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Rethrow

BPMN Implementation: Error throw event

The rethrow activity passes to the parent scope the fault that is originally caught by the immediately enclosing fault handler. The rethrow activity can be used only within a fault handler's catch and catch all elements. The activity always throws the original fault data and preserves its type.

Required Properties	Optional Properties
none	Name. See Selecting Activity Labels
	Join Condition. See Creating a Join Condition for an Incoming Link
	Suppress Join Failure. See Process Element and Properties
	Comment. See Adding Comments to a Process
	Documentation. See Adding Documentation to a Process
	Setting Visual Properties and Using Your Own Library of Images
	Execution State. See Viewing the Execution State of an Activity or Link
	Extension Attributes and Extension Elements. See Declaring Extension Elements and Attributes.

To add a rethrow activity to the process:

1. On the Process Editor's Fault Handler tab or a scope fault handler, add a catch or catch all container.
2. Drag an Error throw event to a catch or catch all container.

The following illustration shows a simple example of using a rethrow activity within a catchAll fault handler of a scope.

Tip: if you collapse fault handler, you can add a background color to it in the Properties view.

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