To connect two processes
Connect the processes in your flowchart to specify the direction of data flow and the order in which processes are run. If you move processes within the workspace, existing connections remain and visually adjust to the new location. This visual adjustment does not affect data flow. You affect data flow only by adding or deleting connections from one process to another.
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Within a campaign, open a flowchart for editing.
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Rest your cursor over the process box that you want to connect to another box.
Four arrows appear around the box.
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Drag one of the arrows to the destination process box.
A connecting line is drawn from the source to the target, indicating that the processes are now connected. The arrow indicates the direction of data flow.
The source and destination processes are connected with an arrow that shows the direction of data flow. The source process will run before the destination process. Data that is output from the source process is then available as input to the destination process. For example, two Select processes can both provide input to a Merge process.
Appearance of connection lines
If a destination process receives data from a source process, the connection is shown as a solid line.
If a destination process depends on a source process but does not receive data from it, the connection is shown as a dotted line. A dotted line indicates that the destination process cannot run successfully until the source process completes.
Connection lines can be angled (slanted) or straight (right angles only). To change line appearance, right-click in the flowchart workspace, choose View, and turn Angled Connections on or off.
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