Open and Save Diagrams

Learn how to open diagrams in the explorer of SAP Signavio Process Manager, save diagrams, run modeling convention checks, and restore an older version of a diagram.

In SAP Signavio Process Manager, you open diagrams in the explorer. You edit diagrams in the editor.

Open a Diagram

Open the explorer and navigate to the diagram.
Select the diagram and choose Edit Edit diagram in the explorer menu.

The diagram opens in the editor in a new browser tab.

Save a Diagram

While you keep the editor browser tab open, your changes are saved automatically in the background. When you save the diagram, you create a new diagram revision.

All items related to a diagram by links are listed when you save a diagram.

To save a diagram, follow these steps:

Choose (Save) in the toolbar.
When you save a diagram for the first time, enter a descriptive name and select the directory for saving the diagram.

You can edit the diagram name later.
Add a comment about your current changes.

Adding comment helps other modelers and collaborators to understand and track your changes. Your comments are shown in the feed in the explorer.
Depending on the modeling notation, you can open the modeling convention checks by choosing (Review). This closes the Save dialog.

You can save the diagram with errors and warnings.
Choose Save.

A new revision of the diagram is saved.

Restore Older Revisions of a Diagram

You can restore a previous revision of a diagram in the activity feed.

Follow these steps:

Select a diagram.
Choose Expand in the bottom panel of the explorer. Alternately, you can press the space bar.

The panel expands, showing a preview of the diagram.
To access previous revisions, choose Feed. The activity feed is displayed.
Select the revision you want to restore and choose Restore revision.
Add a comment and confirm in the dialog.

The previous revision is restored.