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Define Conditions (Activity Diagram)

Processes aren’t always straightforward and things don’t always go to plan. That’s why in objectiF RM, it’s possible to create alternative processes within activity diagrams. Alternative processes allow you to determine the protocol for when things don’t go as expected. Their conditions are written in the square brackets above the control flows.

Create Conditions

Before you can determine the conditions of alternative processes, you first need at least two actions and a decision node.

  1. Connect the actions and decision node with control flows. Make sure to first click on the diamond-shaped decision node and then on an action.
  1. Repeat this process for the other actions.

When the control flows have been placed, you will see square brackets above each flow.

  1. In the toolbar, select the arrow and double click on the square brackets.
  1. Name the condition and save it by pressing Enter.
  2. Repeat this process for the other conditions.

Delete conditions

You can only delete the name for the condition; the brackets themselves can’t be deleted from the flow it is connected to. The only way for a flow to have no square brackets above it is when there is only one control flow that exists in the diagram.

  • Activate the editing mode by double-clicking the name. Press the Backspace key or the Delete key to delete the name.