Setting the Properties of an Activity

This topic describes the procedure to set properties of an Activity.

1. Select a starting point and click (Business Process Model) to open an existing business process model.
2. Double-click the Activity whose properties you want to set. Alternatively, right-click an Activity and select Properties, or press F8 on the keyboard. The <Activity Name> - Activity Properties pane appears.
3. Add a functionality by attaching one of the following to the Activity.
   • Web service: Use this option to retrieve or update records from a table without any user intervention. For information, see Attaching Web Services to a Business Process Model.
   • Decision Table: Use this option to invole decision table from the business process model. For information, see Invoking a Decision Table from a Business Process Model.
   • User Interface or External User Interface: Use this option to attach a User Interface or External User Interface created using an XForm, HTML or JSP. For information about creating user interfaces, see Working with Web Application. If an activity is not associated with any of the above three functionalities, then the activity is said to be an empty activity. Tabs displayed on the <Activity Name> - Activity Properties pane vary according to the functionality attached.
4. Click each tab of the activity property that appears beneath the business process model, and provide required information. To get more information on the various properties of an activity and what they imply, refer to Activity Properties Interface.

The properties of the current acitivity are set.