Navigating the process hierarchy

On the home page, processes are accessible via the process map.

The process map shows the process hierarchy of your Process Space across several levels: at the top, the hierarchy elements with their process groups, and on the lowest level, the individual processes. Using the search, by contrast, you can find a process regardless of the hierarchy.

Context

To find out where a process sits in the process hierarchy, navigate through the hierarchy. You can see the process hierarchy in process maps. On the upper levels, a process map usually shows a hierarchy element with its process groups, and on the lowest level, the individual processes. The graphic elements are linked: a click takes you one level deeper.

The process map of the top level (level 0) is displayed initially on the Home page and on the Process Hierarchy page. The process map on the home page links to the process maps on the Process Hierarchy page.

You can recognise linked graphic elements on a process map by the mouse pointer appearing as a link selector and by the optional shading.

How to proceed

1. In the main menu, select Home or Processes. If you are responsible for processes or are a BPM Manager, select Process Hierarchy under Processes.

   The process map of the top level of your Process Space appears.

2. To move further down in the process hierarchy, click a linked graphic element.

   The linked process map or the linked process is displayed.

   For a process, the process page is opened.

3. To move up in the process hierarchy from a process map, click a link in the breadcrumb navigation at the top of the header area (> Process Space > …).

   The hierarchy element is displayed.