PA (AW): End-event options

Question

Hi

Lame Friday question

There are three end-event options (in Process Author): Do Nothing, Terminate Process, or Send Message.

Is there any real difference (functionally in the system) between "Do Nothing" and "Terminate Process"?

I.e. is it better, for example, to use "Terminate Process" as a rule of thumb?

Thanks,

KGM

Kristjan Geir Mathiesen · Accepted Answer

Kristjan,

I have wondered the same myself. Looking through our documentation, I found this:

Do Nothing : Ends the current branch; prevents parallel process branches from stopping prematurely
Terminate Process : Stops the entire process; will terminate all parallel branches even if there are steps remaining

Hope this helps!

Lori