Customizing Guide-through Process

Visual Paradigm version 15.2 Enterprise Edition support customization on the built-in TOGAF ADM and Project Management guide-through process. This include altering the process navigator, phrases, activities and deliverables. In this article we will show you how to customize on the guide-through process.

For customization of deliverables please visit here. To customize the guide-through process:

  1. Open the guide-through process, i.e. TOGAF ADM, and press the Unlock to Make Change button at the top right corner of the process navigator.

    Unlock the process for make change

    Unlock the process for make change

  2. The application will then prompt you for reopen the project into authoring mode. Press Yes to proceed.

    Proceed to unlock

    Proceed to unlock

  3. After the project being reopened you can start your customization. For the predefined textual content you can right click to unlock it for making changes.

    Modify fixed content

    Modify fixed content

  4. Right click on the phrase and select Open Phrase to jump into the phrase diagram.

    Open phrase

    Open phrase

  5. In the phrase diagram right click on the activity and select Open Activity to get into it.

    Open Activity

    Open Activity

  6. Now you can rename the step or adding steps by pressing the + button.

    Edit activity steps

    Edit activity steps

  7. You can also modify the instructions and sample diagram (by upload diagram image) by pressing the Customize button at the top right of the section.

    Customize instruction and sample

    Customize instruction and sample

  8. When finish customization, save your modifications and press the Lock Changes button at the top right of the process to lock it back to operation mode.

    Lock the process back to operation mode when finish customization

    Lock the process back to operation mode when finish customization

After resume to operation mode the execution of the process will be based on your modifications. Please note that user using VP Online/on-premises Teamwork Server as project repository will need to have to turn on the Process customization permission in order to unlock the process for making changes.

Special permission required for teamwork user to perform process customization

Special permission required for teamwork user to perform process customization

 

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