Activity Nodes

Process activity is the core of a Process Template Diagram. It consists of all notations that is used to represent any business activity. In Process Designer, Process activity is also called a Node task. The node task panel is divided into 4 main node task groups as described below:

Activity Tasks: This notation is used to perform a specified task according to the functionality as defined below.

Notation	Notation name	Notation Definition
	Java Task	Java Task is used to execute any custom java functions from the uploaded java library.
	Database Task	Database Task is used to execute the SQL commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE.
	Web Service Task	Web Service Task is used to call the SOAP Web service or REST API.
	Sub Flow Task	Sub Flow Task is used to call another flow in the same project.
	Push Notification	Push Notification Task is used to send notification to mobile application.

Gateway Tasks: Gateway Tasks are used to make decisions to control the Process Path flow. User can specify a condition to determine the path the process needs to follow. The Gateway Tasks help users to fork the process flow into divergent paths.

Notation	Notation name	Notation Definition
	Exclusive	Exclusive Gateway is used to create alternative paths within the flow, depending on condition, where only one of the several paths can be followed. The user can enter a condition into each path. If there is more than one path that can be fired or taken, only the first of the valid paths will be fired.

Event notation: Event notation is suitable for events that are triggered. For example, the incoming message from an external system. They can be used to start or finish a process. There are several event types supported by Process Designer.

Notation	Notation name	Notation Definition
	Start event	Start Event is used to start the flow.
	End event	End Event is used to indicate end of the flow.

Boundary event notation: This notation is used as a listener event on the Activity task notation.

For more details of these groups are explained in table below.

Notation	Notation name	Notation Definition
	Timer	Timer boundary event is used as a trigger to execute another node task based on the defined maximum time duration.
	Error	Error event is a trigger event to execute another node task based on the defined error or exception.

Properties of Task Activity

The first property of every activity node is by default the General Tab as shown in figure below. The General Tab is used to show the generic information of each node task and it is displayed when user double clicks on any node task.

All property settings available inside general tab are described in table below

Property	Mandatory	Default	Description
Name	Y	N	The name of node task
ID	Y	Y	The unique id of node task is generated by system
Type	Y	Y	The type of node task
Description	N	N	The description of node task