Managing Message Options Messages
Certain functionalities described here are based on management functionalities for flows between the object of an application architecture based on the BPMN standard.
To access functionalities for managing flows in BPMN format :
1. Access the options window:
• (HOPEX Windows Front-End) from the menu bar of your desktop, select Tools > Options
• (HOPEX Web Front-End) from the Miscellaneous tool group of your HOPEX IT Architecture desktop, select My Account > Options.
2. In the options tree, select Business Process and Architecture Modeling:
3. Select the Architecture Diagrams option: Use of BPMN Data Flows option.
Use this option, selected by default, to apply BPMN formalism in your diagrams.
If, however, you want to continue using messages in your diagrams, an accounting option is available.
To activate the compatibility option:
1. Access the options window:
• (HOPEX Windows Front-End) from the menu bar of your desktop, select Tools > Options
• (HOPEX Web Front-End) from the Miscellaneous tool group of your HOPEX IT Architecture desktop, select My Account > Options.
2. In the options tree, select Business Process and Architecture Modeling:
3. Select the Architecture Diagrams option: Use of Messages.
If both of the options described here are selected, you can easily replace your messages with BPMN format flows.