Process BPT overview

First, what is a Process?

In OutSystems, a Process is seen as a way to carry out all the steps and phases of a task within a company, such as a recruitment Process, handling an order, or a help desk support request.

In order to create the Processes for our application, we have to understand very well the guidelines that they must follow and what kind of activities must take place during them. It is important to define the business rules very well so that the Process runs and guarantees the correct functioning of the application.

To support these business rules, the platform provides a set of visual artifacts, all of them very intuitive and easy to use.

Let's work through the following steps in order to start creating our Process:

1. We open the Processes tab, right-click on the Processes folder, and choose Add Process:

Figure 15.1 – The Add Process option in the Processes tab

2. Then we name our Process...