Business processes include those for which the execution status and execution log is made persistent in the database, and those for which these are not made persistent. To make persistent implies that the execution status and execution log of a process is recorded in the database.

The differences between these business processes are described in the following subsections.

Organization of this section

3.3.1 Business processes that are to be made persistent

3.3.2 Business processes that are not to be made persistent