Subprocesses
The subprocess represents a group of tasks which act together to perform a part of the process.
Reusable
- BPMN element:
<bpmn2:callActivity>
. - Description: Lets you call a process whose definition resides outside the current process.
- Configuration: Use
CalledElement
,Independent
, andWaitForCompletion
to configure which existing process definition to call and how to call it: as part of the calling process or as a new process instance (Independent
), in a synchronous or asynchronous fashion (WaitForCompletion
). UseAssignments
,DataInputSet
, andDataOutputSet
to map variables from/to the calling process.
Multiple instances
- BPMN element:
<bpmn2:subProcess>
- Description: Lets you loop (create multiple instances of a group of elements)
- Configuration: Use
CollectionExpression
,Variable Definitions
, andVariable Name
to configure the loop and assign the variable to pass inside the loop
Ad hoc
- BPMN element:
<bpmn2:adHocSubProcess>
- Description: Lets you define an unstructured subprocess...