Including Decision as a Process in the Process Chain 

Procedure

You are in the plan view of the process chain, in which you want to include a decision as a process.

The process type Decision is available in the General Services process category.

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       1.      Insert the Decision process type with Drag&Drop or by double-clicking into the process chain.

       2.      In the next dialog box, select a process variant and confirm your entry.

To create a new process variant, enter a name for the variant and choose Create.

                            a.      In the resulting dialog box, enter the description of the process variant and choose  Next.

                            b.      The maintenance screen of process variants for a decision appears.

                            c.      Here you define the options and the conditions based on which the option is to be chosen.

Context-dependent input help is available to you when you are using the functions for the process chain category in the formula editor. For this, fill the parameters of the function from left to right with the Constant pushbutton. The dialog box that appears enables input help that depends on the current process chain and the parameters for the function that have already been maintained.

                            d.      Save your entries and go back.

                            e.      In the following dialog box, confirm the addition of the process variants in the process chain.

       3.      Link the process to the follow-up processes. The dialog box for determining the color of the connection allows you to select one of the options you defined and the connection when there are errors.

Whenever a follow-process is waiting for an option, follow-up processes have to be available for the other possible options, because a possible follow-up process that is missing will lead to errors when the missing option is chosen. If this is not the case, the system outputs a warning during the scheduling time check. On the other hand, the system outputs a warning when a follow-up process is waiting for an option that is not declared.

Result

You have included a decision process as a process in a process chain. After including any additional process variants in your chain, check the chain and then activate it.