This topic applies only to the IBM Business Automation Workflow Advanced configuration.

Adding notes

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You can use notes to add reminders or development notes. A note can remind you of further development that needs to be done.

About this task

You can add notes in the following editors:
  • Assembly editor
  • Mediation flow editor
  • Business process editor
  • State machine editor

Procedure

To add a note, complete the following steps:

  1. To create a note, click the note icon The add note button allows you to annotate the diagram on the canvas. at the top of the palette and click again on the canvas to place the note.
  2. Click the note association icon, The associate button allows you to attach a note to an artifact in the diagram. and then click the note and then an artifact.
    The note is now associated with that artifact. That association is maintained if you use refactoring to rename or move the artifact. If you check the artifact into a repository, the note will travel with it.
  3. You can associate the note with another artifact by dragging the association line to a new location.

What to do next

With the cursor on the note, right-click to see additional options for the note. You can use these options on the canvas to hide or show the notes in the diagram.