Indicate the flow of data between your Process model elements and connectors with Data Object and Data Store elements using Data Association Flow elements.
See Process Modeling Element Descriptions for a description of the Data Association Flow element.
Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to configure a Data Association Flow 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.
Follow these steps to add a Data Association Flow element to the Process model:
View your Processes. The Processes page displays.
Add a Data Object or a Data Store element to the Process model.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 to indicate data flow from another Data Object or Data Store element.
Use anchors in a Data Association Flow element to adjust how that element bends between its connecting elements. There are two (2) types of anchors:
Follow these steps to adjust a straight line within a Data Association Flow element:
​View your Processes. The Processes page displays.
Select the Data Association Flow element so that available options display above the selected element.
Follow these steps to adjust where a Data Association Flow element bends:
​View your Processes. The Processes page displays.
Select the element so that available options display above the selected element.
Do one of the following:
Click, and then drag, on a straight line to add a round anchor, then place where to add a bend in that element.
The Data Association Flow element is black-colored by default. After the element is added to a Process model, its color can be changed. Element and connector colors may only be changed individually.
Follow these steps to change the color for a Data Association Flow element:
View your Processes. The Processes page displays.
Do one of the following to change the color:
Select a color swatch: Select one of the color swatches from the color palette. The element changes to that color.
Follow these steps to delete a Data Association Flow element from your Process model:
​View your Processes. The Processes page displays.
The Data Association Flow element has the following panels that contain settings:
Configuration panel
Process Modeler automatically assigns a unique value to each Process element added to a Process model. However, an element's identifier value can be changed if it is unique to all other elements in the Process model, including the Process model's identifier value.
All identifier values for all elements in the Process model must be unique.
Follow these steps to edit the identifier value for a Data Association Flow element:
Select the Data Association Flow element to edit its identifier value. The Configuration panel displays.
Expand the Configuration panel if it is not presently expanded. The Node Identifier setting displays. This is a required setting.
In the Node Identifier setting, edit the element's identifier to a unique value from all elements in the Process model and then press Enter.
Create a new Process or click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
Select the Data Object or Data Store element from which you want to add a Data Association Flow element. Available options display to the right of the selected element.
Click the Data Association Flow icon.
Click the Process element to/from which the data flows. The Data Association Flow element is placed.
Adjust a straight line within a Data Association Flow element by dragging the placement of an oblong anchor.
Adjust where a Data Association Flow element bends by placing, then dragging round anchors.
Click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
Drag the oblong anchorperpendicularly with the straight line of the element.
Click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
Drag an existing round anchorto place where to bend that element.
Click an existing round anchor to delete it, thereby removing that bend in the element.
Click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
Select the Data Association Flow element to change its color. Available options display above the selected element.
Click the Open Color Palette icon. The color palette displays.
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 element changes to that color.
Reset to the default color: Click theicon to reset the element to its default color.
Click the Open Modeler iconto edit the selected Process model. Process Modeler displays.
Select the Data Association Flow element to delete. Available options display above the selected element.
Click the Delete icon. The Process model element deletes.