Inserting an Exclusive Gateway and More Activities

In this step, you use an exclusive gateway to specify how the data is handled when one of the case states defined in the rule is set: Either the invoice is automatically forwarded or must be manually checked.

To insert the execution conditions, the next activities must already be inserted. These activities include an Activity element for automatic forwarding and a so-called Human Task element for the manual invoice check.

Inserting an exclusive gateway

1. Drag the Exclusive Gateway (Forking) element from the Palette view next to the Rule element in the top lane of the pool.

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

Inserting activities

1. Drag the Human Task element from the Palette view into the bottom lane of the pool.
   You will define the settings of the human task at a later time. For more information, see Creating and Defining a Human Task.

2. Define a new name for the Human Taskin the Label field in the Properties view, e.g. ApproveOrDeclineInvoice.

3. Drag the Activity element from the Palette view next to the Exclusive Gateway (Forking) element in the top lane of the pool.
   You can link the corresponding script or Technical Process with the element at a later time. For example, you could insert a Technical Process responsible for automatic forwarding after the data has been transformed.

4. Define a new name for the Activity in the Label field in the Properties view, e.g. CreateTransferRequest.

5. Click the lower right corner of the Exclusive Gateway (Forking) element and drag a connection to the CreateTransferRequest activity and the ApproveOrDeclineInvoicehuman task.