Connector vs Task's execution in relation to BPMN's methodology

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Newbie question -

In BPMN parlance, a flow object indicates the direction of the workflow AND does not perform any tasks.
Can you please clarify that in Bonita Studio, tasks are in fact performed by Connectors while the task boxes perform transformation based on the input?

Thanks.

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Hi Ted,

In Bonita, a flow will actually give the same indication on your diagram : what will be the next step of your workflow.

Tasks are activities in the process, as you can see in details in Bonita Documentation . You have different types of tasks : human, services (performed automatically by Bonita engine), script, call activity, send or receive tasks and each of them drives a type of “action”.

When you define a task, it will be combined with different input or output items. Among others like messages, variable, connectors will be defined to access external systems to read or write information.

I hope this helps.
Delphine

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Hi Delphine,

Thanks for your clarification.
As a newbie to Bonita Studio, I was “confused” by the Connectors In, Operations and Connectors Out choices.
I understood a BPMN task is supposed to perform A (ie single) activity; this might be a subprocess which can drill down to multiple tasks. In other words, I was expecting only 1 place to define what to execute.
Although it lends great flexibility (Connectors, Operations), it does throw warnings when you use both Connectors “More than one connector is defined on . You should have only one to have a BPMN2 compliant design.”

I was just wondering the design philosophy/rationale behind such a setup.
Thanks~