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Integrator shape properties

Field

Description

Assign a name to the Integrator shape. Choose a name meaningful to application users who see this on the work item history display, the breadcrumbs control (for entry points), and the Where-Am-I? diagram. .

The shape name is only descriptive; it does not affect runtime execution of the flow. This name also appears inside the Integrator shape on the Diagram tab.

Select an activity with an Activity Type of Connect.

Optional. Select the name of the application that you want to link to the shape. The value of this field is referenced with the flow diagram in application documents.

Optional. Select the name of the work type for the application that you want to link to the shape. The value of this field is referenced with the flow diagram in application documents.

Optional. Select the name of the specification for the application and work type that details the implementation requirements for the shape. The value of this field is referenced with the flow diagram in application documents and on the Implementation tab of the corresponding Application Specification.

If the activity requires parameters, a list of parameters appears. Enter parameter values.

Optional. Select or enter the name of a Rule-Message rule to control the text of an instances added to the work item history (the "audit trail") when a flow execution completes this shape. PRPC includes a few dozen standard messages in the Work- class. (Through field value rules, the corresponding text on work item history displays can be localized. See About the Localization wizard.)

Optionally, to reduce the volume of history detail instances, your application can prevent system-generated messages from being added to work item history. See Controlling the volume of generated work item history instances and the PDN article 25196 How to control history instances written to the audit trail.

Select to indicate that this Integrator shape is an entry point, which a user can return to using the breadcrumbs control or the standard flow action Work-.Previous. The default is cleared.

This checkbox works with Perform harnesses that include a breadcrumbs display and with assignments that offer the Work-.Previous flow action. In other cases, the checkbox has no effect.

Because an Integrator shape presents no user form, if a user clicks a breadcrumbs control to return to this entry point, flow processing resumes and pauses at the next assignment or other shape that requires user input.

This checkbox appears only when you select the Entry Point? checkbox. Select to restrict users at runtime from jumping ahead to this step without having completed the preceding steps. After having completed this step, users may jump back to it from steps that follow it.

For maximum user flexibility, leave this checkbox unselected if your flow accepts inputs in any order. However, this approach is typically not workable for flows that contain fork and decision shapes, or that have intermediate shapes that are not entry points.