Event navigation

Overview

In a process model, events can be configured to navigate to other processes—either within the same model or to processes located in other models.

Pre-Requisites

You have an Author license in your Library.

Setting up navigation

When you open a process model in Author, you will see an interface similar to the one shown below.

Configuring Navigation on a Start Event

Select the Start event.
In the Event tray on the right-hand side, click the Input dropdown.
Select Called by a specific process.

This will reveal two new fields

Field	Description
From process	A reference to another local process which links this event.
Model	A link to the model which this event links.

Configuring Navigation on an End Event

To allow navigation back out of a process:

Select the End event.
In the Event tray on the right-hand side, click the Output dropdown.
Select Return to specific calling process

Just as with the Start event, this will reveal two new fields

Field	Description
To process	A reference to another local process which links this event.
Model	A link to the model which this event links.

Example

In the example below, a single process model contains:

Two top-level processes
One nested process inside another

Using the Table of Contents, we can visualise the structure.

Setting up the event components as demonstrated ensures seamless navigation throughout the model, allowing users to move fluidly between each related process:

Process → Inner Process
Inner Process → Process
Inner Process → Another Process
Another Process → Inner Process