Making multiple sub processes from one process

[ericsnyder]

I need to design a process (tool process) that drives the making of a tool. That tool has anywhere from zero to multiple parts that feed into the tool. I want the tool process to start another process (part) for each part that is needed. I then want the tool process to wait until all the parts (zero - ???) are finished. Each part has some information that is unique to that part.

I have no idea how to accomplish this. Can someone please point me in the right direction?

[frederikherema1]

You can have a parallel gateway in the main-process that has outgoing flows to subProcesses (or call activities). On these sequence-flows, you put a condition that only evaluates to true if the tool you're creating in the current process-instance, needs the particular part that the subprocess/callactivity handles.

As an alternative, if you have a single subprocess that handles ALL tool parts, you can create a multi-instance subprocess that is called X times (parallel or serial), where X is the number of parts involved. Internally, in the subprocess, the right logic is chosen for the part involved. When all part-subprocesses are finished, the main-process moves on…

[ericsnyder]

I *think* I understand:

Here is Version 1 you describe above:
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj532/flycast11/Version1.jpg

Here is version 2:
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj532/flycast11/Version2.jpg

Do I have what you are suggesting basically right?

[ericsnyder]

frederikheremans:

Thank you. I did not try Version 1 above but Version 2 works with a slight modification. Rather than using a sub process I used a call activity that calls a different process. When the process is started you can key in the number of parts you need. The first task in the called process is a task to enter information that is specific to the part being built in the sub process.

Thanks for the point in the right direction!

[srinivasmula]

Hi Eric,

Could you share your work flow with calling activity that calls a different process

[frederikherema1]

Glad it helped! Thanks for sharing the solution.

[gutlez]

I'm pretty sure I put in a request a long time ago to implement Inclusive Gateways, which is what is really being asked for here.

[jbarrez]

And the inclusive gateway is implemented a long time ago in Activiti: http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html#bpmnInclusiveGateway

[amruta_w]

Hi Eric Snyder _‌

Even I have same question, if you have resolved please provide solution here.

Thanks

Amruta Wandakar