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# Inclusive gateway
Used to create diverging, parallel alternative paths within a process where one or more paths can be taken based on conditions.
Conditions are evaluated on the outgoing sequence flows, not on the gateway itself. An inclusive gateway can act as a fork, a join, or both:
* **Fork**: All outgoing sequence flows whose conditions evaluate to `true` are followed in parallel. A sequence flow without a condition is always followed.
* **Join**: Execution waits until all active incoming paths have completed before the process continues.
{% hint style="info" %}
If no condition evaluates to `true` and no unconditioned sequence flow exists, the process gets stuck. To prevent this, add an unconditioned default flow or ensure at least one condition always evaluates to `true`.
{% endhint %}
## General properties
| Property | Description |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Model ID | The unique identifier of the element within the process model. |
| Name | The name of the element displayed in the diagram. |
| Documentation | A description and any additional information about this element. |
| Flow order | The order in which the outgoing flows will be evaluated and stored in the XML representation of the process. |
## Advanced properties
| Property | Description |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Asynchronous](/workflows/designing-workflows/processes/process-execution.md#asynchronous-activities) | Whether the activity starts as an asynchronous job, placing a transaction boundary before the activity:
- No (default): Synchronous.
- Yes, exclusive: Asynchronous and with no other exclusive asynchronous jobs in the same process run at the same time.
- Yes, non-exclusive: Asynchronous and can run concurrently with other asynchronous jobs in the same process.
|
| Leave asynchronously | Whether the activity leaves as an asynchronous job after it completes, placing a transaction boundary before the process advances to the next element:
- No (default): Synchronous.
- Yes, exclusive: Asynchronous and with no other exclusive asynchronous jobs in the same process run at the same time.
- Yes, non-exclusive: Asynchronous and can run concurrently with other asynchronous jobs in the same process.
|
## Visual properties
| Property | Description |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Font size | The font size of the element in the diagram. |
| Font weight | The font weight of the element in the diagram. |
| Font style | The font style of the element in the diagram. |
| Font color | The font color of the element in the diagram. |
| Background color | The background color of the element in the diagram. |
| Border color | The border color of the element in the diagram. |