2 5 Dialog icon When you click on this icon O a support dialogue for the particular attribute value is displayed It supports the entering of complex attributes e g performer assignment statistical distributions for the generation of variables graphical representation of objects and connectors etc Note The Dialogue icon is only available in the ADONIS notebooks of objects and connectors i
171. 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 d lt DB Name gt replace lt DB name gt with the name of the ADONIS database f lt font type name gt Ud font type name with the name of the font to be used in The default font for Windows is MS Sans Serif h font size replace font size 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 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
172. xtension 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 112 and query results to be later used in the Comparing of results option within the evaluation see chap 5 p 114 component 2005 BOC www boc group com page 127 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 through 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 5 p 44 results BMP files may be opened or inserted into graphics programs and may be edited further there or int
173. yed see fig 14 p 27 Zz Search wn Cancel Match case Regular expression Help Search mode Subtest C Full text C Word Figure 14 Entry search 2005 BOC www boc group com page 27 Part Ill 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 e 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 it may be followed by blanks or a full stop etc start the search by clicking on the Search button When entries matching the search criteria are found in the list the search results will be displayed see chap 3 1 3 1 p 28 3 1 3 1 Display search results The entries matching the search criteria will be displayed in the Found entries lt Search criteria gt according to the hierarchy see fig 15 p 28 Found entries Application for Vacation

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