Process Synthesis

This chapter discusses Process Synthesis, a process logic-building feature accessible from more than one diagram. CA Gen lets you build process logic in Action Diagrams by performing the following tasks:

Building from scratch
Expanding expected effects
Using Process Synthesis

These methods require varying degrees of effort and are suitable for different situations.

Building process logic from scratch requires you to select each command from a menu. This method may take more time to complete and assumes familiarity with the Action Diagram tool, but it offers great flexibility and control.
Expanding expected effects is an interactive method that recalls the effects you predicted for each process and guides you through the options available to build action statements. This method requires less familiarity with the Action Diagram tool. However, after you have defined logic with this method or any other method, you must still use individual commands to specify additional logic.
Process Synthesis allows you to generate processes and detailed process logic automatically based on a consistent portion of the Data Model. The generated processes and process logic reflect the five basic entity actions available in Process Synthesis—CREATE, READ, UPDATE, DELETE, and LIST (READ EACH).

This chapter discusses the following concepts:

When to use Process Synthesis
What is generated by Process Synthesis

This chapter also contains examples of generated output from Process Synthesis.