Map processes and collaborate on business improvement
Everything you need to know about how Elements allows you to deliver highest standard of knowledge process mapping
32 articles

Written by Tomasz Ramus, Ksawery Lisinski and Oliver Jeffcote



Process mapping - Elements view and edit modes

Written by Tomasz Ramus. Updated over a week ago
Process mapping - Elements activity boxes and flow lines
Process Mapping; How to map; Drawing diagrams; How to draw diagrams? Process application?
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Multi-user sticky notes
Understanding how to use the multi-user sticky note functionality in diagrams
Written by Oliver Jeffcote. Updated over a week ago
Process mapping - drill-downs and creating child diagrams
How to send activities to drill down to simplify your process
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Process mapping - creating maps
A map is a hierarchy of process diagrams
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Invite users to maps and set their access rights
Share diagram; Invite to map; Process diagram access; Grant access; Invite user; How to make someone an editor?; Adding groups to maps;
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Share diagram
Share diagrams with users; send screenshots of diagrams; Where is the share button?
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Diagram edit rights: Manage edit rights on Maps and individual diagrams
How to set which editors can edit which maps and which diagrams in the map? Edit rights on Diagram
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Request edit rights
Ask for edit rights on a diagram or a map
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Process owner and author
Change who has process ownership and who is the main author for a diagram
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Copy processes from a Public Space
View and copy process maps from Public spaces
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Adding and managing resources
Resource library and resource utilization in processes
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
RASCI
How to do RACI / RASCI charting using Elements
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Alignment, sizing and renumbering

Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Smart renumbering / automatic renumbering
How to renumber / change number of activity boxes
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Export drilldowns and copy and paste activity boxes
Copy & paste objects and make drilldown diagram a new map
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Sticky notes
How to add notes to the diagram
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
How to connect different processes to each other
Off-page connectors; line connectors; cross-map connectors; process link; flowline linking
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Colors, styles, format
Change color and style of all objects and text
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Drawing ERD diagrams with Elements
Process mapping, ERD; diagram; flow lines
Written by Tomasz Ramus. Updated over a week ago
Themes : change the display settings for the diagrams
Theme; Display; Change colors; Change icons; Process interface; Process display;
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Images
Add images, pictures, photos to diagrams, as attachments. Image fill in activity boxes embedding inside notes. Link from image to URL
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
See map structure using map tree
Navigate around the map hierarchy using the map tree structure
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Exporting maps
JSON; Visio; Map export;
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Import map as a drilldown diagram
Build a map from a set of other maps. Import any map to be a child diagram on an activity step
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Deleting maps (soft-delete)
How to delete a map (and be able to restore it)
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Copy map
Clone maps in a Space or between Spaces
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Printing maps and diagrams
Printing, PDF, and embedding diagrams
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Swimlanes and text boxes: how to group processes
Swimlanes; Colour boxes; Color boxes; Visual analysis; Activity grouping; Process flows; Decision box grouping;
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Digital rights management for maps
How to manage users' ability to copy maps
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
Embedding content from another app into a diagram
How to embed documentation or convert diagrams from other tools
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago
TIBCO Nimbus import
How can I import my diagrams from Tibco Nimbus to Elements.cloud?
Written by Ksawery Lisinski. Updated over a week ago