Adding new step type (P)

In order to add a new step type you have to press Create new step type button on the step type settings. The following dialog appears:

To define a step type you have to provide its name and icon and specify what standard type it is based on.

Currently Task, Automatic, Milestone, Break, Decision, Process link and Subprocess types can be used as a base type. The new type will get the same set of properties as its base type.

You can provide your own icon for the new type (by pressing the Select an image file button) or you can select it from the Engage Process gallery (by pressing the Select from our gallery button). Your own icon file cannot be bigger than 32KB. The image is expected to be of a square shape. If it is not, then the following question appears:

An icon selected from the Engage Process gallery will be provided in all standard styles. So, if you change icon style, e.g., to Mono, then the icon selected from the gallery will be shown in black and white. Styling is not possible for icons uploaded from a user file.

When you press OK the new step type will be added to the list of available steps (see Air transport in the example below). The Edit and Delete buttons appear for this type. Notice that you cannot hide the user define type, you can only delete it.