Editing architecture elements

Architecture elements that exist as drafts can be edited later. Architecture elements that have already been published can be edited as a new draft.

You do not change anything on the published element itself: every change goes through a draft that you then publish again.

Prerequisites

You are a BPM Manager or Designer — or you are entered as the Owner of this architecture element.

Architecture elements of the type Business Process cannot be edited here. They belong to their process and are maintained on the process page.

Editing architecture elements that exist as drafts

Architecture elements that exist as drafts can be edited under Architecture on the Drafts tab. To do so, click the relevant architecture element. The draft window opens.

Editing architecture elements that have already been published

Architecture elements that have already been published can be edited as a new draft.

How to proceed

Select Architecture.
Select the Published tab.
Select the architecture element you want to edit.
In the ⋮ three-dot menu, select the Edit as new draft entry.

The architecture element is created as a draft again and the draft window opens.

If a draft already exists for the element, the entry is called Open existing draft instead.

What you can change in the draft

The draft window has four sections:

Description — formatted text about the architecture element.
Owners — users, groups, organizational units and organizational roles responsible for the element.
Properties — the properties of the element type, grouped as in the model.
Linked architecture elements — the element’s relations with relation type and direction. See Linked architecture elements and relation types.

At the top of the draft you will find Publish and — if the Process Space has at least two content languages — the translate icon. It opens the Translate architecture element dialog, in which you translate the element’s text properties that already have a value, in two columns.

Changing name and type

In the draft, you can use the pencil icon next to the name to open the Edit name and type of architecture element dialog. The types that are activated in your Process Space are available for selection.

Note: Changing the type leaves existing relations unchanged — which can make them invalid. See Linked architecture elements and relation types.

Hiding an architecture element

On the page of a published architecture element, select the Hide architecture element entry in the ⋮ three-dot menu. Hidden elements appear neither in the lists nor in the evaluations; you can make them visible using the Show hidden switch. In the same way, you can bring them back with Show architecture element.

Business processes follow their process. They cannot be hidden and shown individually — if you hide the process, its architecture element disappears as well.

Discarding a draft

On the Drafts tab, you discard a draft using the recycle bin icon in the row. Bpanda asks for confirmation with Delete draft; along with the draft, all changes it contains compared to the published version are lost.