Visual Design Studio (Code Name: Ed)¶
Ed is the SpiffWorks browser-based authoring environment for BPMN process models. It is designed for teams that want to create diagrams, edit supporting files, run process behavior while building, and keep process model files synchronized with source control.
Ed is not part of the open source SpiffWorkflow distribution. This documentation is public so users can find day-to-day guidance and evaluators can understand how Ed fits with Spiff Arena.
Where Ed Fits¶
Use Ed when you are authoring or changing a process model. Use Spiff Arena when you are deploying, administering, and running finished process models for end users.
Both products use BPMN and the same supporting process files, such as JSON Schema forms and DMN tables. That means authoring patterns documented for forms, service tasks, task assignment, and display content usually apply in both places, while the screen-by-screen workflow differs.
Common Starting Points¶
To create your first workspace and diagram, start with Getting Started.
To understand how files are organized, read Workspaces, Processes, and Files.
To build User Task forms, read Forms in Ed together with Spiff Arena’s Use User Tasks and Forms.
To connect Ed to GitHub, read GitHub Sync.
To understand product boundaries, read Spiff Arena and Ed.
Additional Documentation
Additional Documentation¶
SpiffArena documents the web application for creating, running, and administering process models.
Event Monitoring documents analytics UI and API access for process usage, durations, milestones, and errors.
SpiffExample documents engine-level BPMN examples for SpiffWorkflow.