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Visualize End-to-End Business Processes Across All Systems

📊 Visualize End-to-End Business Processes Across All Systems

Use Nodinite Business Process Modeling (BPM) to create visual representations of complete workflows that span multiple systems, departments, and organizational boundaries.

What You Can Do

  • Map complete workflows with intuitive swimlane designer—organize by department, team, or organizational unit using Domains
  • Connect live systems to process steps—each cell in the designer ties to real Services and Resources for instant health visibility
  • See process execution in real-time—steps automatically color-code based on Log Status Codes (green = success, yellow = warning, red = error)
  • Track hybrid and multi-cloud flows—visualize processes that span on-premise ERP, Azure Logic Apps, AWS APIs, and SaaS applications in one unified view

Real-World Example

Order-to-Cash process spans on-premise ERP (order entry), Azure Function (credit check), Salesforce CRM (customer update), payment gateway API (authorization), and warehouse WMS (fulfillment)—BPM visualizes all steps with real-time status indicating where each transaction sits.

Process Flow Visualization

The BPM designer shows:

  1. Sales Domain (Swimlane 1)

    • Step 1: Order Entry (ERP Service) → Green (processing successfully)
    • Step 2: Customer Validation (Salesforce Service) → Green (validated)

  2. Finance Domain (Swimlane 2)

    • Step 3: Credit Check (Azure Function) → Green (approved)
    • Step 4: Payment Authorization (Payment Gateway API) → Yellow (delayed response, retry in progress)

  3. Warehouse Domain (Swimlane 3)

    • Step 5: Inventory Allocation (WMS Service) → Waiting (pending payment confirmation)
    • Step 6: Fulfillment (Shipping Service) → Not started

This visual representation immediately shows:

  • Where the process is (currently at Payment Authorization step)
  • Which department owns the current step (Finance Domain)
  • What the status is (Yellow warning indicates delay, but not failure)
  • What's blocked (Warehouse steps waiting on payment confirmation)

Business Benefits

  • Instant Business Visibility: Non-technical stakeholders see process state without reading technical logs
  • Clear Accountability: Domain swimlanes show which team owns each step
  • Reduced Communication Overhead: Everyone sees the same unified view—no "what's the status?" emails
  • Faster Decision Making: Business users can identify bottlenecks and take action immediately
  • Audit Trail: Visual documentation of process flow for compliance and training

Getting Started

To visualize your first end-to-end process:

  1. Define Domains for each organizational unit (Sales, Finance, Warehouse, IT)
  2. Create BPM with columns representing process milestones
  3. Assign Services to BPM cells based on which service executes each step
  4. Configure Logging to send events as process steps execute
  5. View in Log View to see real-time process execution with visual status

Next Step

Ready to visualize your processes? Start by defining organizational swimlanes:

Domains – Define organizational swimlanes for BPM processes
Add or manage BPM – Create your first Business Process Model