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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
John E. Petri, St. Charles, MN (US);
William C. Rapp, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard J. Stevens, Rochester, MN (US);
John E. Petri, St. Charles, MN (US);
William C. Rapp, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard J. Stevens, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for modeling costs when editing a workflow process model. A request may be received to assign a cost factor to a workflow process step of the workflow process model. Responsive to the request, the cost factor may be assigned to the workflow process step, such that a traversal of the workflow process step by a transaction invoking the workflow process model results in the cost factor being included in a total cost to be charged for executing the transaction.