X4 Produktdokumentation

Properties of Business Processes (.bpm)

Business Processes (.bpm) are modelled graphically using the BPMN Editor and can be executed on the X4 Server if all modules are parameterized and linked correctly with repository files.


You can edit the properties of a Business Process in the Properties view by clicking on a free area of the BPMN Editor's workspace.

The most common properties are displayed by default, however, additional settings can be made using the Properties view toolbar:

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Properties

Documentation

Created

Creation date of the process

Created by

Creator of the process

Last Update

Date of the last change

Last Update by

Name of the last editor

Title

Free text field for the process title

Version

Project version

info If no version is set, the timestamp is taken as the version.

Technical

Can Stop

The business process may be stopped during execution.

info This property is not inherited to subprocesses.

Possible values:

  • True: for standard processes (default)

  • False: For critical processes that need to be completed

Free-flow mode

Defines if the free flow mode is enabled. This unlocks the extended BPMN palette to use the BPMN Editor as a pure BPMN drawing tool.

  • This option can be enabled when creating a Business Process and cannot be changed afterwards.

  • The run/debug functionality for the current Business Process is disabled in free-flow mode.


In service

Sets the process active or inactive. If inactive processes are executed directly, they are given the process ID -1 . Subprocesses, i.e., processes called from other processes, can always be executed regardless of this property.

Possible values:

  • True: Process can be executed (default).

  • False: Process cannot be executed (only called as subprocess).

Instance limit

Maximum number of instances of this process that can be executed at the same time.

Schedule

Time scheduling tool enabling the scheduled execution of processes on the X4 Server without X4 Designer; To schedule a process, select this property, and click parameter-bearbeiten.png .

Possible values:

  • Disabled: No schedule has been defined (default).

  • Enabled: A schedule for the execution of the process has been saved.

Stop on error

In the event of an error, stop the process execution

Possible values:

  • True: Stop process execution if an error occurs (default)

  • False: Do not stop the process execution if an error occurs (if possible)

Schema Declaration

Schema for the input and output of the process