New to BPMN but have some questions with regards to my flow

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In terms of BPMN, does this flow make sense? Especially around the use of Gateway after Gateway?

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Hi @Maestro,

it is not wrong. But maybe it is easier to read when you use only a single gateway and put more logic into the label and the conditions on the sequence flows.

The conditions on the sequence flows doesn’t have to be only Y or N. You can use three sequence flows with more complex decisions and combine variables with AND or OR.

Hope this helps, Ingo

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Hi @Ingo_Richtsmeier,

Firstly, thank you for your reply.

Visually I am struggling to see how a singular gateway could encapsulate the entire flow. I have been playing around with it, but still not quite sure how to do it.

Are you suggesting a singular complex gateway which branches off to more logical conditions with XOR etc?

Thanks for your time.

Sean

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Hi @Maestro ,

my idea was something like this:
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In the end, it could be that your model does fit better to the given situation. But I like it to compare different approaches directly and decide then, which alternative is the better one.

Hope this helps, Ingo

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@Ingo_Richtsmeier ahhh ok, I see what you are saying! I think this works relatively well and certainly can be easier on the eye! Let me rework the whole flow and see how it looks.

Thanks once again.