Add a Gateway
A gateway can be added using existing activities, process links and events. OR it can be created with new activities. Click on the correct link to read more about the two different methods:
Add More Activities, Process Links and Events to the Gateway
Add nodes to the existing rows:
Unlock the map, drag and drop nodes into the gateway: Yellow drop zones that appear next to next to existing nodes indicate placement in the same row.
Use the green plus icon that appear on connector lines when hovering over them to add more nodes to the existing rows in the gateway
From the right-hand side diagram content menu: a plus sign appears between activities in the gateway. Select the one where you want to add another node to the existing rows in the gateway
Add a new row:
Unlock the map, drag and drop nodes into the gateway: Purple drop zones that appear above and below existing nodes, indicate the creation of a new row in the gateway.
Gateway Display in Swimlane View
When a gateway is created in Swimlane View, a new swimlane is automatically created for the gateway. This swimlane includes all roles responsible for the activities within the gateway. All activities within a gateway will have roles embedded.
Add/Edit a Label to a Gateway
A gateway label provides a clear description of what occurs at that point in the process, helping users quickly understand the parallel, inclusive or exclusive activities being performed.
Multiple methods to add a gateway label:
Add the label when creating the gateway using the green action button/from the diagram content menu.
Double-click the gateway start node
or Press Enter when it is selected.Right-click, Edit, Select Edit Details
Add the label.
Select Save.
Delete a Gateway
There are multiple methods to remove a gateway and to keep/delete the nodes within.
A. Delete the gateway markers and group but retain all the nodes in the gateway:
Right-click on the gateway start node, select delete.
B. Delete the gateway with all its contained nodes:
Hold in Ctrl on the keyboard and select the gateway start and end nodes, along with all the nodes in the gateway. Press Delete on the keyboard.
Note
A gateway can only exist in the happy path, not in a branch.