Task # 4 is performed at the Contracts swimlane by the Contracts role. You will merge the outcome of the Approval Deal and Approval Terms User tasks. Data objects that have already been created (approveDealOutcome and approveTermsOutcome) will contain the values of outcome from the Approve Deal and Approve Terms User tasks, respectively.
1. Merge Outcome: Merge the outcome of
Approve DealandApprove TermUser tasks:Go to Component Palette | BPM | Gateways
Click on Parallel Gateway
Click on the Contracts swimlane, where you want to place the Parallel Gateway
Name the Parallel Gateway
Merge ApprovalsCreate an unconditional, unnamed sequence flow from the
Approve DealandApprove TermsUser tasks to the gatewayMerge Approvals.When you have finished the preceding steps, click Save
2. Create a Finalize User task:
Go to Component Palette | BPM | Activities
Select a User task from the interactive section
Click on the Contracts swimlane and position User task before theEnd event
In the User task Properties window, enter the following:
In the Basic tab, enter Name = Contract Finalize
Leave the implementation tab as default
When you have finished the preceding steps, click Save
Create an unconditional sequence flow from the gateway
Approvals Outcometo theContract FinalizeUser task.Name the sequence flow as Approved
When you have finished the preceding steps, click Save
3. Switch on
Approve DealandApprove Termsoutcome:Post merger, you have to switch on the outcome of Approve Deal and Approve Terms User tasks. Create Exclusive Gateway to implement conditional switch on outcomes.
Go to Component Pallet | BPM | Gateway and select Exclusive Gateway
Click on the Contracts swimlane, where you want to place the Exclusive Gateway
Name the gateway
Approvals OutcomeWhen you have finished the preceding steps, click Save
4. Create sequence flows:
To implement the outcome scenario
If the outcome of Approve Deal OR Approve Terms User tasks is REJECT, then send the quote back to the Sales Representative
Else: Send it to Finalize Contract User task
5. When REJECT:
Click on the sequence flow icon on top of the process editor to create a sequence flow
Create a conditional sequence flow from the gateway Approvals Outcome to the Enter Quote User task.
Enter the following information in the properties of the sequence flow:
In the Description tab, enter Name =
DealorTerms RejectedIn the Properties tab, Type = Condition
In the Expression section, choose Simple Expression
Select Expression Builder
You can find the
approveDealOutcomeandapproveTermsOutcomeprocess Data objects. They hold the outcome values from User tasks:approveDealOutcome == REJECT or approveTermsOutcome == REJECT
When you have finished, click Save
6. When APPROVE:
If: the outcomes for the
Approve Deal
or the
Approve Terms
User tasks' is
REJECT,
Else: The contract will be finalized.
You can also use the parallel gateway to merge process paths split by the parallel gateway. The merge of the parallel gateway waits for a token to arrive from each of the incoming sequence flows. After all tokens arrive, only one token is passed to the outgoing sequence flow.
In addition, you should design your process so that a token arrives for each incoming sequence flow, for the merging parallel gateway. If you do not, your process can freeze if the merger is expecting tokens that do not arrive.