BPMN 2.0 - how to specify already defined Component as an Activity's resource?

[lfgcasey]

Hello,

I'm trying to specify some internal IT systems Components as resources for BPMN 2.0 Activities in some business process diagrams. When I try to specify them via the Activity's properties>BPMN 2.0>resources dialog, the Components don't appear in the resulting tree as available selections. As a workaround I've created links to the Components in the process diagrams and specified them as dependencies for the appropriate Activities, but that can make the diagrams pretty messy. If I remove the linked Component from the diagrams, I have to click through the properties->links for all the activities to see the Component resources, which is very cumbersome.

Is there a better way to specify and visually show an Activity's Component resources?

Thanks,
Casey

[Nizam]

Hi Casey
Resources is a 'RefGUIDList' tag value that looks for <<Resource>> stereotyped 'Class'. if you intend to use Components for this, you can define a new custom tagged value and associate that to the activities.

Alternatively if you go the diagram link approach you've taken, you can always use the 'Traceability' window to see that.
There are other advanced options where you can define a shapescript to add a visual cue to the activity if there are Components referenced.

Depends on how far you like to standardize this.

Nizam

[lfgcasey]

There are other advanced options where you can define a shapescript to add a visual cue to the activity if there are Components referenced.

That would be great! Can you elaborate?