Adding and defining abstract events

Add an abstract event to represent an event in the process when you are not sure which event to use. Abstract events are available from the process diagram Activity Toolbar. You can specify a name and description for abstract events to indicate the functionality that is required. At a later time, you define the event that provides the functionality. You can also delete abstract events that you no longer require.

You can change the event type that is defined for an abstract event at any time. However, if you change which event type is defined, the name and description that you have specified in the abstract event are removed.

Abstract events have no behavior at run time. You can test the execution of other operations in the process diagram while the abstract events remain undefined.

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