Create Activities
Activities represent the actions for a process to execute. The Activities drop-down menu on the dynamic process canvas contains all the activities that can be used within a dynamic process.
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Human Task Activity
– Represents an activity where a process participant is required to perform the work. The task can be a simple interaction, such as filling out a form, or part of a more complicated workflow that requires input from multiple process participants.
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Process Activity
– Represents invoking of a structured process within a dynamic process.
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Service Activity
– Represents invoking of an external service, such as a REST connector.
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Milestone
– Represents a sub-goal within a process. Milestones are typically defined to track progress of a process.
- Connectors
– Represents invoking of a REST connector.
To create an activity, select the type of activity that you want to create from the Activities drop-down field, provide a suitable name, and click Add Activity.
An example human task activity is shown in the following figure:
Description of the illustration dp-human-task-activity.png
Select the activity to perform various actions on it. The actions available for each activity are listed as follows:
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Edit
– Click this icon to edit the properties of the activity. See Define Activity Properties.
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Delete
– Click this icon to delete the activity.
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More
– Click this icon to reveal the following additional actions:
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Change Type: Use this action to change the activity type. Select a different activity from the available options.
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Data Association: Use this action to define input and output for activities that require them. See Configure Data Association.
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Open Form: If a human task activity has a form associated with it, use this action to edit or view the form. If no form is associated, this option is grayed out.
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In addition, you can select an activity and move it within the stage or drag and drop it outside the stage or into another stage.