Creating a Process

A project can have one or more processes. In this task, you will create the Expense Report process of the ExpenseManagement project.

To create the Expense Report process:

In the Project Navigator, expand the ExpenseManagement project.
Right-click Processes (), then select New > Process (). The Process dialog box appears.
In the Name field, enter Expense Report.
Verify that the Lane Layout option is set as Horizontal.
Select the Advanced tab.
In the Advanced tab page, select the Generate Events for all Activities option. Selecting this enables you, later on, to see every step the process instance (the expense report) traverses.
Choose OK.
A new window appears for the new process. This is known as an editor. The Design view is shown, as you can see by looking at the tab at the bottom of the editor.

The new process contains a Begin and an End Activity, joined by an unconditional transition. The Begin and End Activities define the entry and exit points for a process.

When you create a new process, these activities, and the unconditional transition that connects them, are created automatically.