Tool Mentor: Use Business Model Created in WebSphere Business Modeler
Business processes are important, and common, inputs to service design initiatives. We describe how to use business models created using IBM® WebSphere® Business Modeler in IBM® Rational® Software Architect.
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This tool mentor describes how to use business models, created using WebSphere Business Modeler, in Rational Software Architect.  Tool Mentor: Identify Candidate Services describes how the business process representations can be used to define candidate services, which are modeled as SoaML Capabilities

Business models are created in WebSphere Business Modeler using a notation that is similar to BPMN.  These models can be viewed in Rational Software Architect as equivalent UML. 

To open a business model in Rational Software Architect:

  • Import the business model project into your workspace, using the procedures described in   Importing business model projects into your workspace, in Rational Software Architect Help,
  • Open the model, following the instructions in  Loading business models as UML models.

Rational Software Architect opens this business model using an internal transform.  The UML representation is an in-memory representation, and it is not writable.  However, it can be quite useful to create a persistent UML model from this in-memory representation.  Do this using the directions provided in  Saving business models as UML models.  The saved model can be modified, for example by adding diagrams to provide custom views of the model's content.  The model also can be used to compare, using Rational Software Architect's built-in support for model differencing, with UML renderings of future versions of the WebSphere Business Modeler business model.  This permits changes in the underlying business model to be identified.

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