Task Participants
Participants used in BPMN notation enable specification of the list of org-units involved in execution of a task.
You can specify the Involvement of the participant in execution of the task, in other words the percentage of time during which org-units participate in execution of the task. This participation is 100% by default. However, an org-unit can be connected to a task without participating in its execution, for example the cook is only involved 5% of the time required for preparation of a dish. In this case, you define an involvement of 5%.
When a token must traverse different steps executed by the same org-unit, you can remember this org-unit so that the same org-unit occurrence, in other words the same person, will process this token throughout its path.
To memorize a participant:
1. Select the first token processing task.
2. Select the Participants tab.
3. Select the org-unit in question.
4. In the Follow-up Policy column:
• If you select Remember, the token will be processed by the same person if a task requires this org-unit again over its path.
• If you select Acquire, as well as being memorized, the person will not be available for another token until processing of the acquirer token has been completed, or until it is discarded.
5. To make the org-unit available again when the token has been processed, select Forget on the final processing task.
You can also define replacement org-units for tasks. If the Regular Performer is not available, it can be replaced by the Alternative Performer org-unit.
In Standard mode, you can also define the period of activity of an org-unit. You can use a default schedules or create new schedules. For more details, see
Org-Unit Schedules.
In addition, the percentage of org-units present in a given schedule can be modified.