Unable to create a _expanded_ call activity using the tool

[tstephen]

When created using another tool, Yaoqiang is capable of displaying the call activity expanded. Also a sub-process may be expanded and collapsed fine.

[Blenta]

Yaoqiang BPMN Editor only supports Call Activity (Reusable Sub-Process) expanded in a separate diagram. This can prevent the sync issue when a reusable process is called by two or more Call Activities which are expanded in the same diagram.

Tips: right-click the Call Activity and then select 'Edit Called Process' to open the reusable process in a separate diagram.

[mskurz]

@Blenta: Thank you very much for explaining how to edit the sub processes. It is possible to create sub processes that way. However, there seems to be no way to expand them.

Furthermore, once one clicks on Edit Called Process on the following expanded call activity, an empty diagram is opened instead of showing the existing process.

@tstephen: Mentioning you in order to keep you updated.

[Blenta]

@mskurz : Yaoqiang BPMN Editor doesn't support expanded Call Activity (that means the called process's diagram info is saved in the same BPMNDiagram, not in a separate diagram). When opening the called process, the editor cannot find a diagram for this Process, so the opened diagram appears to be blank.

Although the expaned Call Activity is right, but IMHO I think it's not practical or intuitive. Because only one Call Activity calling the same reusable process can be expanded, the reusability of reusable process cannot be reflected sufficiently

Just my two cents. Blenta

[mskurz]

@Blenta Thank you for your swift response :-)

Because only one Call Activity calling the same reusable process can be expanded, the reusability of reusable process cannot be reflected sufficiently

I am not sure if I understand you correctly. Is this sentence referring the to functionality of Yaoqiang or to the BPMN specification?

[Blenta]

@mskurz I meant that it's impossible to draw more than one expanded Call Activity that calls the same reusable process using any tools.

Please correct me, if i am wrong.

[mskurz]

@mskurz I meant that it's impossible to draw more than one expanded Call Activity that calls the same reusable process using any tools.

@blenta Actually, I don't know a tool that supports modeling expanded call activities. However, as this is part of the BPMN spec, the BPMN MIWG has to check for this functionality as well.

@dgagne Do you happen to know a tool that allows modelling multiple expanded call activities calling the same process? What about the Trisotech modeler?