Designer 10.7 | webMethods BPM Process Development Help | Stages and Milestones | Working with Stages | Adding a Stage
 
Adding a Stage
Note:
Before you make modifications to process model stage settings, be aware of the interaction of these settings between Designer and webMethods Monitor. For more information, see About Synchronizing Process Runtime Settings with webMethods Monitor .
*To add a process stage
1. Click the process editor’s canvas to select the process.
2. Click the Stages tab in the Properties view.
3. On the Stages page, click Add Stage.
4. Configure the fields described in the following table to define the stage:
Field
Description
Name
Type a name for the stage.
Note:
The Name is not editable after creation. If you want to rename a stage, you must delete it and then recreate it with the new name.
Note:
There is an 80-character limit for the stage name when double-byte characters are used in an IBM DB2 database. If you are not using DB2, or if your characters are single byte, then the stage name is limited to 255 characters.
Description
Optional. Type a description of the stage.
Start Milestone icon  Start Milestone
Click the list and select a milestone. Optionally, you can type characters in the text box to filter the list. When you click in the list, note a small light bulb or error icon immediately next to the list. Double-click the icon for further information. Right click the error icon for a quick-fix menu.
Milestones are listed alphabetically. There is no default selection. Start Milestone and End Milestone selections must be different.
End Milestone icon  End Milestone
Click the list and select a milestone. Optionally, you can type characters in the text box to filter the list. When you click in the list, note a small light bulb or error icon immediately next to the list. Double-click the icon for further information. Right click the error icon for a quick-fix menu.
Milestones are listed alphabetically. There is no default selection. Start Milestone and End Milestone selections must be different.
Condition
*Select < (less than) or > (greater than). Default is <.
*Enter a positive whole number. The maximum supported values are as follows:
*2,777,777 hours
*166,666,666 minutes
*9,999,999,999 seconds
*9,999,999,999,999 milliseconds
*Default is 1.
*Select hours, minutes, seconds, or milliseconds. Default is hours.
The result is a condition. If the condition specifies <, then the stage is breached when the cycle time exceeds the specified time period. If the condition specifies >, then the stage is breached when the cycle time is less than the specified time period. For example:
< 1 hours means that the stage must complete in less than 1 hour or a ProcessStageBreached event will be emitted.
Stop Tracking On Breach
Stops stage processing for all remaining stages in the process instance when a stage breach occurs in this stage, and only one stage breached EDA (deprecated) event is emitted. Remaining stages are not tracked and will be shown as Incomplete in Monitor. The check box is cleared by default.
5. Save the process.
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