Set the process editor to show or hide inputs/outputs and tooltips by default.Set the process editor to show or hide inputs/outputs and tooltips by default.Set the way activities and events are configured when you create them by drag and drop actions, and whether inputs and outputs update automatically.Set auto-layout and pool orientations, transition line shape and text type, and whether you want Designer to automatically switch perspectives for you when you open different types of processes.
To configure Process Development Appearance preferencesPreference | Description |
Show inputs and outputs by default | Select the check box to enable. Disabled by default. |
Show Tool Tips | Clear the check box to disable. Enabled by default. |
Automatically add inputs / outputs | Clear the check box to disable. Enabled by default. |
Replace existing inputs/outputs with automatically added inputs/outputs | Select the check box to enable. Disabled by default. Available only when Automatically add inputs/outputs is enabled. |
Automatically update step names when adding documents/services via drag-and-drop | Clear the check box to disable. Enabled by default. When enabled, this preference adds the document or service name to the step label after a document or service is dropped onto the step. When IS document types are being dragged and dropped, this preference is subject to the Show event and gateway labels by default preference. When the Show event and gateway labels by default preference is disabled, step names will not be updated when a document is dropped onto the step.Service names always follow the behavior defined by this preference, and are not subject to the Show event and gateway labels by default preference. |
Show event and gateway labels by default | Clear the check box to disable. Enabled by default. When this preference is disabled, event and gateway steps are created without a label. This preference also affects the Automatically update step names when adding documents/services via drag-and-drop preference, see that preference description for more information. |
Automatically update task business data with the task inputs/outputs | Click Always, Never, or Prompt. Default is Always. |
Default step label location | Click Below step to place task, call activity, and collapsed subprocess labels underneath the step. Click On step to place the label inside a task, call activity, and collapsed subprocess step. Default is Below step. Does not apply to event or gateway steps. A toolbar button is also available, see
Changing Task Label Placement. Note: This setting applies only to label placement for process models created after you apply the setting. If you open or import an existing model, the labels in that model will retain their position, and you must change the label placement with the toolbar button, as described in Changing Task Label Placement. |
Default pool orientation | Click Horizontal or Vertical. Default is Horizontal. |
Default auto layout orientation | Click Horizontal or Vertical. Default is Horizontal. |
Default transition line shape | Click Curved, Straight, or Custom. Default is Straight. |
Transition line text | Click to specify the display priority of the information you want Designer to show on the transition line. Click Condition Expression, Transition Description, or None. Default is Condition Expression. For example: If Condition Expression is selected, and a line has both a condition defined and a transition description, the condition expression is displayed on the line.If Condition Expression is selected and a line has no condition defined but does have a transition description, the transition description is displayed on the line.If Transition Description is selected, and a line has both a condition defined and a transition description, the transition description text is displayed on the line.If Transition Description is selected, and a line has a condition defined but no transition description, the condition expression is displayed on the line.If you click None, no text is displayed on the transition line. |
Custom task images | Click the Browse button to select the directory containing your custom images for use as activity step ornaments. Default is ..\Designer\resources\. For more information, see
Creating a Custom Image Set for Activity
Steps. |
Switch to the Process Development perspective when opening a process file | Click Always, Never, or Prompt. Default is Prompt. |
Click Apply to save your changes and keep the Preferences window open.Click OK to save your changes and close the Preferences window.Click Restore Defaults to apply default preferences on a page.Click Cancel to close the Preferences window without saving your changes.