HOPEX Business Process Analysis > Business processes > Representing Process Contextualization > Defining Contextualizations
Defining Contextualizations
Contextualizations enable the association of processes between each other.
*A contextualization allows specification of the implementation of a process by another process in a specific context, such as the geographical location on a site.
Creating a contextualization
To create a contextualization:
1. Click the Contextualization button
2. Click the process to be implemented and, holding the left mouse button down, draw a link to the process describing implementation. Release the mouse button.
The link representing the contextualization appears in the diagram.
Defining context
To specify the context in which a process implements another process:
1. Open the Characteristics property page of the contextualization that interests you.
2. In the Implementation Context section, click the Connect button.
3. In the window that opens, select the context type, org-unit or site.
4. Click the Find button.
5. In the list that opens, select the org-units or sites concerned and click Connect.
6. Click OK.