SAP BPM Best Practice: Naming Convection for Modeling of BPM

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Applies to:

This Document Holds good for all CE 7.XX and PO 7.4 .

Summary:

This is a Naming Convection guide used for Modeling of BPM.

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1.     Naming Conventions

1.1 Development Component’s (DC’s) Name

Vendor	<Company Name>.com
Name	<Project Name>/<Process Repository>/<Other Detail’s>/bpm

Example:

Vendor	sap.com
Name	masterdata/customer/creation/bpm

1.2 Process Name

Name	<Process Details>

Example:

Name	Sold_To_Party_Creation

1.2.1 Pool Name

Name	<Process Name>_Pool

Example:

Name	Sold_To_Party_Create_Pool

1.2.2 Lane Name

Name	<Lane Owner / System>_Lane

Example:

Name	Initiator_Lane
	ASM_Lane
	ECC_Lane
	Other_System_Lane

1.3 Task Name

Name	<Task Details>_Task

Example:

Name	Sold_To_Part_Approver_Task
	Approve_ShipToParty_Task
	Review_Supplier_Task

1.4 Event Triggers

1.4.1 Messages

Name	<Message Event Trigger Type>_MT

Example:

Name	Start_SoldTP_Create_BPM_MT

1.4.2 Escalations

Name	<Escalation Event Trigger Type>_ET

Example:

Name	SoldTP_Completion_Deadline_ET

1.5 Reporting Data Sources

Name	<Reporting Data Type>_RDS

Example:

Name	Sold_To_Party_Creation_RDS

1.6 Rule Sets

Name	<Rule Set Data Type>_RS

Example:

Name	SoldTP_Creat_ApprovalLevel_RS

1.7 Functions

Name	<Function Type>_FNS

Example:

Name	List_To_String_FNS

1.8 Data Types

Name	<Data Type>_DT

Example:

Name	Sold_To_Party_DT

1.8.1 Complex Types

Name	<Complex Type>_CT

Example:

Name	Credit_Limit_CT

1.8.2 Data Objects

Name	DO_<Data Type>

Example:

Name	DO_Sold_To_Part

Name	<Data Type>_DO

Example:

Name	Ship_To_Party_DO

1.9 Service Interfaces

Name	<Service Type>_SI

Example:

Name	SoldTP_Start_CreatBPM_SI

1.9.1 Operation Name

Name	<Operation Type>_OP

Example:

Name	Create_SoldTP_Start_OP

1.9.2 Request/Response Name

Name	Request/Response_<Data Type>

Example:

Name	Request_SP_CheckCreditLimit
	Response_SP_CheckCreditLimit
	Request_ Approve_ShipToParty
	Response_ Approve_ShipToParty