Intermediate Signal Throw Event Element

Add, copy, delete, change the color, align, and configure Intermediate Signal Throw Event elements in your Process model.

Don't Know What an Intermediate Signal Throw Event Element Is?

See Process Modeling Element Descriptions for a description of the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element.

Permissions Required

Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to configure an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element in the Process model unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:

• Processes: Edit Processes

• Processes: View Processes

See the Process permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.

Add an Intermediate Signal Throw Event Element

Permissions are required to do this.

Follow these steps to add an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element to the Process model:

1. View your Processes. The Processes page displays.

2. Create a new Process or click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
3. Locate the Intermediate Event element in the Elements and Connectors palette that is to the left of the Process Modeler canvas. If the Hide Menus buttonis enabled, the Elements and Connectors palette displays the Intermediate Event element's icon.
4. Drag the element into the Process model canvas where you want to place it. If a Pool element is in your Process model, the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element cannot be placed outside of the Pool element.

5. From the Elements drop-down menu, select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event option. The Intermediate Signal Throw Event element displays.

Intermediate Signal Throw Event element

After the element is placed into the Process model, you may adjust its location in the following ways:

• Move the element by dragging it to a new location.

• Select the element with other elements and/or connectors, and then move them collectively by dragging them to new locations in relation to one another.

• Align and/or distribute the element in relation to other selected elements and/or connectors.

Moving an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element has the following limitations in regards to the following Process model elements:

• Pool element: If the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element is inside of a Pool element, it cannot be moved outside of the Pool element. If you attempt to do so, Process Modeler places the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element inside the Pool element closest to where you attempt to move it.

• Lane element: If the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element is inside of a Lane element, it can be moved to another Lane element in the same Pool element. However, the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element cannot be moved outside of the Pool element.

Change an Intermediate Signal Throw Event Element's Color

The Intermediate Signal Throw Event element and label have a default yellow color to indicate that this element is an intermediate Request event. After an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element is added to a Process model, its shape and label color can be changed. Element and connector colors may only be changed individually.

Permissions are required to do this.

Follow these steps to change the color and label for an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element:

1. View your Processes. The Processes page displays.

2. Click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
3. Select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element to change its color. Available options display above the selected element.
4. Click the Open Color Palette icon. The color palette displays.
5. Do one of the following to change the color:

   • Select a color swatch: Select one of the color swatches from the color palette. The Intermediate Signal Throw Event element and label change to that color.

   • Specify a custom color: Click theicon to display the color selector, and then select a color, enter the Hex color code, or enter the red, green, blue, and alpha color values for the custom color. The Intermediate Signal Throw Event element and label change to that color.
   • Reset to the default color: Click theicon to reset the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element and label to its default color.

Replace an Intermediate Signal Throw Event Element with a Different Intermediate Request Event Element

After an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element is added to a Process model, you may replace it with a different intermediate Request event element:

• Intermediate Timer Event element

• Intermediate Signal Catch Event element

• Intermediate Message Catch Event element

• Intermediate Message Throw Event element

• Intermediate Conditional Catch Event element

The selected Intermediate Signal Throw Event element is replaced by the default settings and color of the replacing element.

Permissions are required to do this.

Follow these steps to replace an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element with a different intermediate Request event element:

1. ​View your Processes. The Processes page displays.

2. Click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
3. Select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element to change to another intermediate Request event element. Available options display above the selected element.

4. Click the Elements icon. The Elements drop-down menu displays the intermediate Request event elements.
5. Select the element to replace the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element. The Change Type screen displays to confirm replacing the currently selected element.
6. Click Confirm. The new element replaces the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element with its default settings and color.

Copy an Intermediate Signal Throw Event Element

Copying an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element copies the original along with its current settings, making it easier and faster to continue designing without adding default elements or connectors with their default settings.

The copied Intermediate Signal Throw Event element displays below the original. Any Sequence Flow and/or Message Flow elements incoming to or outgoing from the original are not copied.

Permissions are required to do this.

Follow these steps to copy an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element in your Process model:

1. ​View your Processes. The Processes page displays.

2. Click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
3. Select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element to copy. Available options display above the selected element.
4. Click the Copy Element icon. The Process model element copies.

Delete an Intermediate Signal Throw Event Element

Deleting a Process model element also deletes any Sequence Flow and/or Message Flow elements incoming to or outgoing from that element. For example, if a Process model element is deleted that has both incoming and outgoing Sequence Flow elements, the Sequence Flow elements must be reconnected for the remaining elements/connectors.

Permissions are required to do this.

Follow these steps to delete an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element from your Process model:

1. ​View your Processes. The Processes page displays.

2. Click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
3. Select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element to delete. Available options display above the selected element.
4. Click the Delete icon. The Process model element deletes.

Settings

The Intermediate Signal Throw Event element has the following panels that contain settings:

• Configuration panel

  • Edit the element name

  • Select the Signal the element broadcasts

  • Edit the name of a Signal

  • Delete a Signal

  • Select the contents of the broadcasting Signal's payload

• Documentation panel (available when the Documentation package is installed)

  • Edit the element's description displayed in Process documentation

• Advanced panel

  • Edit the node's identifier value

Configuration Panel Settings

Edit the Element Name

An element name is a human-readable reference for a Process element. Process Modeler automatically assigns the name of a Process element with its element type. However, an element's name can be changed.

Permissions are required to do this.

Follow these steps to edit the name for an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element:

1. Select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element from the Process model in which to edit its name. Panels to configure this element display.

2. Expand the Configuration panel if it is not presently expanded. The Name setting displays. This is a required setting.

3. In the Name setting, edit the selected element's name and then press Enter.

Select the Signal the Element Broadcasts

An Intermediate Signal Throw Event element broadcasts a specific Signal that contains part or all of its current Request data when it triggers to all elements throughout that ProcessMaker Platform instance listening for that Signal. The element that listens for the broadcast Signal does not need to be in the same Process model as the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element. Select the Signal that this element broadcasts.

Permissions are required to do this.

Follow these steps to select the Signal that the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element broadcasts:

1. Select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element from the Process model in which to select the Signal that it broadcasts. Panels to configure this element display.

2. Expand the Configuration panel if it is not presently expanded, and then locate the Signal setting.
3. Do one of the following:

   • The Signal to trigger this element exists:

     1. From the Signal drop-down menu, select the Signal that triggers this element. This setting is required.

   • The Signal to trigger this element does not exist:

     1. Click the menu iconbeside the Signal drop-down menu. The +Signal button displays.
     2. Click the +Signal button. The ID and Name settings display to configure the new Signal's ID and name, respectively.
     3. In the ID setting, enter the unique ID of this Signal. The Signal ID may only contain non-special characters and without spaces. This Signal ID must be unique from all other signal IDs. If the entered Signal ID already exists, the following text displays below the setting: Signal ID is duplicated. Note that the Signal ID cannot be edited after the Signal is created. Consider the following when entering the Signal ID value:

        • Signal IDs must be unique and accept alphanumeric characters only.

        • A Signal that corresponds with a User Signal must have the Signal ID value that corresponds with that User Signal's event. See What is a User Signal?. Ensure that the User Signal is enabled for use.

        This is a required setting.

     4. In the Name setting, enter the unique alphanumeric name of this Signal. This Signal name must be unique from all other Signal names. This Signal name displays when selecting a Signal from other elements that can broadcast or listen for a Signal. If the entered Signal name already exists, the following text displays below the setting: Signal Name is duplicated. This is a required setting.

     5. Click Save. The Signal is created.

     6. From the Signal drop-down menu, select the new Signal that triggers this element. This setting is required.

     7. Save your Process model. The new Signal is added to Signal Manager.

Edit the Name of a Signal

Editing the name of a Signal changes that signal's name. This Signal name displays when selecting a Signal from other elements that can broadcast or listen for a Signal.

Permissions are required to do this.

Follow these steps to edit the name of a Signal:

1. Select any element from the Process model that broadcasts or listens for a Signal. Panels to configure this element display.

2. Expand the Configuration panel if it is not presently expanded, and then locate the Signal setting. The Signal setting may have a selection unlike the image below indicates.
3. Click the menu iconbeside the Signal drop-down menu. All Signals configured in your ProcessMaker Platform instance display below the +Signal button. The Signal ID displays in a gray border; the Signal name displays to the right of the Signal ID.
4. Click the Edit iconthat displays beside each Signal to edit that signal. The Name setting displays the name of that Signal.
5. In the Name setting, edit the name of the Signal as necessary.

6. Click Save.

7. Save your Process model. The name of the Signal also changes in Signal Manager.

Delete a Signal from the Instance

Permissions are required to do this.

A Signal cannot be delete if any other Signal subscribes to it. When attempting to delete a Signal with any subscribing element, a message displays with which element(s) subscribes to that Signal.

Carefully consider whether to delete a Signal. Deleting a Signal makes that Signal unavailable when configuring all elements that broadcast or listen to Signals throughout your ProcessMaker Platform instance.

Deleting a Signal cannot be undone.

Follow these steps to delete a Signal:

1. Select any element from the Process model that broadcasts or listens for a Signal. Panels to configure this element display.

2. Expand the Configuration panel if it is not presently expanded, and then locate the Signal setting. The Signal setting may have a selection unlike the image below indicates.
3. Click the menu iconbeside the Signal drop-down menu. All Signals configured in your ProcessMaker Platform instance display below the +Signal button. The Signal ID displays in a gray border; the Signal name displays to the right of the Signal ID.
4. Click the Delete iconthat displays beside each Signal to delete that Signal. A message displays to confirm deletion of this Signal.

   If the Signal is subscribed to by another element anywhere in your ProcessMaker Platform instance, that Signal cannot be deleted. A message displays by which element(s) subscribes to this Signal.

5. Click Delete.

6. Save your Process model. The Signal is also deleted from Signal Manager.

Select the Contents of the Broadcasting Signal's Payload

Configure the contents of the broadcasting Signal's payload when the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element triggers:

• Send no Request data in the Signal's payload, thereby sending no data. All elements configured to listen for the broadcasting Signal trigger, but no data from the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element's Request can be referenced from the receiving element.

• Send all current Request data in the Signal's payload.

• Send the current value of a specified Request variable in the Signal's payload.

Follow these steps to select the contents of the Signal's payload that the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element broadcasts:

1. Select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element from the Process model in which to select contents of the Signal's payload. Panels to configure this element display.

2. Expand the Configuration panel if it is not presently expanded, and then locate the Signal Payload setting.
3. From the Signal Payload drop-down menu, select one of the following options:

   • No Request Data: Select No Request Data to send no Request data in the Signal's payload.

   • All Request Data: Select All Request Data to send all current Request data in the Signal's payload.

   • Specify Data Variable: Select Specify Data Variable to specify a Request variable's current value as the Signal's payload. The Request Variable setting displays. In the Request Variable setting, enter or edit the name of the Request variable to use its current value as the Signal's payload. To send the entirety of that Request's payload, leave the Request Variable setting empty.

Documentation Panel Settings

Edit the Element's Description Displayed in Process Documentation

If the Documentation package is installed, describe the element's purpose and how it functions in the Process. This description does not affect Requests for the Process, but may be useful for Process model maintenance such as how the element is configured. Edit information by using the What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) rich text editor.

A Process's entered documentation displays by selecting the View Documentation icon for that Process.

Package Required

The Documentation package must be installed to view or edit the documentation for a Process element. Use the Documentation package to view documentation for Processes that includes an image of the Process map and entered description of its elements and connectors.

Follow these steps to edit the description for an element:

1. Select the element from the Process model in which to edit its description. Panels to configure this element display.

2. Expand the Documentation panel if it is not presently expanded. The Description setting displays.
3. In the Description setting, edit the information to display when viewing documentation for this element and then press Enter. Alternatively, use the What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) rich text editor to stylize your text by clicking the More icon.

   Follow these guidelines to use the WYSIWYG rich text editor to stylize your text:

   • Undo changes: Click on theicon to undo the last action.
   • Redo changes: Click on theicon to redo the last undone action.
   • Insert/Edit Link: Click on theicon to convert the selected text into a hyperlink. Follow these steps to create a hyperlink:

     1. Select the required text from the Rich Text control.

     2. Click on theicon. The Insert/Edit Link screen displays.
     3. In the URL setting, enter the destination URL.

     4. In the Text to display setting, edit or enter the text displayed in the Rich Text control.

     5. In the Title setting, enter the text to display when a user hovers over the displayed text.

     6. From Open link in… drop-down menu, select one of these options:

        • New window: Select this option to open the destination page in a new browser window.

        • Current window: Select this option to open the destination page in the current browser window.

   • Insert/Edit Image: Click on the Insert/Edit Image iconto insert an image. Follow these guidelines:

     1. Click on the Insert/Edit Image icon.
     2. The Insert/Edit Image screen displays:
     3. In the Source setting, enter a URL for the image.

     4. In the Alternative Description setting, enter the text to display if the source URL of the image is not accessible.

     5. In the Width setting, enter the maximum width for the image.

     6. In the Height setting, enter the maximum height for the image.

     7. Toggle the Constrain Proportions iconto maintain the width-height ratio of the image to its original proportion.
     8. Click Save.

   • Insert Page Break for PDF: Click on the Insert Page Break for PDF iconto insert a page break when a PDF document is created for this documentation if your browser supports this feature.
   • Format text: Follow these guidelines to format text:

     • Headings: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Headings and then select a heading size.

     • Bold: Do one of the following:

       • From the editor toolbar, select theicon.
       • From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Bold.

     • Italics: Do one of the following:

       • From the editor toolbar, select theicon.
       • From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Italic.

     • Underline: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Underline.

     • Strikethrough: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Strikethrough.

     • Superscript: From the Paragraph/ Formats menu, select Inline and then Superscript.

     • Subscript: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Subscript.

     • Code: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Code.

     • Paragraph: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Blocks and then Paragraph.

     • Blockquote: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Blocks and then Blockquote.

     • Division: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Blocks and then Div.

     • Preformatted: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Blocks and then Pre.

     • Change text color: Use the Text Color drop-down to change text color. Click on theicon. The color palette displays. Do one of the following:

       • Select one of the color swatches from the color palette. The selected text changes to that color.

         • Click theicon to select a custom color from the Color Picker.
         • Click theicon to reset the text to its default color.
     • Align text: Follow these guidelines to align text:

       • Left align: Do one of the following:

         • From the editor toolbar, use theicon to left-align text.
         • From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Left.

       • Center align: Do one of the following:

         • From the editor toolbar, use theicon to center-align text.
         • From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Center.

       • Right align: Do one of the following:

         • From the editor toolbar, use theicon to right-align text.
         • From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Right.

       • Justify: Do one of the following:

         • From the editor toolbar, use theicon to justify text.
         • From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Justify.

     • Insert a bullet list: Use theicon to format text as a bulleted list.
     • Insert a numbered list: Use theicon to format text as a numbered list.
     • Indent text: Click on theicon to increase text indenting.
     • Outdent text: Click on theicon to decrease text indenting.

Advanced Panel Settings

Edit the Node's Identifier Value

Process Modeler automatically assigns a unique value to each Process node added to a Process model. However, a node's identifier value can be changed if it is unique to all other nodes in the Process model, including the Process model's identifier value.

Permissions are required to do this.

All identifier values for all nodes in the Process model must be unique.

Follow these steps to edit the identifier value for an Intermediate Signal Throw Event element:

1. Select the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element from the Process model in which to edit its identifier value. Panels to configure this element display.

2. Expand the Advanced panel if it is not presently expanded. The Node Identifier setting displays. This is a required setting.
3. In the Node Identifier setting, edit the Intermediate Signal Throw Event element's identifier to a unique value from all nodes in the Process model and then press Enter.

Related Topics

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