Customizing: Configure Chart - Documentation

Configure the ModelType / Graphics

Documentation for Customizing - Configure Chart

The Graphics of the process is configured by making changes to the page Customizing - Configure Chart

Sample Page

Sample Configure_Chart Page:

Some Text with Warning why this page should not be edited.
== Configuration ==
*Sample_Configure_ChartType
**PageType Shape Color_of_Shape [Color_of_Font Defaults to Black]
**PageType Shape Color_of_Shape Color_of_Font

The Configure_Chart Page is divided into two Section.

  • The “Warning” Section
  • The “Configuration” Section.

The Warning Section

The Warning Section is the initial Text in the page and is not parsed. It ends at == Configuration ==

The Configuration Section

The Configuration Section starts with == Configuration == It contains the definition for one or more chart types.

The definition of a configuration is:

*Configure_<ChartType_1>
**<PageType> <Shape> <Color_of_Shape> [<Color_of_Font>, Defaults to Black]
*Configure_<ChartType_2>
**<PageType> <Shape> <Color_of_Shape> [<Color_of_Font> Defaults to Black]

Sample:

*Configure_EPK
**Event      hexagon        azure3
**Decision   diamond        azure3
**Function   parallelogram  azure3
**DataSource rect           khaki1
**Person     box            chartreuse1
**Department ellipse        chartreuse1
**Product    rect           yellow
  • First line: *Configure_<ChartType>
    • Only Groups starting with *Configure are parsed. If you want to disable a configuration, renaming it to something different (like Disabled_Configure will disable this configuration block.
    • ChartType defines the Type of the Chart e.g. “EPK” or “Flat”. This is the type of the Diagram that is being used.
  • Definition of PageTypes on the next lines:
    • PageType defines the Pagetypes being used in this Diagram, for Example “Person”, “Function”, “Event”, “Decision” etc.
    • Shape defines the Shape that is being used. The Definition of the shape is taken from the GraphViz Documentation at [[Graphviz - Shapes]]. Please be aware that not all shapes are supported/working.
    • Color_of_Shape defines the color that is used to render the shape. The name of the colors and a color table can be seen at [[Graphviz - Colors]]
    • Color_of_Font defines that color of the font that is used for writing the name of the process-step into the shape. If not given, it defaults to black. The same table of colors applies as before.

Examples

Active configuration Block:

*Configure_EPK
**Event      hexagon        azure3
**Decision   diamond        azure3
**Function   parallelogram  azure3
**DataSource rect           khaki1
**Person     box            chartreuse1
**Department ellipse        chartreuse1
**Product    rect           yellow

Disabled Configuration Block:

*Disabled_Configure_EPK
**Event      hexagon        azure3
**Decision   diamond        azure3
**Function   parallelogram  azure3
**DataSource rect           khaki1
**Person     box            chartreuse1
**Department ellipse        chartreuse1
**Product    rect           yellow