Creating a Package

You can create a package as part of creating a project or independent of project creation.

See Creating a Project Package and Process).

Procedure

  1. Right-click the Process Package folder under which you want to create the package and select New > Process Package.
  2. If you want to change the Packages Folder under which the package is created, click Browse or enter an existing folder name.
  3. Enter the name of the File or accept the default filename. The filename must have .xpdl as the extension. Click Next.
  4. The Package Information dialog shows the name of the package and its default properties (for a full explanation, see Creating a Project).

    Either accept the default properties of the package, or modify them as necessary. Then, click Finish to create a process using the default template, or click Next to create a process using a different template.

  5. By default a process will be created with start and end event connected by sequence flow. The Select Template dialog allows you to create a process using a different template. Select a template from those available and click Finish.

Result

The newly-created packages and any processes that you elected to create are displayed in the Project Explorer.

Tip: To avoid error messages and warnings associated with modeling constructs that cannot be executed in the runtime environment, set the appropriate destination environment on the process (see Correcting Validation Errors ).
Note: The number of open editors is restricted to 8 by default to avoid adverse performance issues. To edit this setting, select Window > Preferences > General > Editors and under Close editors automatically, edit the value for Number of opened editors before closing.