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- Each violet element represents a node in the workflow.
- Each lavender quadrilateral represents a rule template that is applied to the node.
- Each blue diamond represents a routing decision made by the workflow engine based on rules associated with the applied rule template. This does not necessarily correspond to a decision in our business process.
- The Request element is the first node (aka Start Node) in the workflow's route path.
- The Finish element means the workflow has ended without any disapprovals.
- We don't need to represent decisions for approval in the diagram, because at any point in the workflow where a disapproval action is taken, the entire workflow is stopped (i.e. the workflow can't progress after any disapproval).
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