---
title: Design a Process
description: To record a process in Bpanda, you create a process draft.
search:
  tags:
    - anleitung
    - entwerfen
    - neu
    - anlegen
    - prozess
---
In the draft, you model and maintain all relevant information before you submit the process. As long as it is a draft, only its **Participants** can see it; once submitted, it becomes a revision and goes through the approval process.

## Prerequisites [#prerequisites]

You are a **Designer**.

## How to proceed [#how-to-proceed]

1. In the sidebar, select **+** and then **Process**.

   - or -

   If you already have drafts, you will find them on the home page under **Relevant for me** > **Drafts**; there you can create another one in the **Processes** tab with the **Create new draft** tile.

   The draft page for processes opens in the **Overview** tab.
2. Name the process. To do so, select the edit icon to the right of the default name "Unnamed process" and assign a name. Make sure the process has a unique name so that you can find it more easily later, especially via the search.

## Overview tab [#overview-tab]

In the **Overview** tab, you can add a process description, Process Owners, attachments or linked architecture elements to your process.

For a new process, you define the **Process Owners** while it is still a draft, using the edit icon in the **Process Owners** section. That way you do not have to add them only after submitting. If the draft is a new version of an existing process, the owners are taken from that process. The icon in the section then opens the process's roles page, see [Appointing a Process Owner](/en/processes/process-roles/appointing-a-process-owner).

**Note**: You can only add linked architecture elements after the process has been named and saved. You can find more information about linked architecture elements here: [Linked Architecture Elements & Relation Types](/en/architecture/manage-linked-architecture-elements)

You can save your draft with the save icon. The ⋮ three-dot menu offers you further settings options for your process.

Once a process draft has been saved, you will find it under **Drafts**.

You can submit your process draft with **Submit**. From then on, the submitted process appears under **Relevant processes** and **no longer** under **Drafts**.

## Diagram tab [#diagram-tab]

In the Diagram tab, you can choose between the Happy Path and the Modeler to create a diagram for your process draft. You can also switch between the two at any point later in the creation process.

You can find more information about the Happy Path here: [Creating a Happy Path](/en/processes/create-process-drafts/creating-a-happy-path)

You can find more information about the Modeler here: [Creating a Process Diagram with the Modeler](/en/processes/create-process-drafts/creating-a-diagram-with-modeler)