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.
See Change a Process Model Object's Color.
See Copy Elements and Connectors into the Clipboard.
See Clone Elements and Connectors Without the Clipboard.
See Delete Elements and Connectors.
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.