Controlling Process Flow—Parallel gateways

Task # 3, Quote Approval has 2 parallel tasks:

  • Deal Step Approval
  • Term Step Approval

They need to be performed in parallel by the Approvers and Contracts roles.

How to do it...

I. Create a Parallel gateway

  1. Move to Component Palette | BPM | Activities.
  2. Click Gateways, and select Parallel Gateway.
  3. Drag it to the Project Editor, in the Approvers swimlane.
  4. Enter basic information into the properties dialog of the gateway, such as:
    • Name: Approvals
  5. When you have finished the preceding steps, click Save.

II. Create a User task

Note

You need to create two User tasks in the Process Model, which will perform the Approval deal and Approval terms tasks, by the Approvers and Contracts roles, respectively.

  1. Go to Component Palette ...

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