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Created on Dec 16, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Enhance the critical path calculation for a process with "exclusive gateway" from adhoc subprocess

We got an issue after upgrading BAW from 21.0.3.1 to 24.0.0, that the Batch Modify button in Process Performance Dashboard shows disabled. Based on the investigation with BAW Dev Team, it seems specific to those type of processes with  "exclusive gateway" from adhoc subprocess (linked process or event sub process), which messed up the critical path calculation.
The issue was not observed in 21.0.3 because of JR64620.

"There is an issue that prevents the logic from running which would normally disable the Batch Modify. The Batch Modify is enabled by default so remains that way when the visibility code doesn't execute.  This issue was fixed with JR64620."

So without JR64620, the batch modify is enabled by default. But with the fix of JR64620, the disable logic can run,  it will check the instance project path (instance.retrieveProjectedPath), but due to this adhoc sub process limitation, the project path is null, which made the batch modify is disabled.  

However, to fix this project path seems very complex and requires a lot effort. So we expect the feature can be enhanced in future BAW release.

Idea priority Medium

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