2.69 FlowN Dialog - General Tab

Use to create activities within this flow.

You also specify the number of branches of these activities to create.

Note: This activity is available in BPEL projects that support version 1.1 of the BPEL specification. In BPEL 2.0, this activity is replaced with the forEach activity.

Element Description

Name

Enter a name or accept the default name of FlowNnumber. This becomes the name for this activity in the designer.

N

Enter the number of branches to create or click the XPath Expression Builder icon to dynamically set this value. This activity creates multiple flows equal to the value of N, which is defined at runtime based on the data available and the logic within the process. An index variable increments each time a new branch is created, until the index variable reaches the value of N.

Index Variable

Click the Add icon to create a new variable or click the Search icon to browse for an existing variable. This variable indicates the period of time to wait in each branch. The index variable indicates a number associated with each branch.

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