Creating an Activator Process

An activator process consists of two service operations, On StartUp and On ShutDown, which can be used to perform tasks when an application starts or after an application stops.

1. From the Module Descriptors > Overview > General Information area, click the icon in front of the Activator Process input field.
   
2. Review the fields in the Create Activator Process wizard and click Finish to create an activator process. The New BWProcess Diagram wizard is displayed as follows.
   

Result

An activator process with the service operations On StartUp and On ShutDown is created.

Note:

• You can change the activator process any time after its selection.
• You can choose the activator only from the module for which the Overview editor is opened, and locate anywhere within the module.
• To open the list of existing activator processes, click the icon in front of the Activator Process input field. As you start typing the name of the existing process in the Select an item to open (?=any character, *=any string): input field, the matching results are displayed. The Select a Business works Process window is displayed as follows.