How to Delete a Data Object

Handling Information in Your Process Design 8-9

3. In the Structure window, expand the Activities node.

4. Expand the node that corresponds to the subprocess.

5. Expand the Data Objects node located under the subprocess node.

6. Right-click the data object you want to edit.

7. Select Edit.

A dialog to edit the data object name and type appears. 8. Make the changes you want.

9. Click OK.

8.7.3 Deleting a Data Object from a Subprocess

You delete a subprocess data object that you do not need or use. If there are flow objects in your subprocess that use the removed data object, then you must remove these references manually. To delete a data object from a subprocess: 1. In the BPM Project Navigator, select the process that contains the subprocess with the data object you want to delete.

2. In the Structure window, expand the Activities node.

3. Expand the node that corresponds to the subprocess.

4. Expand the Data Objects node located under the subprocess node.

5. Right-click the data object you want to delete.

6. Select Delete.

A confirmation dialog appears.

7. Click OK.

8.8 Introduction to Project Data Objects

The processes in a BPM project often have a set of data they share. For example, the Purchase Order process and the Request Approval process may both track the value of the employee that created the request, or the priority of the request. The value of this data is different for every instance in each of those processes, they only share the necessity to keep track of that data. Project data objects allow you to ensure that all the processes in a certain project keep track of a set of data. Then each process has to assign and update the value of this data. The main benefit of defining project data objects is that after publishing your project you can configure WorkSpace views to show the values of those variables. This is only possible if you use project data objects. Another benefit is that if you change the definition of a data object, then you only have to do it one time, as opposed to having to make those changes in all the processes in the project that define the same data object.