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Create a Procedure Action Diagram

After you decide which processes to implement, you must create a Procedure Action Diagram. You can use these methods to prepare this Action Diagram:

• Create the Procedure Action Diagram from scratch and manually construct views that combine the views of all selected processes. 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.
• Use Procedure Synthesis in the Design toolset to conduct synthesis (or resynthesis) which automatically builds a design based on analysis objects and design criteria selected. During Procedure Synthesis, CA Gen generates a Procedure Action Diagram that describes procedure logic. The Procedure Action Diagram USEs the Process Action Diagrams being implemented in the procedure. CA Gen also prepares a set of data views for the Procedure Action Diagram based on the combined views of all implemented processes.

The goal of Procedure Synthesis is to produce an Action Diagram that you can refine during procedure logic design to reflect your business needs completely and accurately.

Downstream Effects: The Construction toolset generates program code based on Procedure Action Diagrams. The Procedure Action Diagram uses the logic of the Process Action Diagrams for the processes implemented in the procedure.

The Construction toolset generates software that consists of screens populated with the fields initially defined with views. Code generation depends on the manipulation of views in Procedure Action Diagrams.