A composite process is a child process used to describe the actions of a parent process.
Expand the
Processes
category in the
Browser
and right-click the
Dispatch item
process to
select
Find in Diagram
from its contextual menu.
The
Dispatch item
process is selected and centered in the diagram window.
Right-click the
Dispatch item
process and select Change to Composite from the contextual menu.
The process symbol changes to the following symbol:
Press the CTRL key and double-click the
Dispatch item
process in the diagram to open the
composite diagram.
or
Select
Open Diagram
from the contextual menu of the composite process symbol in the diagram.
Ctrl+double-click
You can also directly create a composite process by pressing the CTRL key and double-click the parent
process.
For more information on composite processes, see Defining composite processes in chapter Building a
Business Process Model in the
Business Process Model User's Guide
.
Display organization unit swimlanes
An organization unit is assigned to a process. You can represent it as an icon or as a swimlane. The icon
representation expresses the relationship that exists between a process and the user of that process,
whereas the swimlane representation allows you to have an organizational view of your processes and
defines which organization unit is responsible for which process. The swimlane representation is the default
behavior for an organization unit.
You are going to display in the composite process diagram the Accounting Dpt and Warehousing Dpt
organization units defined in the parent process diagram as swimlanes in order to graphically show their
roles in that sub-process diagram.
For more information on organization units, see Defining organization units in a BPM in chapter Building a
Business Process Model in the
Business Process Model User's Guide
.
Click the
Accounting Dpt
organization unit in the
Browser
and while continuing to hold down the
mouse button, drag it to the diagram window.
Release the mouse button.
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