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.
Warning
A Pool requires a specified Representing Resource.
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.
Note
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.
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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.
