Chapter 4 Building Business Process Diagrams

Creating a decomposed process from a selection of symbols

You can create a decomposed process from a selection of symbols in the diagram using the Tools→Create Composite Process command. This command is only available from a business process diagram in which you have selected valid objects, such as processes, flows, decisions or synchronizations.

To create a decomposed process from a selection of symbols:

1. Press the shift key while clicking symbols.
2. Select Tools→Create Composite Process.
   
   A new decomposed process named Scope_n by default is created and contains the selected symbols.

The new decomposed process opens in composite view mode (global view of its content within its symbol in the diagram). In addition, any defined symbol custom shapes for are removed, however their relative position, size and format are preserved together with the display preferences of the initial diagram.

Automatic completion

When selected symbols have input/output flows from/to non-selected symbols, a start/end is automatically created inside the decomposed process together with default output/input flows from this start to these selected objects or from these selected objects to the end.

Initial diagram:

New decomposed process:

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