Parallel Gateway Element
Add, copy, delete, change the color, align, and configure Parallel Gateway elements in your Process model.
Don't Know What a Parallel Gateway Element Is?
See Process Modeling Element Descriptions for a description of the Parallel Gateway element.
Permissions Required
Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to configure a Parallel Gateway 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 a Parallel Gateway Element to the Process Model
Follow these steps to add a Parallel Gateway element to the Process model:
View your Processes. The Processes page displays.
Drag the element into the Process model canvas where you want to place it. If a Pool element is in your Process model, the Parallel Gateway element cannot be placed outside of the Pool 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 a Parallel Gateway element has the following limitations in regards to the following Process model elements:
Pool element: If the Parallel Gateway 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 Parallel Gateway element inside the Pool element closest to where you attempt to move it.
Lane element: If the Parallel Gateway element is inside of a Lane element, it can be moved to another Lane element in the same Pool element. However, the Parallel Gateway element cannot be moved outside of the Pool element.
Replace a Parallel Gateway Element with a Different Gateway Element
After a Parallel Gateway element is added to a Process model, you may replace it with a different Gateway type element:
Exclusive Gateway element
Inclusive Gateway element
Event-Based Gateway element
The selected Parallel Gateway element is replaced by the default settings and color of the replacing element.
Follow these steps to replace a Parallel Gateway element with a different Gateway type element:
View your Processes. The Processes page displays.
Select the Parallel Gateway element to change to another element. Available options display above the selected element.
Click Confirm. The new element replaces the Parallel Gateway element with its default settings and color.
Change the Color of a Parallel Gateway Element
See Change a Process Model Object's Color.
Copy a Parallel Gateway Element
See Copy Elements and Connectors into the Clipboard.
Clone a Parallel Gateway Element
See Clone Elements and Connectors Without the Clipboard.
Delete a Parallel Gateway Element
See Delete Elements and Connectors.
Settings
The Parallel Gateway element has the following panels that contain settings:
Configuration panel
Documentation panel (available when the Documentation package is installed)
Advanced panel
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.
Follow these steps to edit the name for a Parallel Gateway element:
Select the Parallel Gateway element from the Process model in which to edit its name. Panels to configure this element display.
In the Name setting, edit the selected element's name and then press Enter.
Indicate Workflow Direction
Indicate if the workflow direction for the Parallel Gateway is converging or diverging:
Converging: Converging workflow represents two or more incoming Sequence Flow elements to the Parallel Gateway element. All incoming Sequence Flow elements converging to the Parallel Gateway element must trigger before the Parallel Gateway element triggers, thereby synchronizing a Request's workflow. Use this coordinate workflow.
Diverging: Diverging workflow represents two or more outgoing Sequence Flow elements from the Parallel Gateway element. When a Parallel Gateway triggers, all outgoing Sequence Flow elements from the gateway element trigger simultaneously without exception. Conditions cannot be placed on any outgoing Sequence Flow elements from the Parallel Gateway element. Use this when multiple workflow routes must occur simultaneously.
One Parallel Gateway element can only converge or diverge parallel workflow, but not both. Use two Parallel Gateway elements to synchronize both converging and diverging parallel workflow.
Follow these steps to indicate the workflow direction for a Parallel Gateway element:
Select the Parallel Gateway element from the Process model in which indicate the workflow direction. Panels to configure this element display.
From the Direction drop-down menu, select from one of the following options:
Diverging: Select the Diverging option to indicate that the workflow direction is for outgoing Sequence Flow elements. When this option is selected, all outgoing Sequence Flow elements from the Parallel Gateway element trigger simultaneously without exception. This is the default option.
Converging: Select the Converging option to indicate the workflow direction is for incoming Sequence Flow elements. All incoming Sequence Flow elements to the Parallel Gateway element must trigger before the Parallel Gateway element triggers.
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:
Select the element from the Process model in which to edit its description. Panels to configure this element display.
Follow these guidelines to use the WYSIWYG rich text editor to stylize your text:
Select the required text from the Rich Text control.
In the URL setting, enter the destination URL.
In the Text to display setting, edit or enter the text displayed in the Rich Text control.
In the Title setting, enter the text to display when a user hovers over the displayed text.
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.
In the Source setting, enter a URL for the image.
In the Alternative Description setting, enter the text to display if the source URL of the image is not accessible.
In the Width setting, enter the maximum width for the image.
In the Height setting, enter the maximum height for the image.
Click Save.
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 Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Bold.
Italics: Do one of the following:
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.
Select one of the color swatches from the color palette. The selected text changes to that color.
Align text: Follow these guidelines to align text:
Left align: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Left.
Center align: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Center.
Right align: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Right.
Justify: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Justify.
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.
All identifier values for all nodes in the Process model must be unique.
Follow these steps to edit the identifier value for a Parallel Gateway element:
Select the Parallel Gateway element from the Process model in which to edit its identifier value. Panels to configure this element display.
In the Node Identifier setting, edit the Parallel Gateway element's identifier to a unique value from all nodes in the Process model and then press Enter.
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