Hi,
I have a process for which I have 3 tokens representing 3 different orders that have to be grouped for the execution process step. Then I need to go back to my initial 3 tokens without losing all their individual information. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
Hi Jacopo,
If you set "Batch Quantity" and "# Tokens to Release" to the same number (3 in this particular case), all the tokens keep their labels and move to the next activity at the same time. Is that something that would work for you?
@jacopo_r, there is a picklist option called "Number of Tokens Batched". You find it in a menu under small black down arrow on the right of the field.
I mean something like this, where I first batch, do something and then unbatch to the original tokens. Is it possible?
What we are suggesting is something like this:
The tokens will wait in the Batch activity until there's three of them and then will continue following the blocks as if they were one, sincronized by the batch activity and keeping their individual information. Could this be a solution for you?
If I understand you correctly, then only a single token should run through the intermediate steps, correct?
In theory you could store the information of all other tokens somewhere and recreate them after. But a simpler solution would be to let all tokens of the batch continue as Paula already suggested and use a Decide activity to divert all but one token directly to the second Batch activity.
To do this, you can assign the tokens an index in the Label Aggregation section of the Batch activity.
Your suggestions are helping finding the best way to do what I need to do.
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