Use a Send Activity
Use a send activity to asynchronously start another process. It helps in parallel initiation of multiple processes and can be used to communicate between independent processes.
Note the following:
- A send activity can trigger an independent process that starts with either a form start or message start event.
- A send activity is different from a call activity. Unlike a call activity, it doesn't call a resuable process but calls and triggers another independent process. Also, unlike a call activity which waits for the called process to complete, a send activity triggers the called process but doesn't wait for the called process to complete. That is, the main process with the send activity and the process triggered by the send activity can run asynchronously.
To use a send task activity in a business process:
After activation, in runtime Tracking page you will see that the main process and the process triggered by the send activity (called process) are running and completing asynchronously.