Process Nodes

Process Nodes

Process Nodes are steps of process. They define what are the steps has to be performed, while executing a process. For example: If an employee has to request leave, following are the steps to be performed:

• Employees send leave request to manager
• Manager approves or rejects
• HR tracks the leaves of an employee

Therefore, following are the nodes of a Leave request process:

• Send Leave request
• Manager Approval
• Manager Rejection
• HR Notification.

Node can have different types:

• "Wait"-Nodes wait for input, so they are visible in the worklist of the user that is assigned to that node. You can define actions and forms for this node type.
• "Activity"-nodes execute actions without waiting for user input. You can define actions for this node type.
• “Fork” - From this node you can execute several new nodes simultaneously (several nodes will be activated not only one as for 'Activity' node type).
• "AndJoin" - node should wait for all its incoming transitions (e.g. until all managers are not approved the letter about payment - the payment is not done).
• “OrJoin” -node should wait for at least one incoming transition and then can be activated/executed/etc (e.g. if the 'letter about payment' was rejected or approved by manager - we go to the 'Final' node and finish the process flow).

Add Nodes

1. Click Edit Process Types menu, select its corresponding Edit option and click Add button under Process Nodes. The Process Nodes screen appears.

2. Enter Node ID (mandatory), select Type from the drop down list, fill in Due Date and Expected Duration fields and enter Protocol Group.

3.  Click Apply button. You will be redirected to Process Editor Page. On this page there are links to Process Node Editor: