Generating 360 degree view

Business Process Modeler provides a 360o view, which is a multi-layered Chart view of the current process template diagram. You can generate the 360o view especially for complex process templates, which consist of multiple activity (and adapter) worksteps and complex workstep traversal paths.

From the Modeler palette (see Business Process Modeler palette), click the Show 360o View (

) icon to launch the 360o View of the current project.

The 360o view diagram consists of color-coded sections, each representing a workstep. Each section displays the label of the workstep along with the estimated time (in days, hours, and minutes) when the workstep is activated. The estimated time is calculated from the beginning of the process. For processes containing multiple paths, each path is depicted as a sub-section in the chart.

Note: The estimated start time of each workstep can be calculated only when the duration of the preceding worksteps are set in absolute values (in days, hours, minutes, or seconds). The estimated start time cannot be calculated when workstep duration is bound to a INTEGER dataslot. For setting workstep duration, you can use the Overdue in box in the General tab of the Activity workstep's Properties view (as discussed in Specifying general properties of Activity workstep).

Table 17. 360o view color code
Workstep Type	Color
Activity	Blue
Adapter	Violet
Start / End / Gateways	Brown
Subprocess	Orange

Table 18. 360o view operations
To...	Operation
Pan the diagram	Drag your mouse.
Zoom in (or out) on the diagram OR view all workstep labels	Use your mouse scroll wheel.
Rotate the diagram around its center point	Drag your mouse with the right button.
Open the subprocess in the 360o view	Click the subprocess workstep section. For additional details, see Opening a subprocess.
Calculate a traversal path duration	Move your mouse over the diagram to highlight the selected path. The estimated duration of the selected path is displayed in the Path Length box.

Show/Hide Loops (

) icon: For any process containing loops, the default 360o view does not include the worksteps that follow when a loop is executed. You can click this icon to display these worksteps in semi-transparent state. In this case, the worksteps gradually progress with fading color.

Timeline View (

) icon: Click this icon to switch to the Timeline view, which displays the thickness of each workstep corresponding to the time it is likely to take to complete.

The worksteps in the Timeline view with greater thickness require more time to execute. As Activity worksteps are performed by humans and are likely to take the maximum time to complete as compared to the other workstep types, the Timeline view shows Activity worksteps with greater thickness. You can zoom in on the diagram to view the other workstep types in detail.