Chapter 9. BPMN2 artifacts in process designer


Artifacts are used to provide additional information about a process. An artifact is any object depicted in the BPMN2 diagram that is not part of the process workflow. Artifacts have no incoming or outgoing flow objects.The purpose of artifacts is to provide additional information required to understand the diagram. The artifacts table lists the artifacts supported in the legacy process designer.

Note

Artifacts are not supported in the new process designer.

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Table 9.1. Artifacts
Artifact typeDescription

Group

Organizes tasks or processes that have significance in the overall process.

Text annotation

Provides additional textual information for the BPMN2 diagram.

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