6 Replies Latest reply on Sep 26, 2011 5:14 AM by tob1as

    Parallel gateways really parallel?

    tob1as

      Hi,

       

      I was trying to throw and catch a message while also running a count down timer, that terminates the process in case a message is not received within a certain time.

       

      I therefore used a parallel gateway. I ran into some issues and wonder now, are the different branches running in parallel or randomly sequential?

       

      In this process, my service task on the top throws a message, which the intermediate message catch event receives and successfully executes.The service task asks the user per command line, if a message should be thrown.

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      I then tried to introduce the timer as a thrid branch. However, the timer is never started. It never "runs into check if message received within time frame".

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      I then remodelled the process. Here, suddenly the intermediate catch event is never executed.

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      Are those parallel gateways executed sequentially or do they run in separate threads and are executed in parallel?

       

      I know usually I would use an intermediate catch. However, I have to present my process to my boss next week and I have to show, how easily I can introduce change in a modeler to a process and execute it. So subprocesses and event based splits are not an option for this model.

       

      Best regards,

       

      Tobias