Add a parallel process to an app's playbook in Creator Studio
Create parallel processes in Creator Studio to make things happen in your app at the same time.
Before you begin
To add a parallel process to a playbook, you must be given permission to work on the app.
About this task
Activities on a process's parallel branches run at the same time as other specified parallel activities. Unlike decision activities, the activities and stages on a parallel can run on the same conditions as other branches.
Procedure
Go to All > App Engine > Creator Studio to see all the apps on the Creator Studio home page.
Open the app that contains the playbook you want to add a parallel process to.
Select the form that contains the playbook that you want to add a parallel process to.
Select the automation that contains the playbook that you want to add a parallel process to.
Select the automation in the navigation panel
Choose one of the following ways to add a parallel branch in the diagram view.
- Select the add icon
and choose the **Add a parallel path** icon \[Omitted image "cs-parallel-path-icon.png"\] Alt text: in the menu that pops up.
- Select the Drag new connecter dot icon
for the parallel process’s starting activity and drag it to the activity or decision that should be the end point of the parallel process.
**Note:** If you can't see the Drag new connector dot icon, you might need to hover over the activity to see it.
Hover over the activity to see the Drag new connector icon
Add activities to the parallel branch as needed.
For more information, see Add activities to an app's playbook in Creator Studio.
If you want to have several activities happen in a parallel process as soon as the playbook is triggered, complete the following steps.
Display the Board view.
For each activity that should be happen in parallel when the playbook is triggered, select the activity's card and set the When to start field to When playbook starts.
Select the Save and close button.
Parent Topic:Working with automation in Creator Studio