Re: [Orgmode] Business process diagrams in org-mode

[John Hendy]

Hi Bart,

I think should be possible. I'm probably not the one but I think the PGF TikZ package should work out alright. Eric Fraga from this mailing list created a gantt chart in TikZ from a table and it makes me think that this should definitely be possible. You could define some block shapes before hand and tell TikZ what shape/color to make the node diagram based on the table perhaps?

Here's a link where Eric provided his code:�http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/31824

The code was based of this TikZ mailing list code:�http://osdir.com/ml/tex.pgf.user/2007-07/msg00007.html

Hope that helps a little. Eric might be able to advise a bit further? I don't know that I'd say anything off the shelf exists, but perhaps in looking at his code it could be done. I don't know the elisp well enough to help you further.

Good luck!

John

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Bart Bunting <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi All,

This is a little bit of a vague question but was hopeing that someone
may have some pointers.

I am trying to create some business processes with both textual
descriptions of the process in a table format with step numbers and
descriptions etc. �I was hopeing to be able to automagicaly convert the
tabular format into a business process diagram.

I was wondering if anyone has done this in the past using org-mode and
bable some how?

As I am blind I can't successfully create such diagrams using drawing
software. �It occurred to me though that it should (could) be possible
to create diagrams from sufficient information in a table structure.

The diagrams are the usual flow chart style of thing with steps and descision
points causing the flow to branch to another point. �I thought that if
we had something like the following it may be possible to generate a
diagram.



| Step � � � �| Description � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � | Next Steps � � � |
|-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------|
| Begin � � � | Begin the process � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � | Choice1 � � � � �|
| Choice1 � � | Decide if we are big or small. � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| Big,Small � � � �|
| Big � � � � | If we are big then do big things � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| End � � � � � � �|
| Small � � � | If we are small then figure out if we are really small or possibly big. | ReallySmall, Big |
| ReallySmall | Yes we are really small � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � | End � � � � � � �|
| End � � � � | The end. � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| � � � � � � � � �|
|-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------|


This would represent a process where we start, make a choice if we are big or small. �If we are big we do big things and end. �If we are small we make �a choice if we are really small or actually big. �If we decide we are actualy big then we go back to the big step. �If not we go on to the end.


Anyway just thought I'd ask in case someone had a suggestion how this could be done using org-mode.

Cheers

Bart

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