What is a Process Model?
A process model is a diagram that represents a conversation (or business process). The following figure illustrates a sample process model. For further explanation, see the text that follows the figure.
Sample Process Model
A process model consists of:
Steps. The basic unit of work in a process model.
Transitions. The lines between steps that indicate the execution order of steps within the process model.
Pools. Pools are constructs that help organize your process project. You can create pools that represent different organizations, or different parts of a single organization, such as departments.
Annotations (notes or text). The labels, notes, and explanatory text in a process model.
For more information about steps, transitions, pools, and annotations, see the webMethods Designer online help.
The steps in a process model determine how the Process Engine conducts a conversation, which includes how the Process Engine processes a Chem eStandards message. For information about the Process Engine, see
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Software AG Designer Online Help.
The webMethodsChem eStandards Module provides process model templates that you can use to build your own process models. You customize the process model templates by specifying how the process model is to interact with your back‐end systems. You do this by editing the services that are invoked by the steps of the process model, replacing the Chem eStandards Dummy Doc Types with the TN XML document types that you have created for steps that are waiting for action documents, specifying inbound and outbound mapping services, and enhancing the provided error and exception handling services, if necessary.
You useSoftware AG Designer to customize the process model templates based on the Chem eStandards process you are implementing. For more information about process models and Designer, see the Software AG Designer Online Help.
