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Manage Business Event

A business process, hereafter referred to as a Factorial Flow in ProcessFactorial terms, needs to be associated with a business event that governs its execution. Business events can be created and subsequently managed from the Events tab within the project.

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Create a New Business Event

Prerequisite: A valid NPO Project Refer Manage Project to learn more.

Follow the below steps to create a new Business Event.

  1. Click on the + New button from the upper-right panel (highlighted in the screenshot)

  2. In the drawer panel that slides open, fill out the below details.

    Field Description
    Name A suitable name for the event
    Description A succinct description for the event
    Business Object The Business Object to be associated with the event.
    Choose from available business objects in the drop down or click + New to create a new one.
    Event Type The type of event. Choose from:
    1. Trigger Event
    2. Wait Event

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  3. Click on the + Add button at the bottom to start defining the conditions based on attributes of the business object to define the event. Choice of attributes can be done as follows.

    • Add Row: Add a single row condition based on a single attribute
    • Add Group: Add a conditional group based on multiple attributes. Supports further nesting of conditional groups and rows.
    • Add Related Parent: Add condition(s) based on attributes of a related parent business object
    • Add Related Children: Add condition(s) based on the attributes of related child business objects
  4. Once the necessary conditions have been specified, click on Save & Close button to save the event, else click on Cancel to abort.

Edit a Business Event

Follow the below steps to edit an already existing business event

  1. Click on the Edit button in the upper-right panel.
  2. In the drawer panel, make changes to the required fields and conditions as needed.
  3. Click on Save & Close to save the changes and exit the panel, else, click on Cancel to discard the changes and exit the panel.

Delete a Business Event

To delete an existing business event, click on the Delete button in the upper-right panel. In the confirmation dialog box, click on the Delete button to confirm the deletion, else, click on Close to exit the dialog box without deleting the business event.

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