Importing and Exporting BPMN 2.0 Files

PowerDesigner can import and export BPMN 2.0 files, with a particular emphasis on supporting SAP BPM and the Eclipse BPMN2 Modeler.

Context

PowerDesigner supports round-trip importing and exporting of SAP BPM v7.3 and higher BPMN 2.0 files. PowerDesigner Web makes your process models available for browsing and importing directly into the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio Process Composer v7.3 EHP1 SP15 or higher.

To import a BPMN 2.0 file into your diagram, click the Menu tool and then select Import BPMN2 File.

Note The import will overwrite any existing content in your diagram.

To export a BPMN 2.0 diagram, click the Menu tool and then select Export BPMN2 File.

The following BPMN 2.0 objects are supported in import and export:

Supported Objects
DocumentRoot, Definitions, Property, Documentation, TextAnnotation Process Task, GlobalTask, GlobalBusinessRuleTask, GlobalManualTask, GlobalScriptTask, GlobalUserTask, BusinessRuleTask, ManualTask, ReceiveTask, ScriptTask, SendTask, ServiceTask, UserTask Transaction, CallActivity, SubProcess, AdHocSubProcess Message, MessageFlow Participant, ParticipantMultiplicity Collaboration Lane, LaneSet SequenceFlow MultiInstanceLoopCharacteristics, StandardLoopCharacteristics Association Group InputOutputSpecification, InputSet, OutputSet DataObject, DataStore, DataInput, DataOutput, DataState DataAssociation, DataInputAssociation, DataOutputAssociation DataObjectReference, DataStoreReference BoundaryEvent, IntermediateCatchEvent, StartEvent, EndEvent, ImplicitThrowEvent, IntermediateThrowEvent CancelEventDefinition, CompensateEventDefinition, ConditionalEventDefinition, ErrorEventDefinition, EscalationEventDefinition, LinkEventDefinition, MessageEventDefinition, SignalEventDefinition, TerminateEventDefinition, TimerEventDefinition ComplexGateway, EventBasedGateway, ExclusiveGateway, InclusiveGateway ParallelGateway Operation, Interface BPMNDiagram, BPMNPlane, BPMNShape, BPMNEdge, Bounds, Point

Supported Objects

DocumentRoot, Definitions, Property, Documentation, TextAnnotation
Process
Task, GlobalTask, GlobalBusinessRuleTask, GlobalManualTask, GlobalScriptTask, GlobalUserTask, BusinessRuleTask, ManualTask, ReceiveTask, ScriptTask, SendTask, ServiceTask, UserTask
Transaction, CallActivity, SubProcess, AdHocSubProcess
Message, MessageFlow
Participant, ParticipantMultiplicity
Collaboration
Lane, LaneSet
SequenceFlow
MultiInstanceLoopCharacteristics, StandardLoopCharacteristics
Association
Group
InputOutputSpecification, InputSet, OutputSet
DataObject, DataStore, DataInput, DataOutput, DataState
DataAssociation, DataInputAssociation, DataOutputAssociation
DataObjectReference, DataStoreReference
BoundaryEvent, IntermediateCatchEvent, StartEvent, EndEvent, ImplicitThrowEvent, IntermediateThrowEvent
CancelEventDefinition, CompensateEventDefinition, ConditionalEventDefinition, ErrorEventDefinition, EscalationEventDefinition, LinkEventDefinition, MessageEventDefinition, SignalEventDefinition, TerminateEventDefinition, TimerEventDefinition
ComplexGateway, EventBasedGateway, ExclusiveGateway, InclusiveGateway ParallelGateway
Operation, Interface
BPMNDiagram, BPMNPlane, BPMNShape, BPMNEdge, Bounds, Point

The following BPMN2 objects are supported for modeling in the desktop PowerDesigner client, but are not supported for modeling in PowerDesigner Web, or for import and export:

Modeling Objects Not Supported in Import/Export
ChoreographyTask, GlobalChoreographyTask, Choreography, SubChoreography, CallChoreography CorrelationKey, CorrelationPropertyBinding, CorrelationPropertyRetrievalExpression, CorrelationSubscription, CorrelationProperty Conversation, SubConversation, ConversationNode, ConversationLink, GlobalConversation, CallConversation

The following BPMN2 objects are not supported for modeling or in import and export:

Unsupported Objects
CorrelationPropertyBinding, CorrelationPropertyRetrievalExpression, CorrelationSubscription MessageFlowAssociation, ParticipantAssociation, ConversationAssociation ResourceAssignmentExpression, ResourceParameter, ResourceParameterBinding, ResourceRole InputOutputBinding ItemDefinition ImplicitThrowEvent Assignment Auditing ComplexBehaviorDefinition Monitoring Relationship Rendering Expression, FormalExpression PotentialOwner HumanPerformer Category, CategoryValue EndPoint Error Escalation PartnerEntity, PartnerRole Resource Signal Extension, ExtensionAttributeDefinition, ExtensionAttributeValue, ExtensionDefinition Import

Unsupported Objects

CorrelationPropertyBinding, CorrelationPropertyRetrievalExpression, CorrelationSubscription
MessageFlowAssociation, ParticipantAssociation, ConversationAssociation
ResourceAssignmentExpression, ResourceParameter, ResourceParameterBinding, ResourceRole
InputOutputBinding
ItemDefinition
ImplicitThrowEvent
Assignment
Auditing
ComplexBehaviorDefinition
Monitoring
Relationship
Rendering
Expression, FormalExpression
PotentialOwner
HumanPerformer
Category, CategoryValue
EndPoint
Error
Escalation
PartnerEntity, PartnerRole
Resource
Signal
Extension, ExtensionAttributeDefinition, ExtensionAttributeValue, ExtensionDefinition Import