Architecting and designing : Business Process Analysis (BPA) : Simulation of Process Models : Simulating business process diagrams : Simulation properties of BPMN symbol types : Message event
  
Message event
A Message Event will generate objects following the receipt of a message to the following process. Message Events can cause objects waiting at a process to continue through the model or prompt the pool to generate objects at events.
Message Event simulation properties
Sent/Received Message
Select the message flow that you want to convey.
Match Received Messages/Matched Joined Objects
You may select what type of match you want the received messages to be: By ID, By Objects or By Attribute.
Attribute to Match
Select what attribute type you want to match.
See also
Simulation properties of BPMN symbol types