After you have modeled your business process, define simulation-relevant output data,
such as times, costs, quantities, etc., for activities, dialogs, script services, and Web services. Then start the simulation of the executable process (Process Governance Simulation). If the simulation of a process instance fails, the Process Governance administrator receives a notification and a message is displayed in Console. Use the error log on the Messages on executable processes bar ( Explorer tab) and the Governance simulation bar (
model tab) to identify and solve errors in the simulation data or in process modeling.
Further information about the simulation is provided in process administration on History and Instances. If necessary, correct errors in the modeling or the output data. If you changed the simulation data only, restart the simulation. If you changed the
business process, you must update the executable process before you start the simulation.
Under ARIS > Options > Process automation > Simulation you can specify the simulation settings. Alternatively, you can adjust the settings for the current simulation run after starting the simulation using the configuration in the Simulate governance process dialog.
Please note the following:
A process for which the simulation is performed cannot be used by other users.
It is not possible to start a governance process for processes generated by the simulation
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Simulation data can only be specified for dialogs, script services and Web services if the objects are connected with an object of the Human task or Start event type and a data flow is available for the human task/start event. If no simulation data is defined for script and Web services, the data defined in the governance process is used for them.
If a simulated process has a loop, the corresponding process instance is automatically terminated.
Automation-relevant means that these are organizational elements that the convention allows.
Objects included in the simulation, but without defined simulation data are executed with the defined attributes.
Sample processes with predefined simulation data are available in the reference database Governance Automation Models.