Process Interfaces

You can create a process interface that describes present start and error events that any sub-process that implements the interface must conform to. In this way, a main process dynamically decides which sub-process to use at runtime as it guarantees the required parameters and known potential errors via the sub-process interface.

See Creating Dynamic Sub-Processes.

Using the Process Interface Editor, you can modify the interface to add events or parameters:

Once created, a process interface can be used by several different processes. If a process is created using a process interface, all the events and parameters specified in the interface must be present in a process that implements that interface. You can add additional events or parameters, but removing any of those required by the process interface invalidates the process.

Tip: If you have additional parameters that are local to a process that implements a process interface, you can move the parameters into the process interface by right-clicking the parameter and selecting Move Parameter to Interface:

This option is only available for processes that implement a process interface in the same package, and only for parameters that do not have problems in the Problems view.

If you create a process using a process interface, the process that you create inherits the events and parameters created in the interface. For example, a start event in a process created using a process interface displays the following properties:

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