Data objects states to be visible on BPMN lines and data model

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Sylwester Tomczyk

5 juli 2023 10:16

When modelling a process in BPMN/Swimlanes I would like to have an ability to display a data object state. I used BPMN to demonstrate how the individual process steps alter the ticket in a system as that gives me the chance to show who is supposed to make an action and what that action is. 

For instances when an order is created it is in the New state, later when it's assigned to somebody, it's going to In Progress. So if the order is modelled as the data object, then it state for this data object changes along. 

 

Additionally being able to name individual Data Object states it would be possible to compare the process ways of altering the states with a state machine for a given object and see if there is anything missing either in the process or in the state machine. 

 

 

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  Roeland Loggen

  11 juli 2023 18:28

  Nice. BPMN compliant. 

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  Ameya Sapre

  2 augustus 2023 08:20

  Hi Sylwester Tomczyk,

  This is an interesting wish. Thank you for sharing.

  Just curious, is state an editable property on a data object in this use case?

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  Sylwester Tomczyk

  8 augustus 2023 11:02 Bewerkt

  Hello Ameya Sapre 

  As far as I can tell it is a reference to a collection as objects can usually have different states.

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  Ameya Sapre

  9 augustus 2023 06:22

  Hi Sylwester Tomczyk,

  A data object can have a reference to a business object from ArchiMate and that business object can change state as the process is executed. Is this what you mean? If so, where/how do you maintain the state on the referenced business object?

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  Sylwester Tomczyk

  9 augustus 2023 07:37

  Hi Ameya Sapre 

  I used to use the states of the data objects when drawing the BPMN flows to display how the object state changes when going thru different steps. Thus I don't necessary imply that it is the business object that has to be added to the BPMN flow to display.

  I looked at the OMG BPMN SPEC and I found the following:

  https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/2.0/PDF the definition is on the page 205 and 206.

  

  

  Let me know if that helps to understand if the above references are anyhow helpful. 

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  Ameya Sapre

  10 augustus 2023 07:40

  Hi Sylwester Tomczyk,

  This is very helpful. May I please contact you via email?

  Thank you,

  Ameya

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  Sylwester Tomczyk

  25 september 2023 14:19 Bewerkt

  Hi Ameya Sapre 

  sure, please do *

  TY

  Sylwester

   

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  Roeland Loggen

  12 augustus 2023 07:35

  Here is an example

   

  

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  Ameya Sapre

  14 augustus 2023 08:35

  Hi Roeland Loggen,

  Thank you for sharing the example.

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