Creating tasks in BPMN diagrams

A task is an activity within a business process such as a user, a business rule, or a service that is performed.

Procedure

  1. In the Palette, under Task, click a type of task.
    • User: Represents an activity that is performed by a human with the help of an application.
    • Business Rule: Represents an activity that uses a business engine rule.
    • Service: Represents an activity that uses a service to perform a task.
    • Manual: Represents an activity that is performed without the aid of any business process execution engine or any application.
    • Send: Represents an activity that is designed to send a message to an external Participant.
    • Receive: Represents an activity that is designed to wait for a message to arrive from an external Participant.
    • Script: Represents an activity that is designed to be executed by a business process engine.
  2. Click in the diagram to insert the task.
  3. In the Properties view, on the General page, click the plus sign (+) or ellipsis (...) button to create a new operation or select an existing one.
  4. To add an In message, click the plus sign (+) or ellipsis (...) button to create a new or select an existing message.
  5. To create a structure, click the plus sign or ellipsis button to create a structure or select an existing one.
  6. In the structure details, click the ellipsis button.
  7. In the Select Type dialog box, specify either an XSD or UML model.
  8. Click OK.
  9. To add an Out message, repeat steps 4 through 8.
Related tasks:
Creating capability operations
Defining operation parameters in service models
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