The Processes window is the most important window for modeling with viflow and – together with the Information and Areas windows – is part of the standard viflow layout (View – Layout – Standard menu).

Process View and Navigation in the "Processes" Window

Here the individual processes and branches are listed hierarchically one below the other (see image above). If a process (or branch) has sub-processes, this is indicated by a [] marked. If you click on a [], the tree is expanded and the subordinate processes become visible. By clicking on [] the tree can be collapsed again.

The individual symbols

	Processes
	Processes with graphic
	Decision
	Decision with graphic
	Expand tree
	Collapse tree

Alternate view in the "Process Structure" window

In the Processes window (folder view), the individual processes are listed according to process types - in contrast to the hierarchical sorting in the Process Structure window (see above). You can see the processes assigned to a process type when you expand the process types displayed as folders.

This window is opened via the menu ››› View – Window – Processes.

The context menu in the "Processes" window

The context menu allows quick access to the most important functions. In the process window, right-click [] on a process to open the context menu.

The bold entry – Open here – corresponds to the double-click functionality []. For processes that do not have any sub-processes (and therefore no graphics), double-click in the process window to open the properties window.

You can also call up some of these functions elsewhere in the program or as a key combination:

context menu	function	alternate function
Open	Open a process graphic	Double-click a process with a graphic icon  in the process window
Select in...	Process is marked in the opened process graphic
New	Creating a new process	››› Start – New
Delete	Delete a process from the process window	[Select+DEL] in graphic
Rename	Renaming a process	Name field in the properties window
Cut	Copy and remove a process	[CTRL+X]
Copy	Copy a process	[CTRL+C]
Paste	Not active in the context menu of the process window, only when right-clicking on process shape in graphic: Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the process	[CTRL+V]
Reports	Open the Description, Structure, Turtle Model, Metrics, Participants, History reports	››› Reports
Properties	Open the properties of the process in the properties window	››› Start – viflow object