Converting templates

Process Designer Express provides the following conversion functionality:

Importing files

Process Designer Express can import BPEL and UML (in XMI 1.1) files for use in a collaboration template. Use the information in these files to create a new template definition.

Perform the following tasks to create a new collaboration template based on existing BPEL or UML (in XMI 1.1) files:

  1. Ensure Process Designer Express is open.
  2. Click File --> Import. The Process Designer Express Importer opens.
  3. Select the file type you want to import, and then click Next.
  4. Select the location of the BPEL or UML source file or files.
  5. Select the file or files you want to import.
    Note:
    If you are planning to use BPEL files, you must import all three of the .bpel, .wsdl, and .bpelGUI.xml files. Use the Ctrl key to select all three files for import.
  6. Click Next to begin the import process. After the import is complete, the New Template dialog box opens.
  7. Select the name of the user project the template belongs to in the Project field.
  8. Type the name of the template you are creating in the Template Name field. A template name can include alphabetic characters, numbers, and underscores.
  9. Click OK. Process Designer Express creates the new collaboration template and populates it with all of the information contained in the source BPEL or UML files.

Exporting a collaboration template

You can export your collaboration template into BPEL or UML (in XMI 1.1) format for use in other applications. When a InterChange Server Express collaboration template is exported to BPEL format, the following files are created:

When a collaboration template is exported to UML (in XMI 1.1), a *.xmi file is created.

Perform the following steps to export a InterChange Server Express collaboration template:

  1. Ensure that Process Designer Express is open and that your collaboration template has been saved and has compiled without error.
  2. Click File --> Export. The Process Designer Express Exporter opens.
  3. Select the format to which you want to export your template, and then click Next.
  4. Select the location in which you want to save the exported template file or files.
  5. In the File Name field, specify the name for the exported template file. If you are exporting to BPEL, do not specify a file extension in the File Name field.
  6. Click Next to begin the export process. The Process Designer Express Exporter dialog shows the progress of the conversion.
  7. Click Close when the export process has finished.

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