A Conversation groups messages exchanged among collaboration participants.
To create a Communication between two Pools
- Create a Conversation and Pool.
- Create a Conversation Link from the Conversation to a Pool.
- Draw another Conversation Link from the Conversation to another Pool.
To select Message Flows grouped by a Conversation
- Do one of the following:
- Open the Conversation shape Specification window. Select the Message Flow Refs property value cell and then click the ... button.
- Select a Communication shape and on the Smart Manipulator toolbar, click the Message Flows button.
The Select Message Flows dialog opens. It shows all Message Flows that are grouped by a Conversation.
Select one or more Message Flows and click OK.
When the Show Message Flows Related to Participants check box is selected, only the message flows that exist in a project between the Representing Participants of the pools connected by a Conversation will show.
Click to clear the check box to see all message flows in a project.
You can also assign a Message Flow to a Conversation by dragging it from the Containment tree to a Conversation shape on the BPMN Collaboration diagram.
To create a SubConversation
- On the diagram pallet, click SubConversation.
A SubConversation can contain inner Conversation Nodes (Conversation and SubConversation).
To create a Conversation Node for a SubConversation, do one of the following
- Select SubConversation and on the Smart manipulator toolbar, click the SubConversation button.
- Open the Specification window, select Conversation Nodes in the property group list on the left. Click the Create button and select a Node type. Type the name and click Close.
A CallConversation can reference Collaboration or Global Conversation.
To create a CallConversation
- On the diagram pallet, click SubConversation.