The "Areas" window

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

Section view and navigation in the "Areas" window

In the area view, all areas in the process model (i.e. the viflow objects that are usually displayed as swimlanes in the graphic) are listed sorted according to area types. Departments, roles, process owners, IT systems, etc. can be used as area types and defined in viflow.

Assign Areas to an Area Type

Each area can be reassigned to a different area type using drag & drop. To do this, click on the area and, while holding down the mouse button, drag it to the area type to which it is to be assigned.

To view all areas assigned to a species, click the [+] in front of the folder icon.

The individual symbols

	Area
	Area with graphic
	Area type
	Default Area Type
	Expand tree
	Collapse tree

Default Area Type

Newly created areas are automatically assigned to the standard area type, which is indicated by a corresponding symbol [] is marked. To set or change the default, right-click [] to the area type and select Set default from the context menu.

Alternate View in "Organisation" Window

In the Organisation window, all areas are listed alphabetically and displayed in a structured manner if area graphics or organization charts are available.

After clicking on the [+] symbol, the contents of the graphics are displayed; the tree is collapsed by clicking on [-].

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

The context menu in the Area window

The context menu allows quick access to the most important functions. In the pane window, right-click [] on an area or area type to open the context menu.

The bold entry – here properties – corresponds to the double-click functionality []. For areas that have a graphic or organization chart (i.e. other assigned areas), open them with a double-click.

In the context menu of the area types there are more entries with Set default and New.

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 an area graphic or an organizational chart	Double-click on an area with a graphic symbol  in the range window
Select in...	Area is marked in the opened graphic
Delete	Deleting a space or a folder from the space window	[Select+DEL] in graphic
Rename	Rename a space or a folder	Name field in the properties window
Cut	Copy and remove a range or a folder	[CTRL+X]
Copy	Copy a range or a folder	[CTRL+C]
Paste	Insert a range or a folder	[CTRL+V]
Reports	Opening the Job Description, History reports	››› Reports
Properties	Open the properties of the area or a folder in the properties window	››› Start – viflow object
Set default	Sets the area type as the default
New	Create a new space or folder	››› Start – New