Events act as the starting point and ending point of the process.
Please refer the following chapters for details:
The Modeling perspective supports two types of events:
icon represents the Start Event.
icon represents the End Event.This chapter covers the following:
In the toolbar, click Create Start Event icon and drop it to swim lanes. By default, start event is created with blank name. You can specify name for the event in the label that gets displayed under the element. Note that you must specify the name for start event. If the name is not specified, an error is displayed at the time of model deployment. For more information, please refer to the section Rules for Connecting Elements of the Working with Sequence Flows chapter.
Figure: Create Start Event
The Modeling perspective supports following types of events:
You can add End Event icon from toolbar and flyout menu of activity.
Figure: Create End Event
OR
Figure: Create End Event - Activity Flyout Menu
To delete events, hover the mouse over the event added to the swim lanes and click the Delete icon in the flyout menu.
Figure: Delete Start Event
The event flyout menu is displayed when you hover the mouse in the proximity of the event.
Figure: Start Event - Flyout Menu
Following menu options are available in the Start Event flyout menu.
| Menu Icon | Menu Option | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Delete | Deletes the event. This icon is available for Start Event and End Event flyout menu. |
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Gateway | Adds a new gateway connection from the Start event. |
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Activity | Adds a new activity connection from the Start event |
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Connect | Adds a Sequence Flow with the event as the first endpoint. You can create only one connection from a start event. If you try to establish more than one connection, a validation message is displayed. |
To view and modify properties of Start Event, perform the following steps:
Figure: Start Event - General Properties
The UUID and ID options are displayed only when you switch to Integrator profile.
Figure: End Event - Properties
The UUID and ID options are displayed only when you switch to Integrator profile.
This option is available only when you switch to Integrator profile. However, note that for the end event implementation is not yet available.
To add comments for events, perform the following steps:
Figure: Start Event - Comment Icon
Figure: End Event - Comment