Inserting an Exclusive Gateway and Defining the Execution Conditions

In this step, you will add another exclusive gateway to your process. After the human task has been performed, that is, a user has manually approved an invoice, the process can follow one of two paths: The invoice is manually accepted and then automatically forwarded, or the invoice is manually rejected and thus not forwarded.

Inserting an exclusive gateway

1. From the Palette view, drag the Exclusive Gateway (Forking) element next to the ApproveOrDeclineInvoice.humantask element in the bottom lane of the pool.

2. Click on the lower right corner of the ApproveOrDeclineInvoice.humantask element, hold down the mouse button and drag a connection to the Exclusive Gateway (Forking) element.

3. Click on the lower right corner of the Exclusive Gateway (Forking) element, hold down the mouse button and drag a connection to the CreateTransferRequest element.

   

Setting the execution condition

1. Double-click the Exclusive Gateway (Forking) element in the editor.
   The Condition Editor opens.
   The connection between the Exclusive Gateway (Forking) element and the CreateTransferRequest activity is automatically selected and highlighted in red in the Condition Editor.

2. Enter the following condition in the Edit Condition section:
   If result of case_STATE is = Approved - manually

   

3. Select Close.

4. Select Save.