Changing the Attributes of Execution Elements
All elements on the execution pane have attributes that describe their behavior in the service. In the Attributes panel, you can see and change the attributes of a selected execution element. If you use the panel preset, the attributes panel is displayed in the lower left corner:
To return to the panel preset, go to the user preferences and use button Reset Panels.
Refer to Customizing Editors and Panels for detailed information about panel management in general.
Click an element on the execution pane to display its attributes in the Attributes panel:
All elements have the following standard attributes:
Name
Type
Symbol Type
Some elements have specific attributes:
Array
Default Value
Stereotypes
If you click on the execution pane itself, the Attributes panel displays the attributes of the BPMN element that is currently selected on the diagram pane:
Standard Attributes
In the attributes panel, all attributes of the selected element are displayed. Some standard attributes are present for all elements.
Attribute Name | Description | Possible Values / Example | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
Name | Click here to insert or change the Name of the related element. Generated elements (like e.g. message) cannot be renamed. Element names must follow certain naming rules. They
Operation names can also be changed by double-clicking the related element in the diagram. | mapFromIdeaCheck | All execution elements. |
Type | Execution elements always have a Type. These can be basic types or user defined types. Users can define their own types in the Implementation folder or in a library. For variables, you can change the type by clicking option Change type and selecting a class from the list of available types. | Base Types.String | All execution elements. |
Symbol Type | Attribute Symbol Type displays the graphical type of the current element symbol. |
| All execution elements. |
Specific Attributes
In the attributes panel, all attributes of the selected element are displayed. Some attributes are only available for specific elements (see column Availability below).
Attribute Name | Description | Possible Values / Example | Availability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Array | Use the attribute Array to enable multiplicity. | true | The variable has a multiplicity of 0..*. | |
false | The variable has a multiplicity of 0..1 (default). | |||
Default Value | Specify a default value for the related variable here. Refer to Persisting Data for more details. | a valid default value depending on the type of the variable | ||
Stereotype | Via button Add Stereotype, you can add a stereotype to an execution step. By adding a stereotype, you can extend the attributes of an element with additional properties. For more information, refer to the related adapter pages. | |||