Copying single process steps
You can copy and paste individual process steps in a process.
To copy a process step
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In the Designer, select the process in the Process Orchestration category.
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Start the Process Editor with the Edit process task.
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Select the process step to copy and use Copy in the context menu or Ctrl + C to copy the process step to the clipboard,
NOTE: To copy several process steps, hold down the Ctrl key and click the process steps.
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Insert the process step using Paste in the context menu or Ctrl + V.
The process step is given a new UID and all the process steps are copied.
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Edit the process step's main data.
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Link the process step with the process.
Importing process steps into a process
Use this task to search for a process step and import the process step into a process.
To import a process step
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In the Designer, select the process in the Process Orchestration category.
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Start the Process Editor with the Edit process task.
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Select Process step > Import from the menu.
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In the edit view, select Search and import process steps.
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Enter the search text in the input field.
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Use 
to specify the search options in which objects are to be searched.
The specified objects are searched for internally by a WHERE clause. If several objects are specified, they are appended internally with JOIN conditions.
Table 38: Searchable objects and properties
|
Process |
Name |
|
Process step |
Name, description, generating condition, server selection script |
|
Parameter |
Name, value |
|
Process components |
Component class, component assembly |
|
Process task |
Name |
|
Parameter template |
Name, value template |
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To starting searching, click 
.
The process steps that are found are displayed in the result list.
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In the result list of the search, select the required process step and click 
.
The process step is imported into the process document.
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Edit the process step's main data.
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Link the process step with the process.
Searching for entries within processes
You can search for a specific entry within a process. This searches for the text in the process and process steps.
Table 39: Objects and properties to be searched
|
Process |
Name |
|
Process step |
Name, description, generating condition, server selection script |
To search for an entry within a process
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In the Designer, select the process in the Process Orchestration category.
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Start the Process Editor with the Edit process task.
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Open the search dialog using Ctrl + F.
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Enter the search text under Text.
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Start the search using the Search button.
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Use F3 to search next.
Comparing processes
Use this task to compare two processes.
To find differences between two processes
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In the Designer, select the process in the Process Orchestration category.
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Start the Process Editor with the Edit process task.
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Select the Process > Compare processes menu item.
The current process is already selected as Process A.
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Select the process to compare it with in the Process B drop-down.
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(Optional) use the 
button to specify which process properties you want to include in the comparison. By default, all the properties of the processes, process steps and events are compared.
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Start the comparison with 
.
Differences in the processes are highlighted in the output text.
TIP: Mark the text and click the 
button to copy the text to the clipboard.
