Condition Editor

The Condition Editor enables you to edit Condition components within a Technical Process, when different branches will be executed. For each branch, you can define conditions that evaluate status codes of preceding process components, context variable values, or parameter values (global, project or system parameters).

How to open the Condition Editor

1. Open a Technical Process.
2. Double-click a Condition symbol 

   

    or one of its execution branches.
   The Condition Editor displays the process diagram in a simplified way without drawing elements:
   

   

Right-hand side of the Branch area

In the Branch area on the right-hand side, you can select the branch for which you want to create a condition from the drop-down list. Alternatively, you can click on the correspondent transition line in the process preview.

View options for process preview:

	Zoom in	Zoom into the process diagram
	Original zoom	Display the process diagram in original size
	Zoom out	Zoom out of the process diagram
	Zoom to page	Display all
	Zoom to width	Display in full width

Left-hand side of the Branch area

In the Branch area on the left-hand side, you can select additional condition criteria from the drop-down list. The area below displays all entries that correspond to your selection. Choose between the following options for a condition criterion:

• Parameters: a list of currently available parameters and parameter groups (system, global and project parameters)

  

  Global parameters can only be selected if they have previously been created in the Global Parameter Configuration.
  Project parameters can only be selected if they have previously been created in the *.param file (Project Parameter Configuration), see also Creating project parameters.

• Variables: a list of context variables that have already been defined within the current Technical Process

Condition area

The Condition area is used to display and edit the conditions for the selected branch.
To create or edit a condition, double-click into this area.

Editing options for conditions:

	Undo	Undo the last editor action
	Redo	Redo a previously undone editor action
	Cut	Cut a selection
	Copy	Copy a selection
	Paste	Paste a selection
	Logical AND	Insert logical AND connection
	Logical OR	Insert logical OR connection
	Logical NOT	Insert logical NOT connection
	Delete	Delete a selected condition

Edit Condition area

In the Edit Condition area, you can create or edit a selected condition. For more information, see Creating and Using Conditions. 

Components	Option to specify whether If result of drop-down list should display process components to evaluate their execution state during process runtime
Parameters	Option to specify whether If result of drop-down list should display parameters (system, global or project parameters) to evaluate their actual values during process runtime
Variables	Option to specify whether If result of drop-down list should display context variables to evaluate their actual values during process runtime
If result of	Here you can select the criterion (process component, parameter, or variable) for which you want to define a condition.
is	Here, you can select a relational operator: < less than… <= less than or equal to… = equal to… >= greater than or equal to… > greater than… <> not equal to… The following comparison operators for character strings are available here for parameters and variables: = equal to… != not equal to… contains contains… startsWith starts with… endsWith ends width…
(Comparison value)	Enter a value which should be compared to the selected criterion.  a) For processes elements, always enter a numeric status value: 1: Default value if executed successfully -1: Default value if an error occurred 0: Default value if the result is empty or the process element has not yet been executed successfully nnnn: Any integer value (e.g., 2000) related to a ConditionState Mapping b) For context variables and parameters, enter an alphanumeric value:  Content of a context variable previously generated with Put Content of parameter (system or previously defined global or project parameter)