In this lab, we are going to re-create the Request for absence process using pools and messages.

1. Click New icon to create a new Process Diagram. A default process with a Start and a Human task is created.
2. Click on the empty space outside the process. In the General tab, rename the diagram to Request for absence with pools.
3. Click inside the process, at the General→Pool menu, rename it to Student process.
4. Click on the Pool icon in the Palette and click on the empty space under the Student process pool. Rename it as Director process.
5. Now we create two typical users for our process, which are director and student.
6. Click Organization→Open. Select MyOrganization and then Open. In Organizations Roles, add a new role and name it Student. The role Director is already defined, so no need to redefine it.
7. Save the changes, then add the user olivier and password olivier. In Membership tab, click on Add membership and choose staff group and Student role. Press Ctrl+s to save.
   
   
   
8. Don't forget to deploy the organization each time you modify it !
9. Now we are going to design the process.
10. Design and rename the activities as the following:
    
    
    
11. Note that: the Send request and Reply student are Throw message events and the Get request and Receive response are Catch message events.
12. Click on Student process pool, select General→Actors and add a student actor. Set it as initiator. Remove the default employee actor
13. By the same way add a director actor for Director process pool.
14. Click on Request absence task, select General→Actors→Use the actor below and choose student from the list.
15. By the same way, select student as the actor of the Wait for response task.
16. Continue the design. Click on Make decision task, select General→Actors→Use the actor below and choose director from the list.
17. Click on the Student process, create four global variables:
    

1. Save your work (Ctrl+s). Click on the Application tab.
2. Click on the Director process, create four global variables:

1. Save your work and click on the Application tab.
2. Click on the Send request message, select General → Messages → Add.
3. Name request_message.
4. Select Target Pool Director process and target element Get request.
5. In Message content, add three variables:

1. Click Finish. a flow from Send request to Get request appears in your process.
2. Click on Reply student message. Then General → Messages → Add.
3. Name the message as response_message.
4. Select Target Pool Student process and target task Receive response.
5. In Message content, add a variable named response_decision. In Value Name, click on Edit. Change the script name newScript() to request_script (without parentheses). Delete '' from the text area, paste the following code and click Ok.

    if (approval==true) {"accepted"} else {"not accepted"}

1. This is the image of this step.
   
   
   
   
2. Click on the Get request message. Select General → Message content → Add. Select request_reason from the first list which takes value in reason_in_message from the second list. Add two others variables as in the figure.
   
   
3. Same way, click on Receive response message. Then, General → Message content → Add. Select response from the first list which takes value in response_decision from the second list.
4. Insert another task between Receive response and End 1 to see the result of the received message. Name it See result and set actors student.
5. Finish design. Make sure that you do not have any error.
   
   
   
6. Save the process.
7. Before running the process, map the actors to your organization group and roles.
8. Click on the Student process, then Configure tab. Map the student to Staff group and Student role.
9. By the same way, click on the Director process and map the director actor to staff group and Director role.
10. Click on the Deploy menu to deploy your organization, process and model.
    
    
    
11. Click on Server→Open Portal.
    
    
    
12. In Bonita Portal, Sign out from the admin account and Sign in as olivier (Remember that olivier is a student in your organization).
13. Select Bonita User Application.
    
    
    
14. Click on the Processes tag and launch the Student Process.
    
    
    
15. Click on the Start button.
16. Click on Tasks tag.
    
    
    
17. Take the Request Absence task.
    
    
    
18. A notification comes in My Tasks.
19. Click on My tasks. Select Request Absence, fill in the informations then Submit.
20. Fill in date, reason and student name and click submit.
    
    
    
21. Refresh Task List.
    
    
    
22. Click on To do tag. As you can see, the student pass to the Wait for response step. He waits now for a response from the director.
    
    
    
23. Sign out then Sign in as admin (who is a director). Click on Cases menu in the page. At the top of cases list, you find the action that was started by Olivier.