TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling and enacting complex data dependencies in business processes
AU - Meyer, Andreas
AU - Pufahl, Luise
AU - Fahland, Dirk
AU - Weske, Mathias
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Enacting business processes in process engines requires the coverage of control flow, resource assignments, and process data. While the first two aspects are well supported in current process engines, data dependencies need to be added and maintained manually by a process engineer. Thus, this task is error-prone and time-consuming. In this paper, we address the problem of modeling processes with complex data dependencies, e.g., m:n relationships, and their automatic enactment from process models. First, we extend BPMN data objects with few annotations to allow data dependency handling as well as data instance differentiation. Second, we introduce a pattern-based approach to derive SQL queries from process models utilizing the above mentioned extensions. Therewith, we allow automatic enactment of data-aware BPMN process models. We implemented our approach for the Activiti process engine to show applicability.
AB - Enacting business processes in process engines requires the coverage of control flow, resource assignments, and process data. While the first two aspects are well supported in current process engines, data dependencies need to be added and maintained manually by a process engineer. Thus, this task is error-prone and time-consuming. In this paper, we address the problem of modeling processes with complex data dependencies, e.g., m:n relationships, and their automatic enactment from process models. First, we extend BPMN data objects with few annotations to allow data dependency handling as well as data instance differentiation. Second, we introduce a pattern-based approach to derive SQL queries from process models utilizing the above mentioned extensions. Therewith, we allow automatic enactment of data-aware BPMN process models. We implemented our approach for the Activiti process engine to show applicability.
KW - BPMN
KW - Data Modeling
KW - Process Enactment
KW - Process Modeling
KW - SQL
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881241383&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-40176-3_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-40176-3_14
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84881241383
SN - 9783642401756
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 171
EP - 186
BT - Business Process Management - 11th International Conference, BPM 2013, Proceedings
T2 - 11th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2013
Y2 - 26 August 2013 through 30 August 2013
ER -