When you create a process application or a toolkit, IBM® Business
Automation Workflow creates a single default branch named
Main. After branches are enabled for a process application or toolkit, you can
create additional branches.
About this task
To create a branch, you must enable branches and you must use a snapshot as the basis for a new
branch.
If process applications or toolkits contain Business Automation Workflow Advanced content (later called advanced
content), before you create tracks in the Workflow Center console, ensure that process applications and
toolkits are brought into IBM Integration
Designer to create
the default library and module. For information about the known limitations of working with advanced
content in Workflow Center, see Limitations when working with process applications and toolkits.
Procedure
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Select the Process apps or Toolkits tab.
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Select the process application or toolkit for which you want to create a new branch.
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If a snapshot doesn't exist, click Main and then Create a
snapshot.
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Select the menu of the snapshot and select New branch.
Note: The New branch option is available only if an administrator enabled
branches for the process application or toolkit.
- Enter a name and, optionally, a description, and click Save.
When you create a branch, the
Workflow Center
console displays a drop-down menu for the process application or toolkit that enables you to select
the branch that you want.
Note: An acronym is automatically generated for the branch. The acronym for
the new branch is derived from the first character of each word in the branch name. For example, if
the branch name is My New Branch, an acronym of MNT is
automatically generated. The acronym is used to differentiate multiple versions of a process
application snapshot or toolkit. For more information, see Naming conventions
.
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To open the new branch in the Designer in IBM Process
Designer, click Open <name
of branch> in Designer.