A flow is a sequence of operations, assignments, and conditionals that are connected together into a programmed unit that can be invoked with a request message and that can return a response message.
The flow path is the path of execution through the flow. A flow can invoke nonterminal applications and obtain and process the results, can navigate through terminal applications and read information from the application screens, can invoke other flows, and can invoke outbound Web services.
There is only one Flows folder in a service flow project, and this Flows folder contains all the flows in the service flow project.
When you create and save the first flow in your service flow project, the service flow project tools automatically create the Flows folder and displays it in the EST Project Explorer.
The Flows folder does not have subfolders.
The following table summarizes key information about the Flows folder:
| Item: | Description: |
|---|---|
| The name of the folder: | Flows |
| The type of artifact that the folder contains: | flow |
| The extension for this type of artifact: | .seqflow |
| How to create an artifact: | Creating a flow |
| The editor for editing a new or existing artifact of this type: | Flow editor |
| Links for more information: | Developing flows |