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  • Blueworks Live

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  • IBM Process Mining


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.


Status Not under consideration
Workspace Blueworks Live
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 12, 2023

Copy & Paste a List of Activities into Discovery Map Process Outline from Excel/Word

When building process maps in Discovery Map mode, having the ability copy and paste a list of activities from a spreadsheet or text document into Process Outline would expedite model development. Not just a single activity, but a list of multiple activities from Word or Excel. When I've attempted this, BwL puts all entries into one activity. Attempted in Chrome and Firefox. Activities should break on linefeeds in text or cells in spreadsheets. Also respect indenting to identify milestones and collapsed sub-processes. Added Feature: Include Participant by adding delimiter (ex: "|") between activity name and participant. Example: "Submit Form|Agent" which would create an activity named "Submit Agent" w/ a participant of "Agent".

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Dec 14, 2023

    'm unclear as to why this is "Not under consideration" after the previous comment. Would like to understand why it changed from "Future consideration".

  • Admin
    ANDREA ARMANI
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    Apr 27, 2023

    This is a cool idea and we could consider it in the future. We understand the pain point and how it would help tackling it.