Creating Your First Diagram

This quickstart takes you from an empty workspace to a saved BPMN diagram.

1. Create a Project

Diagrams live inside projects, so the first step is creating one.

1. Open BPM Studio. You land on the Projects page.
2. Under How do you want to start?, click Start from scratch. (You can also click New project, which offers the same choices.)
3. Enter a name for the project - for example, "Order Handling" - and an optional description.
4. Click Create.

The project opens on its Diagrams page, which is empty for now.

Prefer to let AI draw the first version for you? Choose Generate from a picture or Start from an SOP instead - see Creating Diagrams with AI.

2. Create a Diagram

1. Click New diagram.
2. Enter a name (up to 200 characters) and an optional description (up to 1000 characters).
3. Click Create.

The editor opens with a blank canvas containing a single start event.

3. Draw the Process

1. Drag a Task from the palette on the left onto the canvas.
2. Click the start event to select it, then use the + quick-connect button that appears next to it to draw a connection to your task.
3. Add more tasks, a gateway, and an end event the same way.
4. Click any element and type to give it a name.
5. Click Auto layout in the toolbar at any time to tidy the whole diagram in one click (undo with Ctrl+Z if you preferred your own arrangement).

For the full set of editing techniques, see Editing Basics.

4. Save

Auto save is on by default - the diagram saves itself a moment after you stop editing, and the toolbar shows the result ("Saved v2 at 09:14"). You can also click Save draft to save immediately.

Every save creates a new numbered version - you can see the current version next to the diagram title. See Saving and Versions.

5. Find It Again

Click Diagrams in the left navigation to return to the project's diagram list. Your diagram is there with its version number and last-modified time. Click its name to open it again.