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Message event without a message or its name

The check compat/message-reference, in the group Engine compatibility.

Error

Why it matters

A message event that refers to no message, or to one without a name, can never be correlated with anything.

How to fix it

Choose a message for the event and give the message a name.

Where you see it

The Problems tab lists it under Engine, the editor marks the element on the canvas, and penstock check reports it as compat/message-reference. It checks the diagram against the engine and the version it is written for: the version in the file's modeler:executionPlatformVersion, or the newest one when the file has none. Operaton and CIB seven are checked as Camunda 7. This check is free.

To turn it off, set camunda-compat/message-reference or compat/message-reference to off in your .bpmnlintrc. See Validation.

Rule details

Read more: Validation. All rules: Every rule.