Broadway Flow Window

The Broadway flow window is the main Broadway interface that enables the definition and execution of business processes including Stages, Actors and links between the Actors.

To create a new Broadway flow:

1. Go to Project Tree > Shared Objects, right click Broadway > New Flow to open the Flow Name window.
2. Populate the flow name and click OK to open an empty Flow area.

The Broadway flow window includes the following elements:

• The flow area, which displays Stages and their Actors.
  • To add a Stage, either click the big +, or go to the Stage context menu > Insert After or Insert Before.
  • To add Actors to a Stage, click in the empty Stage area.
• Main menu, which enables running the flow and executing additional actions like Save as Actor.
• Stage context menu, which provides Stage activities like Merge or Delete.
• Actor context menu, which provides Actor activities like Add, Link or Export Actor.
• Actor Properties window, which enables setting and editing the properties of a selected object.

Main Menu

The Main menu is a toolbar located at the top of the window. It has the following options:

Click for more information about how to run and debug the Broadway flow.

Stage Context Menu

To open the Stage context menu, click in the right corner of the Stage. This menu is dynamic, whereby some items are displayed only when they are applicable to the selected Stage.

	Paste Selection	Paste the copied selection, for example an Actor from another Stage.
	Insert After	Add a new Stage after the selected one.
	Insert Before	Add a new Stage before the selected one.
	Delete	Delete the selected Stage and its dependent branch.
	Split	Split the selected Stage.
	Merge	Merge the selected Stage.
	Iterate Close	Close the iteration scope. The Iteration scope starts where the Iterate line type originates in the Stage.
	Stage Condition	Click to open a popup window and select an Actor for the Stage. The Actor will serve as a Stage condition. Note that Stage condition Actors are grey.
	Else	Click to mark the Stage to be executed if none of the conditions on the same level are true.
	Error Handler	Click to open a popup window and select the Stage's Error Handler Actor. Note that Error Handler Actors are red.
	Transaction	Click to open or close the transaction.
	Breakpoint	Click to set a breakpoint for the Stage. A breakpoint can be also set by clicking on the left of the Stage title.
	Remark	Click to add a remark to the Stage. If the remark already exists, a is displayed on the left of the three dots and the Remark popup is open displaying its text.

Actor Context Menu

To open the Actor's context menu, click in the right corner of the Actor. This menu is dynamic, whereby some items are displayed only when they are applicable to the selected Actor.

Actor Properties Window

The Actor's Properties in the Broadway flow window dynamically adjusts its layout to display data based on the structure of the selected Actor. For example, the number of input and output parameters, their data types and default values. To hide the Properties window, click anywhere in the empty Stage area.

Example of Actor's Properties Window

Click for more information about the Actor Properties window.

Note that if the link between two Actors is selected, the window's layout is adjusted to display the names of the From and To Actors, their parameters and the Link type.