Modeling Business Processes and Their Execution > Getting Started with the Business Process Management Extension in the Desktop Application > Building Process > Creating Stage Steps
The process stage may consist of an unlimited number of consequent or parallel steps.
To add a process stage step, use the step wizard.
The first step wizard page is Basic Properties:
The step wizard contains the pages: Basic Properties, Step Description, Manage Parameters/Email Parameters and Events. The page contents depends on the type of the step being created.
Steps are started manually or automatically after the previous step is executed:
Automatically: Fore Method Call, ETL Task, Send Email Notification.
Manually: Data Entry, Approval, Manual Action.
The execution option is set by the user during step setup or process editing via the context menu: Calculation and Subprocess Call.
NOTE. The steps of the process with automatic execution method are marked with the 
icon in the working area.
Process stage steps have basic settings that are equal for all step types. To determine basic settings on the step wizard first page, set:
Name. Enter step name.
Stage. It displays the stage, in which a step is created. It cannot be changed. To add a step at the other stage:
Close the wizard, select the required stage or stage step and reopen the wizard.
Complete the step creation and move it to the required stage using the 
Move Up/
Move Down buttons on the Process ribbon tab.
Predecessor. Select the predecessor step in the list, after its execution the created step is started. The list is displayed for the second and the following steps.
After the parameters have been determined on the Basic Properties page, click the Next button.
Further settings depend on the selected step:
After creating the process steps, set up process steps execution conditions.
See also:
Building Process | Emulating Process Steps Execution
Open the wizard
Add Step button on the Process ribbon tab and select the type of created step in the menu that opens.