The drawing toolbar
provides a set of controls that can be used to construct or edit a
workflow template. Select the corresponding button to activate a command.
To select an element in the diagram editor (to move it, or for access
to the right-click menu), use the
Select Tool button
in the toolbar.

Select Tool (space bar)
selects an object on
the editor pane before moving it or right-clicking it.

Hand Tool (H)
navigates the editor
pane and acts as a scroll bar.

Add Activity (A)
adds a new activity
to the diagram.

Add Sequence flow Line (C)
connects two activities
together with an optional status.

Add Logic Gateway (L)
adds a logic gateway
(AND or OR) that controls the process flow behavior of the connected
activities.

Add Swimlane (W)
sets the participants
of the contained activities.

Add Annotations (N)
adds annotations to
the diagram.

Add Merge/Fork Gateway (J)
represents process
forking or joining to denote parallel processing paths.

Add Decision Gateway (D)
adds a Decision gateway
to the diagram to denote alternate processing paths.

Add Timer (T)
adds a Timer node to
the diagram.

Add Stop Node (S)
adds a Stop node to
the diagram.
SAS Workflow Studio
supports several predefined keyboard shortcuts to create multiple
objects of the same type. If a shortcut key is pressed followed by
a left mouse click in the diagram editor, then the associated object
is created. For example, if you press the A key and then click the
mouse in the drawing pane, an Activity node is created to the right
of the mouse pointer location. If you press the W key, then you can
use the mouse to draw the boundaries of the swim lane.
In addition, the following
movement key bindings are available:
-
The left, right, up, and down arrows
move a selected object one pixel in the corresponding direction.
-
The same keys in combination with
the Shift key move the object 8 pixels in the corresponding direction.
-
The same keys in combination with
the Alt key move the object 18 pixels in the corresponding direction.
Note: These key bindings cannot
be customized.