Same user in different processes

BPMN & Modeling Discussion & Questions
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Hello all,
I’m a bpmn newbie with a pretty complicated process to model.
Here is a part of my process:

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My questions are:

  • Does it make sense to have the same user (user 1 in my case) in different processes?
  • How can i link two process 2 and 3, since process 2 has two different ends?

Thank you so much

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Hello @BFZ ,

of course you can start process 3 from both end events of process 2.

The more important question is: Do the two different end events have an impact on what follows up on them?

If yes, there might be process 4 that is triggered on one of the end events instead of process 3.

About the users: Yes, it would make sense. My assumption is that you are splitting up a bigger process as parts of the process have different responsible people/organizational units. A person being part of the process can appear in the context of different responsible units.

Jonathan

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Hello Jonathan
Thank you for the answer.
Wouldn’t that be problematic though when we’d want to know the tasks of user 1? Since this whole process will be called as a multi instance activity later.

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Hello @BFZ ,

no that wouldn’t be a problem. When automating a process, the engine is aware of all user tasks, regardless of the process definition they come from or the process instance they exist inside.

Jonathan

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@jonathan.lukas thank you so much !

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