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Function documentationCreation and Configuration of Processes

 

You can use Design Time for Processes and Forms to create processes and to make the necessary settings.

Features

Creating a Process

You have the following options for creating a new process:

  • You create the process from the beginning.

  • You copy an existing process.

Copying a Process

To copy a process, you select one the following options:

  • Copy – This copies the process. All settings for the source process are transferred to the new process. The new process retains the assignment of form scenarios from the source process. You must select a name for the new process.

  • Copy with Dependent Objects – This copies the process. All settings for the source process are transferred to the new process. In addition, you can select the form scenarios to be copied from the source process to the new process. You must select a name for the new process.

Editing Validity Periods for a Process

  • When creating a new process, you determine a validity period for the process.

  • You can create an additional validity period for the same process.

    All time-dependent properties are initial to start with.

    Depending on your entries, the system delimits the existing validity period, or divides it into more than one period.

  • You can copy an existing validity period.

    This also copies all time-dependent properties of the process.

  • You can delete an existing validity period.

    The system deletes all settings for the process that you made dependent on this validity period.

Determining Process Properties

  • You determine certain process properties depending on the validity period. You can create more than one validity period for the same process, and make different settings for them.

  • Other process properties are independent of the validity period and apply for the entire lifetime of the process in the system, without changing.

    Note Note

    In addition, instead of determining many of the properties of the business process flow directly on the process, you determine them indirectly using the following involved components:

    End of the note.

Activities

Creating a Process Using the Object Selection Area

  1. In the object selection area, in the drop-down list box, choose Process.

  2. Enter a technical name for the process, and choose Enter.

Creating a Process Using Menu or Context Menu

  1. Double-click <process name> in the object hierarchy area to select an existing process.

  2. In the menu, choose Start of the navigation path Process Next navigation step Create End of the navigation path, or in the context menu Create.

Editing Validity Periods Using Menu or Context Menu

  1. Double-click <validity period> in the object hierarchy area to select an existing validity period.

  2. In the menu, choose Process, or in the context menu, choose the required option.

Determining Process Properties

For more information, see Validity-Period-Dependent Settings for a Process and Validity-Period-Independent Settings for a Process.

More Information

Assignment of Form Scenarios to a Process