To view or edit a flow's properties, double-click its diagram symbol or Browser or list entry. The property sheet tabs and fields listed here are those available by default, before any customization of the interface by you or an administrator.
The General tab contains the following properties:
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Property |
Description |
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Name/Code/Comment |
Identify the object. The name and code are read-only. You can optionally add a comment to provide more detailed information about the object. |
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Source |
Specifies the object that the flow leads from. Use the tools to the right of the list to create, browse for, or view the properties of the currently selected object. You can also open the property sheet of the source object by clicking the Source button located at the top part of the current object property sheet. |
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Destination |
Specifies the object that the flow leads to. Use the tools to the right of the list to create, browse for, or view the properties of the currently selected object. You can also open the property sheet of the destination object by clicking the Destination button located at the top part of the current object property sheet. |
Stereotype |
Extends the semantics of the object beyond the core UML definition. You can enter a stereotype directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in an extension file. |
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Flow type |
Specifies the type of the flow. You can create your own type of flow in the list, or choose one of the following values:
The flow type is unavailable if you associate an event with the flow on the Condition tab. |
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Weight |
Specifies the number of objects consumed on each traversal. |
Keywords |
Provide a way of loosely grouping objects through tagging. To enter multiple keywords, separate them with commas. |
You can view input and output flows of a process from its property sheet by clicking the Input Flows and Output Flows sub-tabs of the Dependencies tab.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Alias |
Short name for the condition, to be displayed next to its symbol in the diagram. |
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Condition (text box) |
Specifies a condition to be evaluated to determine how the flow should be traversed. You can enter any appropriate information in this box, as well as open, insert and save text files. You can open the Condition tab by right-clicking the flow symbol, and selecting Condition in the contextual menu. |
The Parameters tab lists the parameters that are passed along the flow. The list is automatically completed if you draw the flow between two activity parameters .
The Transformations tab specifies a data transformation to apply to input tokens. For example, it could extract a single attribute value from an input object.