Inserting Gateways to Create Branches

You can use insert gateways into a simulation flow and create branches to multiple parallel simulation activities. You can define conditions that determine when each branch runs.

See Also
About Branching
About Conditional Expressions in Branches
Controlling the Execution of Branches
  1. Place an activity in the process diagram, but do not connect it to the main flow (that is, insert a free-standing activity).
  2. From the Flow section of the action bar, place a Gateway in the process diagram where you want to start the parallel branch.
  3. Hover over the black arrow to the right of the gateway icon until a blue arrow appears.
  4. Drag the blue arrow to the activity.
    A line connects the gateway to the activity.
  5. Place another gateway in the process diagram where you want to end the branch.
  6. To connect the activity to the ending gateway, hover over the black arrow to the right of the activity until a blue arrow appears.
  7. Drag the blue arrow to the ending gateway.
    A line connects the activity to the gateway.
  8. Optional: Add other activities to the parallel simulation flow by connecting them to the gateways.

    In general, you should try to work from left to right in the process flow diagram.

  9. Double-click the gateway and use the Gateway Editor that appears to define the conditions that control the execution of each branch.