Getting started

Creation of a process template

First start the AristaFlow Server and then the Process Template Editor from the start menu or via the ProcessTemplateEditor.exe as in Overview -> Start Tools described. The modeling begins with an empty graph in the Process Template Editor.

1. Create a new project and a process template

   • Right click in the white area under the tab Local Projects -> New -> AristaFlow Project and enter a name for the project
   • For a process template, click either on the main menu File → New or on the context menu in the Tab Local Projects (left upper corner) and enter a name for the template.
     -> The starting point of a template is the start and end nodes which are created automatically.

2. Before you make a change to the process template, you must select the area for it using the tab Palette tab in the top right corner.

   • Select the beginning of the area (start node colored green) with Preselection
   • Select the end of the area (end node colored purple) with Postselection
     
     Alternatively, you can also select the change area with the context menu (right-click on the arrow between the nodes).
     

3. Selecting a change operation via change operations -> Insert Node (right center)

   • inserted a node, the process looks like this:
     
   • insert another node, select the area beforehand as in step 2
     

4. Name the node by double-clicking it

   • First node: Fill out request for time off form
     
   • Second node: Approve time off request

5. Define input and output parameters for the nodes (process steps)

   • Either by right-clicking above the graph or via Change Operations -> Insert Data Element
     
   • Fill out request for time off form writes a data element
     -> Take data element as postselection, node as preselection
     -> click Change Operations -> Write Data Element
   • Approve time off request reads the data element
     -> Take data element as preselection, node as postselection
     -> click Change Operations -> Read Data Element
     

Save the process template with Ctrl+S.

Test execution of the template in Test Client

1. Single click on Run Template -> Process executed locally

2. Start the first process step by double-clicking on fill out request for time off form in the work list

3. Enter a value for the data element (parameter) as Output Data and confirm it

4. Start the second process step by double-clicking on Approve time off request in the work list

5. Verify the entry from step 3 with Confirm and terminate the process.