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T. O. M. .A . T. .I O. N. M. A. .N . A. .G . E. .R . .S . U. .P . P. .O . R. .T . .F .O . .R . .B . P. M. N. .2 . 6. 3.1. BPMN2 EVENTS IN PROCESS DESIGNER 10 3.1.1. Start events 11 3.1.2. Intermediate events 14 3.1.3. End events 17 3.2. BPMN2 TASKS IN PROCESS DESIGNER 19 3.3. BPMN2 SUBPROCESSES IN PROCESS DESIGNER 22 3.4. BPMN2 GATEWAYS IN PROCESS DESIGNER 24 3.5. BPMN2 CONNECTING OBJECTS IN PROCESS DESIGNER 26 3.6. BPMN2 USER TASK LIFE CYCLE IN PROCESS DESIGNER 26 3.7. BPMN2 TASK PERMISSION MATRIX IN PROCESS DESIGNER 27 3.8. BPMN2 SWIMLANES IN PROCESS DESIGNER 28 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 4. .C . R. .E .A . T. .I N. .G . A. B. .U . S. .I N. .E . S. S. P. .R . O. .C . E. .S . S. I.N . .B . U. .S . I.N . E. .S . S. .C . E. .N . T. .R . A. .L . .3 .0 . 4.1. CREATING BUSINESS PROCESS TASKS 30 4.2. MAKING A COPY OF A BUSINESS PROCESS 32 4.3. RESIZING ELEMENTS AND USING THE ZOOM FUNCTION TO VIEW BUSINESS PROCESSES 32 4.4. GENERATING PROCESS DOCUMENTATION IN BUSINESS CENTRAL 33 .C . 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PROCESS DEFINITIONS IN XML 42 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 9. .F .O . .R . M. .S . .I N. B. .U . .S .I N. E. S. .S . .C . E. .N . T. .R .A . L. .4 . 5. 9.1. FORM MODELER 45 9.2. GENERATING PROCESS AND TASK FORMS IN BUSINESS CENTRAL 46 9.3. MANUALLY CREATING FORMS IN BUSINESS CENTRAL 47 9.4. DOCUMENT ATTACHMENTS IN A FORM OR PROCESS 47 9.4.1. Setting the document marshalling strategy 48 9.4.1.1. Using a custom document marshalling strategy for a content management system (CMS) 49 9.4.2. Creating a document variable in a business process 55 9.4.3. Mapping task inputs and outputs to the document variable 55 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 1.0 . .. I.N . .V . O. .K . I.N . G. .A . .D . E. .C . I.S . I.O . N. M. O. D. .E . L. .A . N. .D . N . .O . T. .A . T. .I O. .N . ( .D . M. N. .) . S. .E . R. V. .I .C . E. .I .N . .A . .B . U. .S .I .N . E. .S .S . .P . R. .O . C. .E . S. .S . ..