3.2 Relationship between flow and steps

Plug-ins and service templates that can be deployed in a flow are called components. Components are displayed in the Component area on the Flow tab of the Service Builder Edit window. The user adds each unit of processing to a flow by dragging components to the Flow area. Each component dropped into the Flow area is called a step. A flow is created by placing the steps required to execute a task and connecting them with relational lines. The following figure shows the relationship between a flow and steps.

Figure 3‒2: Relationship between flow and steps

You can also use flow plug-ins and repeated-execution plug-ins to define a flow within another flow.