Intermediate events

The symbols of intermediate events are depicted in chapter events. Only the intermediate event None is available in the Symbols bar. When placing this start event, the modeler is guided by a special functionality of the program. Intermediate events have no specific attributes and associations.

Class

BPMN attribute name

Implementation in ARIS

IntermediateEvent

 

Object type: Event (OT_EVT)
Symbol: Intermediate event (ST_BPMN_INTERMEDIATE_EVENT)

Some types of intermediate events can be attached to the boundary of activities, they are called boundary events (see column Boundary Interrupting and Boundary Non-interrupting in chapter events.

Boundary events are always catch events. Their attributes and model associations are shown in the table below.

Class

BPMN attribute name

Implementation in ARIS

Boundary events

inherits from CatchEvent

Boundary events are specific intermediate events.

 

AttachedTo: Activity

Connection type in the BPMN process diagram (BPMN 2.0) and the BPMN collaboration diagram (BPMN 2.0):
Function can trigger (CT_BPMN_CAN_TRIGGER) event (symbol: intermediate event)

 

CancelActivity: boolean

(Non-)Interrupting events are represented by specific event symbols.