Loop activities

Sometimes, a process activity is repeated multiple times. These activities are called loop activities.

Table 1. Loop types
Loop Type Icon Description
Simple loop
simple loop
 An activity that is repeated until some condition is met, or until some condition is no longer true.
Multi-instance loop
multi-instance loop
 An activity that is repeated a specific number of times.

Simple loops

In your process, you might have an activity that is repeated until some condition is met, or until some condition is no longer true. For example, you might have an activity where a user must log in and that requires a user to enter a password. That activity will repeat until the correct password is entered.

To represent this, you can add a simple loop marker on your activity. To do this, complete the following steps:
  1. Right-click the activity.
  2. Select Marker > Simple loop.

Multi-instance loops

In your process, you might have an activity that must be repeated for a certain number of instances. For example, in a Hiring process, you might have an Interview Candidates activity that will repeat for every candidate on the list, with each iteration using a different set of input values.

To represent this, you can use a multi-instance loop marker on your activity. To do this complete the following steps:
  1. Right-click the activity.
  2. Select Marker > Multi loop.