Define a Data Field
Data fields identify inputs to and outputs from the user activities.
- Procedure
- In
Project Explorer, drill-down and select
Data Fields under
WelcomeUsers-Process.
Data Fields opens in the Properties pane.
- Click
Add Data Field (INS).
A new data field has Type text, and Label and Name are "Field". - Click
Label to change Field to Message.
The Name also changes to Message.
- From
Project Explorer, expand
Data Fields, and then drag and drop
Message onto the
Display Message task.
A dialog opens.
Tip: If the drag and drop fails, the dialog does not open. Check the selection is a data field, and the target is a user task. - Click
Add Data To View.
The process associates a user task with a work item. The field contents for the work item are now set to read-only.
- From the
Highlighting menu (
), check that Enable Highlighting is enabled.
With Highlighting enabled, and Message selected from the WelcomeUsers-Process pane, Display Message is highlighted because the process associates Message with Display Message.
Other tasks and steps in the process are grayed out.
Note: The same reference highlighting can identify the tasks associated with parameters and participants. - Click away from Display Message to clear the highlight.
- Press Ctrl+S to save the changes.