You can add multiple outgoing connectors to worksteps. You can also add multiple outgoing connectors from Decision, Or-Join and Start worksteps. With this type of connector, you can add conditions that will direct the process flow.
Note: All connectors are default connectors unless you clear the Default checkbox in the Link Properties dialog box.
If all of the outgoing connectors from a workstep have no specified condition, then these connectors are the equivalent to an And shape, indicating that once the previous workstep is completed, the next worksteps are activated simultaneously. For example, the connectors to Activity 1 and 2 have no condition and these two activities are both started after the Start workstep is completed.
If one or more of the outgoing connectors from a previous workstep has a specified condition, then these connectors are equivalent to a Decision shape. Once the previous workstep is completed, one or more next worksteps can be activated if the connectors to them fulfill specified conditions. But if these conditions are not met in any of the connectors, then all connectors with no condition will be executed. For example, the connectors from Activity 3 to Activities 4, 5 and 7 each have conditions and one or more of these activities will be executed when the specified conditions are met; the connectors from Activity 3 to Activity 6 has no specified condition and these activities will be executed when the specified conditions for Activities 4, 5 and 7 are not satisfied.
