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Flowchart Shapes Overview

Business processes are drawn as a flowchart. All business processes start with the Begin shape. There is exactly one Begin shape in an XLANG schedule drawing. You can add other shapes to the drawing and connect them to construct a flowchart rooted at the Begin shape. The connections between shapes denote a flow of control along that path. Each flow of control eventually terminates in either the End shape or the Abort shape. The End shape completes the process flow for that path. The Abort shape terminates a transaction and causes actions related to transaction failure to occur. This behavior is described in the “Transactions” section later in the chapter. Now, let's look at the shapes used to describe the process flow ...