Process properties

Chapter 4 Building Business Process Diagrams

Process properties

You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a process property sheet, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry in the Processes folder.

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property	Description
Name	Specifies the name of the item, which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users.
Code	Specifies the technical name of the item, which is used for generating code or scripts.
Comment	Specifies a descriptive comment for the object.
Stereotype	Extends the semantics of an object derived from existing objects but specific to your needs. You can type stereotypes directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in your model's resource file or in an extended model definition.
Organization unit	Specifies the organization unit (see Organization Units (BPM)) linked to the process. You can select <Committee Process>to specify that it is realized by more than one organization unit (see Displaying a committee process). Click the Properties tool beside this box to display the property sheet of the selected organization unit or the Ellipsis tool to open the list of organization units and create new ones.
Timeout	Specifies the timeout limit. The default value is zero. When the value is not set to zero, it means that a timeout exception occurs if the execution of the activation takes more than the specified timeout limit. You can type any alphanumeric value in the Timeout box (Example: 20 seconds).
Duration	Specifies estimated or statistic duration to execute the action. This property is used for documentation purposes.
Composite status	Specifies whether the process is decomposed into sub-processes. You can choose between: Atomic Process (default) – the process does not contain any sub-processes. Decomposed Process – the process can contain sub-processes. A Sub-Processes tab is displayed in the property sheet to list these sub-processes, and a sub-diagram is created below the process in the Browser to display them (see Decomposing processes). If you revert the process from Decomposed to Atomic status, then any sub-processes that you have created will be deleted.
Number ID	Specifies an incrementing number to help you identify processes. The default value is 1. You can modify this value at any time and type an integer greater than 0. Any change you make will not, by default, affect other numbers in the series unless you right-click the diagram background and select Renumber Process IDs in the contextual menu. The whole series is incrementally renumbered. This option is particularly useful when working with composite processes, as sub-processes inherit the number ID of their parent.