Change BPMN Element Appearance

1

Open the Tagged Values window.

Tagged Values

2

Select the required element or relationship in a diagram.

The Tagged Values window shows the appropriate Tagged Values and provides a list of values to assign to each one.

3

Set the required value, based on the value descriptions in the table below.

Activity

activityType

Set to:

adHoc

Set to true to display the tilde decoration on the bottom edge of the shape, indicating that this is an ad-hoc Activity.

adHocOrdering

Set to:

The adHoc tag must first be set to true.

isACallActivity

Set to true to show the boundary of the Activity element as a thick line, indicating that this is a Call Activity.

isATransaction

Set to true to give the Activity element a double-lined border, indicating that this is a Transaction.

isForCompensation

Set to true to display the rewind icon on the bottom edge of the shape, indicating that this is a Compensation Activity.

isSequential

Set to true to display three horizontal bars on the bottom edge of the shape.

The loopCharacteristics tag must first be set to MultiInstance.

loopCharacteristics

Set to:

taskType

When set to different value, the associated decoration is displayed at the top-left corner of the shape.

triggeredByEvent

Set to true to show the boundary of the Activity element as a dotted line.

Choreography

choreographyType

Set to:

initiatingParticipant

Set a value to show the corresponding participant band in a light color, which indicates that this is the initiating participant.

isACallChoreography

Set to true show the boundary of the Choreography element as a thick line.

loopType

Set to:

Each Participant has its own MultiInstance setting.

numberOfParticipants

Set to the appropriate numerical value to indicate the number of Participant bands for a choreography Activity or Task.

participantA

     or

participantARef

participantA - Type the name of the Participant to show on the Participant band of the Choreography.

If the Participant is known and referenced, use the participantARef tag and leave the participantA tag blank; the name of the referenced Participant is shown on the Participant band of the Choreography.

The same usage is applied to other Participant bands.

Conversation

isACallConversation

Set to true to show the boundary of the Conversation element as a thick line.

isComposite

Set to true to display a plus-in-box decoration on the bottom edge of the shape, indicating that the Conversation is a composite element.

Data Object

dataInOut

Set to:

isCollection

Set to true to add three vertical lines at the bottom edge of the shape, indicating that the object is a collection.

Event

cancelActivity

For Intermediate Event only.

Set to false to show the Intermediate Event border as a dashed line.

catchOrThrow

For Intermediate Event only.

Set to:

eventDefinition

Use to change the decoration of a Start Event, Intermediate Event or End Event.

isInterrupting

For Start Event only.

Set to false to show the border of the Start Event as a dashed line, indicating that the Start Event is not an interrupting event.

Gateway

eventGatewayType

Use to define two types of Event-based Gateway:

gatewayType

Set to:

instantiate

Use only to define the Exclusive and Parallel Event-based Gateway.

Message

IsInitiate

Set to true to make the envelope color gray, indicating that this is an initiating Message.

Message Flow

messageVisible

Set to:

Participant

participantMultiplicity

Set to true to display three vertical bars at the bottom edge of a rectangle Pool element.

Participant is rendered as a normal UML Class shape exclusively on Conversation diagrams.

Pool

blackBoxPool

Set to true to render the Pool element as a rectangle, which is used in a Main Pool diagram.

participantMultiplicity

Set to true to display three vertical bars at the bottom edge of a rectangle Pool element.

Sequence Flow

conditionType

Set to: