An activity is a task that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time or by a deadline to work towards work-related goals. Activities can be linked together using rules to create dependencies.
An activity is the core of a business process, the work being done in order to reach a goal.
Attributes
An activity holds several different attributes. Each attribute has three state-values, It can have rules to other activities, It can have a name, role(s) assigned to it, a description, and be part of tags and a level.
State-Values
The three Boolean states that every activity has are:
- Included
- Pending
- Executed
All the rules are based on these values.
Creating Activities
- We can create new activities in models by clicking on the + Add Activity button in the activities/process panel (placed on left by default)
- We can also click on insert in main menu on the top and then click on + New Activity
- Another way is to right click on the canvas anywhere (gray area), a menu will be shown click on Add Activity and a new Activity will be created there
- We can also create a new Activity by dragging the + Add Activity button found in the activities/process panel to the canvas and after drag a new Activity will be created there.
