Creating or Obtaining an Organization Model

You can create or obtain an organization model to use with a process by creating it from scratch using the Organization Modeler or by refactoring a process that already uses Basic Type participants or by importing an existing organization model.

See the TIBCO Business Studio Modeling User’s Guide.

Note:
  • Creating an organization model from process data is useful for rapid development and prototyping of an application. However, for any significant work, TIBCO recommend that you create an external organization model from scratch.
  • You can only use refactoring to create a new organization model. You cannot refactor to update an existing organization model (whether created by refactoring or not).

An organization model can exist in the same project as a process that uses it, or it can reside in a different project. In the latter case, the project containing the organization model should be selected as a Project Reference (see Referencing Other Projects).

Note: An organization model can only be placed in a special folder marked as an Organization Models Folder. Organization Models folders are marked in Project Explorer with this icon .

See the TIBCO Business Studio Modeling User’s Guide for information about how to create the special folder.

Once the organization model has been created or imported, it can be used to define participants in the process. See Assigning Participants to a User Task.

Importing an Existing Organization Model

You can either:

  • import a complete project that contains an organization model, or
  • import an organization model (.om) file into an Organization Models special folder in a project.
    Note: This folder must be a special folder defined as an Organization Models folder. If the folder is not already properly configured, right-click it and select Special Folders > Use as Organization Models Folder.

See the TIBCO Business Studio Modeling User’s Guide for more information.