How can i handle different starting point in the BPMN

[hemamalini]

In a same process, how can i have different start points based on user choice? i need to skip few steps initially if the user didn't select that task. Should i handle this using process variables or how can i model it. What is the purpose of message start event

[jbarrez]

Yes, this should be modeled using variables + exclusive gateway.

One outgoing sequence flow goes to the default steps, one other skips the steps and goes to somewhere further in the process

[hemamalini]

Thanks.