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Overview of Processes

A process definition is the graphical representation of your business process. You develop and test process definitions using TIBCO Designer. The process definition is executed by a TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks process engine. A process engine creates instances of process definitions. These process instances automate your business processes by executing the business process described by the process definition.

Figure 14 illustrates the relationship between process definitions, a process engine, and process instances.

Figure 14 A process engine creating process instances

Process engines are started using TIBCO Administrator after you deploy your project. For more information about deploying a project, see TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Administration.

The remainder of this manual describes how to create the process definitions that eventually become running process instances.

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