Creating a New Map

To create a new map:

1. In PeopleSoft Application Designer, select File, New.

2. In the New scrolling list, select the map type: Activity or Business Process.

3. Click OK.

4. Add the icons required to represent the activity or business process.

   If you are creating a business process, the icons represent other maps, activities, and possibly other business processes. When you add these types of icons to the map, you can specify an existing activity or business process that the icon represents, or you are prompted to create a new one.

   Even if you do not save the business process on which you are working, the new activities or business processes that you created are saved to the database. Arrange the icons in a logical and visually informative way.

   If appropriate, add modeling symbols, drawings, arrows, text, or other graphic elements to the map. These elements are useful primarily in maps that are visible in PeopleSoft Navigator. They do not affect workflow processing, nor are they visible in workflow activity guides.

5. Connect the activities, decision points, and subprocesses in the appropriate order:

   1. Click the Link button.

   2. Click the two objects sequentially.

      An arrow appears, pointing from the first object to the second.

      The links between steps only clarify the flow of work. They do not directly determine the order of the steps, which you specify when you set the properties for individual icons in the maps. However, if you enabled automatic sequencing in the activity properties, then the default step order is based on the links.

6. Define the properties of the map.

7. Define the properties of the icons on the map.

8. Save the map.