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    Process Model Basics

    What are Process Models

    Appian uses Process Models to define a company's business workflows. In this video, the Build Me Corporation uses a process model to add new salespeople to their team.

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    • Process models allow companies to execute business processes.
    • Can be used to manipulate data, assign tasks, and perform activites like starting a robotic process, assigning a task, or sending an email.
    • Process models use process variables to make data easy to access and manipulate throughout the life of the process.

    Passing Data through Objects

    Learn how Appian Applications are built by combining interfaces, expression rules, and process models. See how these three main objects interact with each other, and how your data flows between while you build your applications. Hosted by April Schuppel, Senior Developer Advocate.

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    • Data is passed through objects via rule inputs, local variables, process variables, and activity class parameters.
    • Rule inputs are used within interfaces and expression rules to pass data globally into and out of the objects, while local variables can be used to pass data only within the interface or epxression rule.
    • In process models, you can use process variables to pass data throughout the life of the process, or use activity class parameters that are only available within a specific note.
    • When creating a process model, you can allow Appian to maps the rule inputs of a start process form to the process variables in the process model.

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