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Call process activity

This type of business process activity allows you to call a process configured on the Processes tab of the module. Settings are performed on two tabs: Settings and Context.

Settings tab

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On the Settings tab, specify:

  • Name. Name of the business process activity.
  • Default name. This name is displayed on the business process activity element when it is added to the business process diagram.
  • Activity color. The color of the activity shape on the process diagram.
  • Description. The description of the activity’s functionality and features.
  • Process. From the drop-down list, select the module process that you want to bind the activity to. The Update to the latest version of the process is used when input and output parameters of the process have been changed. Otherwise, you don’t need to update the process.
  • Outdated. This option allows you to hide the element from the business process designer so that users cannot add it to new business process diagrams. Outdated activities will continue to work unchanged in already created processes. For example, you can enable the option for an activity after a module update.
  • Number of retries in case of error. Specifies how many times the system will try to execute the activity.
  • Retry delay (sec)*. Defines the frequency of attempts.

Context tab

On the Context tab, you can add variables used to configure the activity. To do this, click +Add. For more information about variable types, see the System data types article.

Context variables of an activity can be passed to the business process that contains this activity. In turn, the activity can receive the context variables of the process in which it is used.

To pass variables, you must define which variables are input and output ones. Then, after adding the activity to the process diagram, you can map those variables to the process context. Read more about this in the Binding and other aspects of business process activities article.

After entering the activity details, click Save and Publish in the top panel of the settings window.

With the module enabled, the activity will be available in the business process designer, on the toolbar to the right of the modeling field, on the Integrations tab. You can add the graphical element on the process flow chart and configure the settings for its execution.

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