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1. Download and setup Eclipse (Recommended Packs - 3.7 - 4.2.1 (Indigo - Juno) or 4.3 (Kepler)).

   Note
   Note: The instructions in this section are verified on Eclipse Kepler and Indigo. Note that Eclipse Helios is NOT supported.

2. Under the Help menu, click Install New Software. In the resulting panel, click the Add button to add a repository and fill in the following fields:
   Fill in the following repository details for BPMN.
   
   • Name: Activiti BPMN 2.0 designer
   • Location: http://activiti.org/designer/update/
3. Click OK to add the plugin. Once this is done, click Finish and restart Eclipse.
4. Once Eclipse restarts, navigate to File > New > Other. From the window that appears select Activiti > Activiti Project and click Next. 
   

5. Provide a suitable Project Name and click Finish. 

6. Right click on your project and navigate to New > Other.

7. From the window that appears, select Activiti > Activiti Diagram.

8. Select the project in the viewer and enter a File name.

   

   Tip

   Tip: The following example expands on creating a business process scenario, The manager invokes an order approval process where it is possible to set the product ID. Additionally, an employee from a good division can set the quantity and the unit price of the product. The quantity and the unit price are used to calculate the total cost. If the total cost is above 100,000, the order will have to be approved by an employee from the the orderApproval Group before the order mail is dispatched. Alternatively, if the cost is below 100,000, the order mail is dispatched without approval. In this example, the process is named “OrderApproval”.

9. Click Finish. You are presented with a canvas as shown below to model your BPMN package.
   The palette is positioned on the right side of the screen. You can drag and drop models from the palette onto the canvas and do your modelling.
10. To implement the OrderApproval, drag and drop a Start Event element, two User Task elements, a Mail Task element and a Terminate Event element on the canvas.
    

11. Link up the flow according to the business logic. 

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    Tip: According to the business logic in this example, the Start Event should trigger the Fill Order Form User Task. So connect the Start Event to the Fill Order Form User Task.

12. In the Connection tab, select Sequence Flow. Connect the Start Event to the Fill Order Form User Task.

    Tip

    Tip: It is useful to understand the condition logic for this sequence. Here, if the total cost calculated from the quantity and unit price is above 100,000 a user task has to be executed or the mail task comes into play. In order to add this condition statement, click on the Fill Order Form User Task and you will be able to see few tooltips hovering around the Fill Order Form User Task on the canvas. The diamond shape with a cross in the middle implies an Exclusive Gateway.

13. Select the Fill Order Form User Task by clicking on it and click on the Exclusive Gateway tooltip on the right of the tool.
    
14. Once you click the Exclusive Gateway, a bigger diamond with a cross in the middle should appear on the canvas next to the Fill Order Form User Task. The Fill Order Form User Task will point to it. 
     
15. The rest of the flow is fairly straightforward. Use the Sequence Flow to connect the tools and the final diagram will be similar to what is shown below.
    After the diagram has been constructed, you must configure the properties of each element to fulfil the business logic.

16. Click on the Start Event element and set the following properties in the general tab.

    • Id: fillOrderDetails

    • Name: Enter Order Details

17. In order to To get the order details, you must create a form to get the product ID from the manager who invokes the process. Click on the Form tab in the properties of the Start Event.
     
18. Click on the New button and use the new window as shown below to create a productID field.
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    • Id: productID

    • Name: Product Id

    • Type: string

    • Variable: productID

19. Click OK. Once you have filled the form, the table in the form tab should look similar to the following.
    Image AddedNow that the configurations for the start event have been set, you can configure the Fill Order Form User Task, which is a claimable task by the goods division, where an employee of the goods division will be able to claim and complete the form. 
20. Click on the Fill Order Form User Task. In the Properties tab, assign an Id and Name, similarly to how you assigned a Id and Name to the start event. You can use the following values.
    

    • Id: fillOrderForm

    • Name: Fill Order Form

21. Click on the Main Config tab in the Properties pane. Since there is no specific user who the task is to be assigned and anyone from the goods division can claim the task and execute it, set the Candidate Group to goodsDivision. This is will allow any employee under the goods division to claim and complete the task.
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