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Easy BPMN Diagrams

Create BPMN diagrams with our BPMN tool online

The Easy Choice for Online BPMN

Easy to Use

Start with a BPMN template and just click to add new symbols. Contextual controls help you make the right choices for activities, events, gateways, data objects, and more.

Easy to Work With Other Apps

SmartDraw is easy to work with no matter what other apps you use. You can add BPMN diagrams to:

  • Microsoft Office®
    • Word®
    • PowerPoint®
    • Excel®
  • Microsoft Teams®
  • Google Workspace
    • Google Docs
    • Google Sheets
  • Atlassian apps
    • Confluence
    • Jira

Easy to Save to Your Existing Storage Solution

SmartDraw works hand in glove with most file storage systems. You can save your files directly to:

  • SharePoint®
  • OneDrive®
  • Google Drive
  • DropBox®
  • Box®

There is no need to create a parallel set of common folders and permissions, SmartDraw can just save files directly into your existing set up.

Easy to Share

Share your diagram with anyone, even if they don't own a copy of SmartDraw, with a link. You can also easily export any diagram as a PDF or common image formats like PNG or SVG.

Easy to Share

Easy to Get Help

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Easy to Get Help

Easy to Collaborate

You and your team can work on the same BPMN diagram by saving it in a shared folder or by using your favorite file sharing apps like Dropbox®, Google Drive, Box® or OneDrive®. You can also share files with non SmartDraw users by simply emailing them a link. Or share your process flow in a variety of common graphics formats such as a PDF or PNG.

Add comments to start a discussion or offer feedback to a teammate as necessary.

Collaborate on BPMN Diagrams

Make a BPMN Diagram with SmartDraw

See how easy it is to create a BPMN diagram using SmartDraw's built in BPMN tools and templates. You start by picking one of the BPMN templates included.

Drag and drop BPMN symbols to the work area. Once you already have a shape on the page, click any of the yellow dots at the perimeter of the shape to start drawing a line and add a shape from the menu that pops up. This menu is pre-populated with the most common symbols for BPMN. Each BPMN symbol will also trigger a set of contextual controls to make representing even a complex process easier.

Extensive BPMN Symbol Collection

A BPMN diagram is made up of 4 major components: activities, tasks, events, and gateways. There are also data object controls, choreagraphy controls, and pools.

Each element can have additional notation to denote its type, trigger, or marker.

SmartDraw's BPMN symbol library contains all the building elements you'll need to make a BPMN diagram. Additionally, SmartDraw has powerful contextual controls to make adding types, triggers, and markers easy.

BPMN Symbols

Contextual BPMN Controls

SmartDraw's BPMN templates have sophisticated contextual controls based on the shape selected to let you quickly set markers and types.

For example, for tasks, you'll be able to set the activity type, task type, and add as many markers as you need.

Set task type

You can add any number of markers to a selected task to note its behavior in the process.

Set task markers

With an event shape selected, you can quickly change the type of event represented. There are three main types of events: start, intermediate and end. You can also represent the difference between interrupting and non-interrupting events and catching vs throwing events.

Set event type

You can also easily set event triggers as needed.

Set event triggers

Instead of wasting time looking for the right symbol or worrying about having to replace a symbol when all you need to change is the type or marker, these new controls now let you build and edit your BPMN diagram more easily.

Specify the gateway type using a drop-down.

See all the BPMN tools and how they work.

Set gateway controls

BPMN Examples & Templates

BPMN is a visual way to represent the steps in a business process using specific standard notation. Choose any of these examples included in SmartDraw and start editing right now in your browser.

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