ProEd Manual
Chapter 6 : Activity view
The Activity view is selected by selecting the Activity tab at the bottom of the ProEd editor window. :
In this view you can describe your process with the workflow toolbar.
You can add, remove, modify activities, transitions... You
also can add properties of process (participants, attributes...).
You can visualize several processes and close them as you want.
For each element (process, sub-process, basic activity...) you have a specific
popup menu which allows you to make the main functions.
If a Block Activity is opened by double clicking on its icon in the graph,
a new activity view tab (and participant view tab) will be added,
which displays the contents of the Block Activity. (Find Organ in the picture above)
To close these tabs, right click in the background of the graph that they contain and
select the Close item form the popup menu.
Graph Symbols
Basic activities are shown by blue rounded rectangles
- automatic or manual start and various participants
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Route activities are shown by green diamonds
- always automatic start and the SYSTEM participant
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Block Activities are shown by violet rounded rectangles
- always automatic start and the SYSTEM participant
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Subflow activities are fat blue rectangles with a squared plus icon
- always automatic start and the SYSTEM participant
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The end activity is shown by a red rounded square with a stop sign
- always automatic start and the SYSTEM participant
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Ordinary transitions are shown by solid black arrows
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Transitions that have a condition are shown by dashed green arrows
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Iterators are shown by solid, curved blue arrows
an iterator may also curve back to the same activity it started from
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The gear symbol indicates an activity that has the automatic start mode
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Operations
To add an activity:
- In the workflow toolbar, click on the desired activity type's button to select it.
- The cursor changes to indicate the selected activity type.
- Click in the activity view at the location you want the activity added.
- The activity will be added at the specified location
- The activity's dialog will open so the name and other properties may be specified.
(except for the end activity, which has no properties or dialog)
- ProEd will automatically change back to the select mode, indicated by a cross cursor.
To add a transition:
- In the workflow toolbar, click on the transition button to select it
- The cursor changes to an arrow.
- In the activity view, drag from the source activity to the target activity
- A transition will be added between the two activities
- The transition's dialog will open so the name and other properties may be specified.
- ProEd will automatically change back to the select mode, indicated by a cross cursor.
To add an iterator:
- In the workflow toolbar, click on the iterator button to select it
- The cursor changes to an arrow.
- In the activity view, drag from the source activity to the target activity
or
Click on an activity that is both the source and target
- An iterator will be added either between the two activities or looping back to the single activity
- The iterator's dialog will open so the name and other properties may be specified.
- ProEd will automatically change back to the select mode, indicated by a cross cursor.
To delete an activity, transition, or iterator:
- If ProEd is not already in the select mode, indicated by a cross cursor, press the top button in the workflow toolbar to enter the select mode.
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- Select the desired item by clicking on it.
- Handles will appear on the selected item to indicate its selection.
- Press the [Delete] key on the keyboard
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- Right click on the desired item.
- Select Delete from the context menu
- Answer Yes to the deletion confirmation dialog.
To reposition an activity:
- Drag the activity to the desired location.
- Transitions and iterators will move to remain attached to the activity in the new location.
To reposition a transition or iterator line:
The end points of a transition or iterator are fixed on the source and target activities,
however the line that connects them may be repositioned to avoid obstacles or unclutter the diagram.
- Right click on the desired line or line segment.
- Select Add a Point.
- A new handle will be added in the middle of the selected line or line segment.
- The new handle may be dragged to reposition the line.
To modify the properties of an activity, transition, or iterator:
- Double click on the item.
(does not apply to block, or subflow activities)
- Right click on the item and select Properties from the context menu.
- The end activity has no properties that can be modified.
To access the items contained in a block or subflow activity:
- Double click on the activity.
- A new graph window will open, showing the contents of the block or subflow.
- The contents of a subflow activity may not be edited in the new graph window, but a block activity can.
- A block activity may not contain an end activity, but a subflow can.
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Chapter 5 : XPDL view |
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Chapter 7 : Participant View |