Export a diagram to Bonita Studio

Export a diagram from Bonita Process Designer as BPMN 2.0 XML and import the .bpmn file into Bonita Studio.

Diagrams you design in Bonita Process Designer can be carried over to Bonita Studio to continue building an executable process. Bonita Process Designer exports a standard BPMN 2.0 XML file (a .bpmn file) that Bonita Studio can import directly.

Before you start

  • You have a diagram open in the editor.

  • You build the diagram from elements Bonita Studio can import. See Supported BPMN elements.

Steps

  1. Open the diagram you want to export in the editor.

  2. From the editor toolbar, open the export menu and choose BPMN 2.0 XML.

  3. Your browser downloads a .bpmn file containing the diagram.

  4. Open Bonita Studio.

  5. Import the downloaded .bpmn file into your Bonita Studio workspace.

  6. Review the imported diagram in Bonita Studio and continue configuring it for execution.

The exported file is plain BPMN 2.0 XML, so you can also keep it in version control or share it with another BPMN tool.

Compatibility notes

Bonita Process Designer deliberately offers a curated subset of BPMN elements that map cleanly to Bonita Studio. When a diagram contains an element outside that subset, the import process migrates it to a compatible equivalent or removes it, and lists every change in a migration log you can review. To avoid surprises, build your diagrams from the supported elements before exporting.

For the full list of supported and removed elements, see Supported BPMN elements.

Other export formats

Besides BPMN 2.0 XML, you can export a diagram as a PNG image or as JSON (the raw diagram, for re-importing into Bonita Process Designer), or print it. For all export and import options, including importing a .bpmn file back into Bonita Process Designer, see Export and import diagrams.