Changing the Properties of an Element (Evaluation Guide)

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When you double-click on an element, either in the Model View Tree or in the Diagram View, the Property View for that element opens. You can use the Property View to:

• Change the name or properties of an element.
• Enter a description of the element, if applicable.
• Change or add a trigger/result (if it is an event).
• View any links that have been created to the element.
• View the Impact Analysis report.
• View the Usage (CRUD) report.
• Change the appearance and color of the font or the object itself.

We are going to change the End Event we just placed in the diagram to a Message End Event.

1 Double-click the End Event object in the Diagram View to open the Property View.

2 Click the Results tab and then click the Message icon. The End Event is now a Message End Event.

3 To place a second Message End Event in the diagram, click the drop-down arrow to the right of the End Event icon in the Business Process Objects palette.

4 Select Message End Event from the list and place it to the right of the “Handle Fault” task in the diagram.

We are going to place an intermediate event on a task showing that if an error occurs, how the diagram would handle it.

1 On the Business Process palette, click the drop-down arrow on the Intermediate Event icon () and select the Error Intermediate Event () from the list.

2 Place the event on the lower edge of the task labeled “Check Order”. The icon is now docked to the task.