Adding Conditional Logic to a Process Flow
You can add conditional logic to a process flow so that different activities run based on the return code of a preceding activity. For example, you could execute one activity if a job returns a return code of 1 and another activity if a job returns a return code of 0. In this way you can build conditional branching into your process flow.
- Open the process flow in Spectrum Enterprise Designer.
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Double-click the transition between two activities of the flow.
A transition is the line that connects two activities. For example, the line between the GeocodeAddress activity and the Run Program activity shown here is a transition:
The Transition Options window appears.
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Select the type of transition you wish to add.
- Simple
- Select this option if you always want this path in the process flow to run.
- Conditional
- Select this option if you only want this path in the process flow to run if the upstream activity returns a specific return code or return codes, or a range of return codes.
- Otherwise
- Select this option if you want this path in the process flow to run only if the
conditions in the other transitions leading from the activity are
not met.Note: Only one Otherwise transition can exist among the transitions leading from an activity.
- Click OK.
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To configure which transitions trigger an activity, right-click the activity,
select Input modes, then choose one of the
following:
- First Input
- The first transition coming into this activity, whether through a Simple, Conditional, or Otherwise transition, triggers the execution of the activity. Other transitions are ignored.
- All Inputs
- The activity does not run unless all transitions coming into this activity are taken.
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To configure which transitions leading out of an activity are taken,
right-click the activity, select Output modes, then
choose one of these options:
- First Output
- The first transition that evaluates to true is taken. Other transitions are ignored, even if their conditions evaluate to true.
- All Outputs
- All transitions that evaluate to true are taken.