Can we have start event outside of a pool?

Question

Can we have a start event outside of a pool? None of the examples I've seen so far have the start event outside a pool (it always starts from a circle inside one of the lanes in the pool).

Here's my process diagram in Activiti. I would like to know if Activiti would accept and execute a model like this one:

Thanks in advance, Raka

Answer 1

Yes it is possible. But if your example is your real case, you don't need to do that, you can use message start event.

A message start event can be used to start a process instance using a named message. This effectively allows us to select the right start event from a set of alternative start events using the message name.

It would be cleaner that your lanes have own start event.