
This documentation should enable you to walk through the Process Authoring tool capabilities.
The Process Authoring tool is used in general in the context of the customer fit-to-standard workshops.
The fit-to-standard workshops are used to explore the functionality, to show how the solution can meet the business requirements, and to help enable business process experts on the execution of processes.
In instances where the Solution Processes provided by SAP's standard content don't precisely match project requirements, Business Process Experts leverage the Process Authoring tool to craft custom-tailored solution processes. Additionally, if there's a Solution Process within the standard content that requires slight modifications, experts duplicate the standard Solution Process, creating a Custom Solution Process for further customization.
Note: A constraint exists within the tool whereby copying the entire Solution Process for customization is not feasible. Only individual components such as a Solution Process Flow or a Solution Process Flow Diagram can be duplicated.
In the Process Authoring app, you can create and maintain custom solution processes.
The Process Authoring app is accessible via this launchpad tile:
To access the Process Authoring tool only in display mode the user should have one of the below role collections assigned:
To access the Process Authoring tool in edit mode the user should have one of the below role collections assigned:
There are three methods available for creating a Custom Solution Process in SAP Cloud ALM:
In the Custom Solution Process List view, press the create button.
Save the general informations.
Note: the user can't move to the next sections to model a value flow diagram or a solution process flow diagram before saving the general informations.
When a Custom Solution Process is created, a Solution Value Flow diagram is created automatically.
As the Custom Solution Process have only one Solution Value Flow Diagram, it's not possible to delete it.
A Solution Process have exactly one Solution Process Flow. It's created automatically with the Solution Process and cannot be deleted.
Note: As there is only one Solution Process Flow, it's name can be changed while editing any Solution Process Flow Diagram.
Upon creation of a Custom Solution Process, a default Solution Process Flow Diagram is generated.
A Solution Process should have at least one Solution Process Flow Diagram.
It's possible to create additional Solution Process Flow Diagrams. The user can choose one of the possible options:
Within the Processes app, users first select the Solution Process they wish to duplicate for customization and subsequently click the copy button. They are prompted to choose between copying either the diagram or the entire solution process flow. Regardless of the selection, a new Custom Solution Process will be generated
First the customer should be familiar with the consumption of the Public APIs in the Business Accelerator Hub. This documentation might help.
The customer should use the APIs as described here to create the custom solution process. Good news! It' possible now to import BPMN diagrams into Cloud ALM.
The structure of a Custom Solution Process is the following:
A Solution Value Flow Diagram is an abstract representation of a Solution Process and contains a collection of addressed Business Activities that create additional value for the stakeholders.
A Solution Value Flow Diagram is modeled using 2 artifacts:
This is an example of Solution Value Flow Diagram:
The Solution Process Flow Diagram is a behavioral diagram that is used to describe a concrete process flow of a Solution Process.
Depending on the level of shown detail, Solution Process Diagrams are basically BPMN 2.0 collaboration or process diagrams.
Pools in collaboration diagrams represent Deployment Units (Solution Components). The message flows describe the collaboration and integration aspects between these Deployment Units. Lanes can represent Sub-Solution Components or Application Roles.
This is an example of Solution Process Flow Diagram:
To learn more about Business Process Modeling Notation, you can have a look to the official documentation.
Once the Custom Solution Process is created it takes the draft status. A draft Custom solution Process is not available for scoping as part of an implementation project.
Once the Custom Solution Process is finalized, the Process Author should publish it to make it available for scoping.
If a Custom Solution Process is published and some changes are still required. The Process author can create a draft version, edit the content and then publish again.
The blog is an introduction to the different SAP Cloud ALM Process Authoring capabilities. I will maintain it to keep it up to date.
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