Introduction

yEd is a modeling tool to model different types of graphs, including BPMN diagrams. Contrary to database-oriented modeling tools, yEd is a file-oriented tool. It saves the diagram in an XML file (GraphML). In case one models diagrams with more than 100 elements, consistency checks and spell checks can become cumbersome and time consuming.

I prepared an R script that tries to reduce the effort by fetching the names and types of the modeled BPMN elements and make them available as a spreadsheet file. This spreadsheet may support you in the following activities:

• Spellcheck
• Check of consistent naming of process activities, business objects, and events
• Process complexity estimation, e.g., based on the number of activities or used gateways

If you are interested to learn more about the R script, do not hesitate to contact me.

Used tools

• yEd - Graph Editor
• RStudio
• MS Excel
• Link to the R script

Process example

Result