Event Properties

Event Property Reference
Tab	Property	Description
General	Label	Label for the event that is displayed on the diagram.
	Trigger Type (for Start or Intermediate events) or Result Type (for End events)	You specify the trigger for a Start or Intermediate event and the result for an End event. The properties displayed on this page depend on the Trigger Type or Result Type you have selected. For more information about the types of events, see Events.
	Catch Action (for catch signal intermediate events only)	Select either Cancel task when signal caught or Continue task when signal caught. When you select the latter, you can select between the following Reschedule Task Timer Events: None No timer events are rescheduled when signal arrives. All All timer events attached to same task are rescheduled when signal arrives. Deadline The timer event set as the activity deadline; note this is evaluated at runtime rather that statically when this option is selected (so that if the deadline timer event is changed, this still works). Select... One or more timer events can be manually selected.
	Catch Error Code (for catch error intermediate events only)	Set to one of the following, depending on what error codes you want caught: Catch All The event catches any error thrown by any event. Catch By Name The event catches an error of the specified name, thrown by any activity. Catch Specific The event catches a specific error thrown by a specific activity.
Description		Optional textual description of the Event.
Interface		See description for Activity Properties.
Scripts		See description for Activity Properties.
Data References	Grouped By Data	Contains a table with a row for each item of referenced process data, along with a list of the contexts in which it is used.
	Grouped by Reference Context	Contains a table with a row for each context along with the process data which is referenced.
Map From Error (for catch error intermediate events only)		Use this section to create a mapping from error parameters to process data fields or parameters.
Map From Signal (for catch signal intermediate events only)		Use this section to create a mapping from signal parameters to process data fields or parameters.
Appearance		See the description of the Appearance tab for the Activity Properties.
Extended		See the description of the Extended tab for the Process Properties.

General

Label

Label for the event that is displayed on the diagram.

Trigger Type (for Start or Intermediate events) or Result Type (for End events)

You specify the trigger for a Start or Intermediate event and the result for an End event. The properties displayed on this page depend on the Trigger Type or Result Type you have selected. For more information about the types of events, see Events.

Catch Action (for catch signal intermediate events only)

Select either Cancel task when signal caught or Continue task when signal caught. When you select the latter, you can select between the following Reschedule Task Timer Events:

None No timer events are rescheduled when signal arrives.
All All timer events attached to same task are rescheduled when signal arrives.
Deadline The timer event set as the activity deadline; note this is evaluated at runtime rather that statically when this option is selected (so that if the deadline timer event is changed, this still works).
Select... One or more timer events can be manually selected.

Catch Error Code (for catch error intermediate events only)

Set to one of the following, depending on what error codes you want caught:

Catch All
The event catches any error thrown by any event.
Catch By Name
The event catches an error of the specified name, thrown by any activity.
Catch Specific
The event catches a specific error thrown by a specific activity.

Description

Optional textual description of the Event.

Interface

See description for Activity Properties.

Scripts

See description for Activity Properties.

Data References

Grouped By Data

Contains a table with a row for each item of referenced process data, along with a list of the contexts in which it is used.

Grouped by Reference Context

Contains a table with a row for each context along with the process data which is referenced.

Map From Error (for catch error intermediate events only)

Use this section to create a mapping from error parameters to process data fields or parameters.

Map From Signal (for catch signal intermediate events only)

Use this section to create a mapping from signal parameters to process data fields or parameters.

Appearance

See the description of the Appearance tab for the Activity Properties.

Extended

See the description of the Extended tab for the Process Properties.