From the tools on the palette, select the activities and connections to be deployed on the canvas.

The items on the palette are shown in the following figure and explained below.

Figure 1-16 FigurePalette (Business Process Definition window)

Group

Connections or activities of the same type are gathered into a group. A group is preceded by a folder icon ().

Tool

A tool can be an activity or a connection, for example. You can deploy the activities that you have selected on the canvas, or link activities that have been deployed on the canvas through connections.

The following table lists the groups and tools on the palette.

Table 1-5 TableGroups and tools on the palette (Business Process Definition window)

Icon	Display name	Explanation
	Select node	Selects an activity or connection on the canvas
	Connection	Groups together normal connections, link connections, and fault connections
	Connection	Connection that links normal activities
	Link	Link connection that links activities for defining a link
	Fault	Fault connection that links activities for defining fault processing
	Basic Activity#	Groups together basic activities, such as receive activities and response activities, that are defined in business processes
	Receive	Receive activity
	Reply	Reply activity
	Invoke Service	Invoke service activity
	Invoke Java	Invoke Java activity
	Data Transformation	Data transformation activity
	Assign	Assign activity
	Empty	Empty activity
	Throw	Throw activity
	Standby	Standby activity
	Validation	Validation activity
	Structure Activity#	Groups together activities, such as scope activities and while activities, that are structurally defined in business processes
	Scope	Scope activity
	While	While activity
	Switch Start	Switch Start activity
	Switch End	Switch End activity
	Flow Start	Flow Start activity
	Flow End	Flow End activity
	Utility	Group of utilities
	Comment	Create a comment

For details, see the uCosminexus Application Server and BPM/ESB Platform Terminology Guide.

Deploy the activities selected from the palette on the canvas. You can also link deployed activities through connections.

Variable-Correlation, Start activity, and End activity are already deployed on the canvas.

Figure 1-17 FigureCanvas

Variable-Correlation ()

Use this for defining variable-correlation sets. Clicking this item opens the List Of Variables And Correlation Sets dialog.

Start Activity ()

This is a start activity. This activity cannot be deleted.

End Activity ()

You can use the tab for the following activities to close open tabs and open higher-order tabs:

• Scope activity
• While activity
• Data transformation activity

(a) Closing open tabs

There are the following three methods of closing open tabs:

• For the Scope activity and While activity, right-click the canvas in which no items are selected, and then select Close Tab in the context menu.
• Right-click the tab to be closed, and then select Close Tab in the context menu.
• Click the mouse wheel on the tab to be closed.

Note that if you attempt to close a tab that is being edited by the Data transformation activity, a message asking you whether you can abort the changes appears. Select the Yes button if you want to abort the changes.

(b) Opening higher-order tabs

There are the following two methods of opening a higher-order tab for an activity:

• For the Scope activity and While activity, right-click the canvas in which no items are selected, and then select Open Tab of Definition Canvas in the context menu.
• Right-click the tab you want to open, and then select Open Tab of Definition Canvas.

After the operation, the tab you opened becomes active.