Today’s top tips¶

Today’s top tip is displayed every day when you first open the: Explorer:

Each day, a new tip is displayed.

You can also re-open the current hint of the day via the Explorer’s help menu:

Re-open the tip via the help menu.

You can (de-)activate the automatic display of tips under your profile settings:

You can (de-)activate the automatic display of hints in your profile settings.

Overview of all tips¶

This section provides an overview over all tips.

Create free space (Ctrl + M)¶

Add or remove additional horizontal or vertical space between diagram elements

Create diagrams¶

Signavio supports the popular notations BPMN, DMN and ArchiMate, as well as other diagram formats.

Import diagrams¶

Signavio supports all popular interchange formats, i.e. BPMN 2.0.

Read more at Exporting and importing diagrams.

Reporting¶

Create comprehensive and insightful reports based on your process diagrams.

Collaborate¶

Publish your processes in the Collaboration Portal and share them with your colleagues.

Modeling convention and syntax check¶

Check if your diagrams comply with official standards or modeling conventions.

Printing diagrams¶

Revert changes¶

No worries if you make a mistake: Use undo/redo (Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y).

Style diagram elements¶

Adjust the size, color or font style of diagram elements - according to your corporate design.

Copy & paste¶

You can easily copy (Ctrl + C) content from one diagram and paste it into another one(Ctrl + V).

Comment on diagrams¶

Provide and receive feedback directly at the relevant diagram element in Signavio.

Do you have questions?¶

Click the mail button in the Editor - our support specialists are always happy to help.

User guide¶

You can find all information you need in our comprehensive user guide.

Switch between editing tools¶

Use QuickModel, e.g. for systematically filling out attributes and manage changes using the revision comparison.

Drag & drop from the dictionary¶

You can easily re-use dictionary objects through dragging and dropping them from the pane below the shape repository.

Preview diagrams in the Explorer¶

Select a diagram in the Explorer and hit the spacebar.

Read more at Expanding the activity panel.

Stay up to date with changes in diagrams¶

Use the Activity Feed’s version history to learn what has been changed in a diagram.

Read more at Expanding the activity panel.

Customize the Collaboration Hub¶

Configure the Collaboration Hub to optimally support your organization’s requirements.

Execute your processes with Signavio¶

Transfer your process to Workflow Accelerator and execute them there. No programming skills required!

Embed diagrams¶

If you use embedding instead of downloading a static picture, the diagram is always up-to-date across systems, like in your project management system.

Business-user friendly modeling¶

Use QuickModel’s spreadsheet-like interface to quickly create simple diagrams or to specify element attributes.

Create entry point diagrams to your process landscape¶

Use value chain diagrams to set up a high-level overview of your process.

Read more at Creating & editing Value Chains.

Enterprise architecture modeling¶

Use ArchiMate to integrate your process landscape with your enterprise architecture.

Signavio eLearning courses¶

Sign up for one of our eLearning courses and improve your process and decision management skills.

Read our Applied BPM & BDM Blog¶

On our Applied BPM & BDM Blog, our experts explain common use cases and challenges of Business Process and Business Decision Management with the help of practical examples.

Read our Corporate Blog¶

Learn about latest business transformation trends on our Corporate Blog.

Signavio on YouTube¶

Learn more about Business Process and Decision Management on our YouTube channel.

Signavio white papers¶

We frequently publish white papers that explain current trends and common business transformation challenges.

You find an overview of all white papers on our website.

Simulate business processes¶

Use the BPMN simulation tool to identify KPIs and bottlenecks in different process variants.

Signavio Process Intelligence¶

Analyze your actual process data and automatically compare it with your process models to identify non-compliant process variants, for example.