Chapter 6 Building an Analysis Business Process Model

Process property sheet Implementation tab

In the Implementation tab, you can define how the process is implemented.

Only logical implementations are provided for an analysis BPM.

Implementation processes semantically behave as shortcuts, however you can redefine some properties such as name, code, timeout or duration.

For more information about implementation processes, see section Process properties.

Depending on your choice of implementation, the properties contained in the Implementation tab change accordingly. However the following properties always display:

Property Description
Type Specifies the type of implementation. You can choose between the following types of implementation:

  • None. When no implementation type is defined yet or when the process has no other implementation than the one defined in the Action box
  • Loop. When you want to provide simple declaration of loops. The following symbol is displayed on the bottom center part of the process symbol to identify graphically the kind of implementation:



  • Reuse process. When you want to implement processes by other processes. The following symbol is displayed on the bottom center part of the process symbol to identify graphically the kind of implementation:

Action type Specifies the way the action should be executed. It can be a manual, automated or a user-defined type. This box is unavailable when you select Loop in the Type box

Note   Opening the Implementation tab
You can open the Implementation tab by right-clicking the process symbol in the diagram, and selecting Implementation.

Loop implementation

A Loop implementation provides simple declaration of loops.

When you select Loop in the Type list, the process automatically becomes composite and the sub-graph details the actions to perform inside the loop. If you change the composite loop process to atomic, the Implementation Type automatically changes to None.

The following properties display in the Implementation tab:

Property Description
Loop expression Allows you to specify the loop condition
Loop type Allows you to specify the kind of loops. You can click the list to select a predefined loop type
Editor Allows you to edit the selected implementation type within a text editor

Reuse process implementation

The Reuse process implementation is used to share the implementation details of an existing process and overload other properties like name, code, timeout or duration. The process you selected in the Implemented By box can be considered as a call for the implementation process. The implemented process semantically behaves as a shortcut. It is equivalent to using a shortcut in the graph of activities.

When you select Reuse process in the Type list, the following properties display in the Implementation tab:

Property Description
Implemented by Displays the available implementation processes in the model. You can also create an implementation process by clicking the Create tool beside this box. The Create tool is unavailable when a process is already selected in the list. You can click the Properties tool beside the Create tool to display the property sheet of the selected implementation process or click the Select an implementation object tool to open a selection list and select a process from a package
Editor Allows you to edit the selected implementation type within an XML colored syntax editor

 

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