Creating a resource flow

Chapter 6 Building an Analysis Business Process Model

Creating a resource flow

You can create a resource flow in any of the following ways:

Use the Flow/Resource Flow tool in the diagram Palette.
Select Model→Resource Flows to access the List of Resource Flows, and click the Add a Row tool.
Right-click the model or package in the Browser, and select New→Resource Flow.

For more information about the different ways to create a resource flow, see section Creating an object in chapter Managing Objects in the General Features Guide .

When you create a resource flow from the Browser or from the list of resource flows, you must previously define a process object and a resource object for the resource flow.

To create a resource flow from a diagram:

Click the Flow/Resource Flow tool.

Click inside the process and while continuing to hold down the mouse button, drag the cursor to the resource. Release the mouse button inside the resource. The access mode is Update by default.

or

Click inside the resource and while continuing to hold down the mouse button, drag the cursor to the process. Release the mouse button inside the process. The access mode is Read by default.

The resource flow link is displayed between the process and the resource.

Dragging a resource flow to a different process or resource
You change the process or resource at either end of a resource flow by clicking the resource flow to select it, holding the ctrl key down, and dragging one of the attach points to a different process or resource.

Right-click to release the tool.

Double-click the resource flow in the diagram and type or select resource flow properties as required in the tabs.

Opening the property sheet of objects at ends
You can open the property sheet of the process and resource objects by clicking the Process and Resource buttons located at the top part of the resource flow property sheet.

Type or select resource flow properties as required in the different tabs.

Click OK.

Displaying resource flows from the process or resource property sheets
Resource flows linked to a resource or a process are also displayed in the process or resource property sheet. You can display those resource flows from the Resource Flows sub-tab of their Dependencies tab.