- early development
- functionality is limited (see limitations)
text2process is a script that reads a comma separated textfile containing business process steps and uses OmniGraffle to draw this process as BPMN chart.
- OmniGraffle Professional 5 or 6
- MacOS X 10.6 or later I
At the moment there is no install script available. So copy these files manually:
| OmniGraffle 5 | ||
| scripts/text2process.scpt | > | ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/OmniGraffle Pro |
| templates/process template.gtemplate | > | ~/Library/Application Support/The Omni Group/OmniGraffle/Templates |
| OmniGraffle 6 | ||
| scripts/text2process.scpt | > | ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/OmniGraffle |
| templates/process template.gtemplate | > | ~/Library/Containers/com.omnigroup.OmniGraffle6/Data/Library/Application Support/The Omni Group/OmniGraffle/Templates |
- The location of Omnigraffles template directory depends on version of MacOS and Omnigraffle!
- Try to create a new template by yourself to figure out the right location for your OmniGraffle templates
- If Omnigraffle doesn't recognize the template it might help to remove the ".gtemplate" extension.
- Of course you can run the text2process script from any location.
- write your process as text (use comma as delimiter, use , to escape commas in text)
- col1: unique id (e.g. number)
- col2: name of swimlane
- col3: description
- col4: type of shape (e.g. start, task, end; see user data of shapes for available types)
- col5: id of previous step (optional for alternative connections) (see samples/phone call.txt)
- open OmniGraffle
- run text2process from the Applescript menu (can be activated by the AppleScript Editor settings)
- it's not possible to choose the connection type
- no support for complex charts like sub-processes and choregaphies
- automatic linking for multiple connections has to be improved